Alejandro Martinuccio

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Alejandro Martinuccio
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Personal information
Full name Alejandro Hernán Martinuccio
Date of birth (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Boston River
Number 8
Youth career
River Plate
Nueva Chicago
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2009 Nueva Chicago 17 (9)
2009–2011 Peñarol 56 (14)
2011–2015 Fluminense 15 (1)
2012Villarreal (loan) 13 (1)
2012–2014Cruzeiro (loan) 18 (4)
2014Coritiba (loan) 13 (2)
2016–2017 Chapecoense 12 (1)
2017 Nueva Chicago 7 (2)
2018 Avaí 15 (2)
2019–2020 Móstoles 15 (3)
2020– Boston River 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:38, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Alejandro "El Negro" Martinuccio (born 16 December 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Boston River.

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Career

Nueva Chicago

Martinuccio made his debut at Club Atlético Nueva Chicago in 2008 and after a remarkable individual performance with his team in the Primera B Metropolitana was transferred to Uruguayan club C.A. Peñarol.

Peñarol

Martinuccio playing for Penarol. Alejandro Martinuccio vs Santos.jpg
Martinuccio playing for Peñarol.

Martinuccio helped Peñarol reach the 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals, in which Peñarol lost to Brazil's Santos. He had thirteen appearances and scored 2 goals in the competition.

Fluminense

After a good display of football in the 2011 Copa Libertadores, Fluminense signed Martinuccio in July 2011. [1]

Villarreal

Martinuccio joined Villarreal in January 2012 in a loan deal. He scored his first goal for the club against Real Zaragoza on March 4.

Cruzeiro

In July 2012, Cruzeiro signed Martinuccio on a one-year loan from Fluminense. [2] He stayed there for another year until mid-2014 and won the 2013 Brazilian Série A and the 2014 Campeonato Mineiro. Although, due to injuries he could never establish himself in the team and returned to Fluminense. [3]

Coritiba

In June 2014 Martinuccio was loaned one more time, on this occasion to another Brazilian club, Coritiba. [4] Once again he struggled with injuries. [5]

Chapecoense

Without playing since November 2014 Chapecoense signed Alejandro on 30 April 2016. Martinuccio failed in medical exams at Ponte Preta before agreeing with Chapecoense. He had a chance to return to football after a series of serious injuries and surgeries on both legs. [6] Because of a new injury, Martinuccio missed the ill-fated team flight which crashed near Medellín, where 71 people died. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 December 2016 [8] [9]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nueva Chicago 2007–08 Primera B Nacional 800080
2008–09 Primera B Metropolitana 990099
Total17900179
Peñarol 2009–10 Primera División 32800328
2010–11 2460017 [a] 3419
Total5614001737317
Fluminense 2011 Série A 14100141
2012 00001 [b] 010
2015 000000
Total1410010151
Villarreal 2011–12 La Liga 13120131
Cruzeiro (loan) 2012 Série A10400104
2013 702090
2014 10000010
Total1842000204
Coritiba (loan) 2014 Série A13220152
Chapecoense 2016 Série A812000101
2017 0000004 [c] 040
Total81000040141
Avaí 2018 Série A102014 [c] 2172
Career total14032801735018437
  1. Four appearances and one goal in 2010 Copa Sudamericana, 13 appearances and two goals in 2011 Copa Libertadores.
  2. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense.

Honours

Peñarol
Cruzeiro

Chapecoense plane crash

On 28 November 2016, many of his current teammates at Chapecoense were involved in a plane crash, which killed most of the squad (17 died instantly after crash and two more a few hours later in hospital at Medellín). Martuniccio was not on the plane as he had been dropped from the team for the first final game against Atlético Nacional for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, due to an injury. [10]

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References

  1. "Fluminense contrata Martinuccio". vitrineesportiva.com.br. 20 July 2011. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. "Cruzeiro contrata Martinuccio por empréstimo de um ano". Estadão. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  3. "Cruzeiro não revova empréstimo de Martinuccio, e atacante volta ao Flu". globoesporte.com. 29 May 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  4. "Martinuccio realiza exames médicos antes de assinar com o Coritiba". globoesporte.com. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  5. "Situação de Martinuccio será reavaliada no Coritiba, diz Celso Roth". globoesporte.com. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. "Após exames e acerto, Martinuccio inicia tratamento na Chapecoense". globoesporte.com. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. "El ex del Villarreal que se salvó al estar lesionado: "Siento un profundo dolor"" (in Spanish). Marca. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  8. Alejandro Martinuccio at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  9. Alejandro Martinuccio at ESPN FC
  10. Clarin.com. "Accidente del Chapecoense: Alejandro Martinuccio, el único argentino del equipo, se salvó por una lesión". Clarin.com. Retrieved 29 November 2016.