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Walmer Martinez
	Martinez with Hartford Athletic in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Walmer Osmar Gómez Martínez
Date of birth	17 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz, California, United States
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Forward
College career
Years	Team
2016–2017	Cabrillo Seahawks
2018–2019	Cal State Monterey Bay Otters
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2019	Santa Cruz Breakers
2019	Des Moines Menace
2020	Project 51O
2021	Hartford Athletic
2022–2024	Monterey Bay
International career‡
2021–	El Salvador
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:44, 3 November 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:58, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Walmer Osmar Gómez Martínez (born 17 August 1998) is a professional footballer. Born in the United States, he plays for the El Salvador national team.

Early life

Martinez was born in Santa Cruz, California to a Honduran father and his mother Lucila who was from Victoria, Cabañas, El Salvador.^[2] Walmer played for the Santa Cruz Breakers academy during his youth soccer and high school career.^[3]^[4] He attended Cypress Charter School from 2012-13 where he played soccer as a freshman before attending Soquel High School, though he did not play high school soccer while attending the latter school.^[5]

Club career

Youth and college

Martinez attended Cabrillo College in 2016, playing two seasons with the Seahawks, scoring 22 goals in 35 appearances. In 2018, Martinez transferred to California State University, Monterey Bay where he scored 17 goals in 35 appearances.^[5]

While at college, Martinez appeared for USL League Two side Santa Cruz Breakers in both 2018^[6] and 2019.^[7] He also appeared for Des Moines Menace towards the end of their 2019 season.^[8]

Professional

Martinez signed with USL Championship side Hartford Athletic on April 12, 2021, after attending Hartford's Invitational Combine.^[9] Martinez scored his first professional goals on October 26, 2021, when he scored a brace in Hartfrd's 2–0 win over the Charleston Battery.^[10]

On 22 December 2021, Martinez was announced as the first-ever signing by USL Championship expansion club Monterey Bay FC.^[11] Following the 2024 season, Monterey declined to pick up his contract option and he became a free agent.^[12]

International career

Coach Hugo Pérez had approached Martinez about playing for the El Salvador under-23 for the 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in March 2021, but he was unable to obtain a passport in time.^[2]

Martinez debuted with the El Salvador national football team in a 7–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over United States Virgin Islands on 5 June 2021 when he came on as a substitute.^[13]

Martinez scored his first goal for El Salvador on June 8, 2021, in the team's 3–0 win over Antigua and Barbuda.^[14]

List of international goals scored by Walmer Martinez
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 June 2021	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador,El Salvador	Antigua and Barbuda	3-0	3-0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	July 14, 2021	Toyota Stadium, Frisco, United States	Trinidad and Tobago	2-0	2-0	2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup