Ignacio Martínez (footballer)

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Ignacio Martínez
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Martínez Valdivia
Date of birth (1939-12-03) 3 December 1939 (age 84)
Place of birth La Piedad, Michoacán, Mexico
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1961
La Piedad
(0)
1961–1962 Ciudad Madero (0)
1962–1964 UNAM (0)
1964–? Celaya (0)
?
Atlético Morelia
(0)
Managerial career
1974–?
La Piedad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ignacio Martínez (born 3 December 1939) is a Mexican former

Tercera División in 2017.[1]

Career

Born in La Piedad, Michoacán, Martínez worked as a car mechanic before starting a career as a footballer. Originally, during his youth career with local teams from La Piedad, Martínez played as a forward, but due to his height, 1.81 meters, he switched to goalkeeper.[2]

He was invited to join to

Segunda División Cup.[2]
He played with UNAM until 1964.

Martínez was part of the UNAM squad that debuted in Primera División in the 1962–63 season.[3]

Martínez later played for

Atlético Morelia
.

Managerial career

In 1974, Martínez was invited by La Piedad president Francisco Mares Rodríguez to work as head coach for the team. In 1985, Martínez led La Piedad to won a Segunda División B, then the third level of Mexican professional football..[4]

Martínez's last team as manager was Jaral del Progreso from

Mexican Tercera División
in 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Ignacio Martínez Valdivia". LigaMX.net. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Entregan galardón al Piedadense Distinguido 2017". am.com.mx (in Spanish). 15 March 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Así fue el primer Pumas vs. América en Primera División". TUDN.mx. TUDN. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
  4. ^ Ignacio Martínez Valdivia, Piedadense Distinguido 2017 (in Spanish). UNIVA La Piedad. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2019.