Sebastián MartÃnez
Sebastián Martínez ( born December 4, 1977 in Vienna ) is a retired Austrian footballer of Uruguayan origin at the position of midfielder.
Childhood
Martinez spent his early childhood in Austria, as played at this time, his father, Alberto Martínez, for FK Austria Wien respectively, for the Wiener Sport - Club football. After his father, with the Vienna Austria reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup in season 1977/78, ended his career as a footballer, but he took his family back to his native Uruguay. In the land of two-time World Cup Champions started the young Sebastian Martínez play with the football. In his youth he played for Nacional FC de Rocha and Punta del Este CCD.
Career
Association
The striker began his professional career as a midfielder at the Uruguayan second division Juventud before him in exchange for Club Nacional de Football, one of the top two clubs in the country, succeeded. Sebastian Martínez was rarely used. In 2000, he finally returned to Austria in order to gain a foothold at second division SV Wörgl. For the Tyrolean he completed a total of 79 league games and scored 35 goals. Sebastian Martínez was soon regarded as one of the best technicians in the league.
In the summer of 2003, he finally accepted an offer from the first division club Rapid Vienna. In Hütteldorf he could adapt quickly to the level of the new league and, after two years, in 2005, Austrian Champion with the Green-Whites. He himself wore eight goal of the season to this. After a, for him personally, rather unfortunate game year 2005/2006, Rapid Wien separated after the end of the season from midfield, which of the SV Ried under his former coach at SV Wörgl, Helmut Kraft, for two years with an option for a further year was committed. Martínez integrated successfully into the team and scored the winning goal in the last game of the season 2006/ 07, which secured the runner-up title. After his contract was not renewed at Ried, Martinez moved to FC Magna Wiener Neustadt. After only one and a half years, he returned to Neustädtern the back and moved to the winter break 2010 for the second division First Vienna FC.
Although he was a regular player at the Vienna, 36 graduated from Official matches, scoring seven goals, the club announced in December 2010 not to plan further with Martínez. In January 2011, including the current contract until the summer of 2011 Martinez ' with the then trained by Alfred Tatar Viennese was terminated by mutual agreement. Beginning of March 2011 was announced that Martínez intends to end his career after the termination of the contract.
National
Sebastian Martínez completed two caps for the Austrian national team. Both games against Cyprus and Latvia, were part of a four-nation tournament in Cyprus in February 2005.