Chris Martinez (soccer)

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Chris Martinez
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-12-25) December 25, 1970 (age 52) [1]
Place of birth Parker, Colorado, United States
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Defender
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1992 Clemson Tigers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–1997 Colorado Foxes
1994–1996 Wichita Wings (indoor) 79 (27)
1997–2001 Colorado Rapids 108 (0)
1999MLS Pro 40 (loan) 3 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2021 Sporting Kansas City II (assistant)
2022 Houston Dynamo (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Chris Martinez is an American retired soccer defender who played professionally in the American Professional Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League and Major League Soccer.

Martinez graduated from Ponderosa High School in Parker, Colorado. He attended Clemson University, where he played on the men's soccer team from 1989 to 1992. In June 1993, he signed with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League and was part of the Foxes championship team. [2] [3] He would play every season until called up to the Colorado Rapids in 1997. In October 1994, he signed with the Wichita Wings of the National Professional Soccer League. [4] Martinez played two winter indoor seasons with the Wings. In June 1997, the Rapids called Martinez up from the Foxes. He remained with the Rapids through the 2001 season.

On 13 January 2022, Martinez joined Houston Dynamo as an assistant coach. [5] After just 29 matches, he was fired on September 5.

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References

  1. "Chris Martinez". Mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  2. Even in June, Foxes must weather the Blizzard The Denver Post - Saturday, June 19, 1993
  3. "The Year in American Soccer, 1993". homepages.sover.net. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2011-03-12.
  4. WINGS SIGN BETO, TWO OTHERS AS ROSTER SHAPES UP Wichita Eagle, The (KS) - Friday, October 7, 1994
  5. "Houston Dynamo FC add Jimmy Nielsen, Chris Martinez and Zach Thornton to technical staff". HoustonDynamoFC.com.