| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diego Hernán Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cerro Porteño (head coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Almirante Brown | ||
| 1998–1999 | Cañuelas | ||
| 1999–2000 | Deportivo Morón | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Ituzaingó | 40 | (8) |
| 2001–2002 | Estudiantes BA | ||
| 2002 | Aurora | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) | 18 | (3) |
| 2003–2005 | All Boys | ||
| 2005–2006 | Temperley | ||
| 2006–2007 | All Boys | ||
| 2007–2010 | Pierikos | 71 | (6) |
| 2010–2011 | Diagoras | 3 | (0) |
| 2011 | Estudiantes BA | ||
| 2013–2014 | Belgrano de Zárate | 9 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2016 | Ituzaingó | ||
| 2016–2017 | Cañuelas | ||
| 2018 | Comunicaciones | ||
| 2018 | Midland | ||
| 2018–2020 | Estudiantes BA | ||
| 2020 | Godoy Cruz | ||
| 2021–2023 | Tigre | ||
| 2023 | Huracán | ||
| 2024 | Boca Juniors | ||
| 2024– | Cerro Porteño | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Diego Hernán Martínez (born 16 November 1978) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was the manager of Cerro Porteño.
A midfielder, Martínez never appeared in any higher than Primera B Nacional, with his only input in the category being three goals in 18 appearances for Gimnasia y Esgrima de Concepción del Uruguay in the 2002–03 season. He also played abroad, spending half a year with Aurora in Guatemala, where he did not appear, and four seasons in Greece with Pierikos and Diagoras. [1]
After retiring Martínez started working as a coach, being initially in charge Boca Juniors' youth categories before taking over his first senior job at Ituzaingó, a club he already represented as a player. After another work at Cañuelas, also a former side, he was in charge of Comunicaciones (for only five matches) [2] and Midland [3] before taking over Estudiantes de Buenos Aires in June 2018. [4]
With Estudiantes, Martínez achieved promotion from Primera B Metropolitana, and also reached the semifinals of the 2018–19 Copa Argentina, being knocked out by River Plate. [5]
On 10 August 2020, Martínez was presented as manager of Primera División side Godoy Cruz. [6] In 2021, he was announced as manager of Tigre. [7]
Sacked by Tigre on 13 June 2023, [8] Martínez took over Huracán on 3 July. [9] He resigned from the latter on 7 December. [10]
On 26 December 2023, Martínez returned to Boca to become their first team manager. [11]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Ituzaingó | 1 November 2015 | 16 June 2016 | 44 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 38.64 |
| Cañuelas | 29 June 2016 | 31 December 2017 | 57 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 73 | 51 | +22 | 40.35 |
| Comunicaciones | 1 January 2018 | 19 February 2018 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 20.00 |
| Midland | 20 February 2018 | 30 June 2018 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 23.53 |
| Estudiantes BA | 1 July 2018 | 9 August 2020 | 65 | 34 | 14 | 17 | 99 | 65 | +34 | 52.31 |
| Godoy Cruz | 10 August 2020 | 28 December 2020 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 18 | −14 | 0.00 |
| Tigre | 11 January 2021 | 14 June 2023 | 110 | 44 | 38 | 28 | 148 | 113 | +35 | 40.00 |
| Huracán | 3 July 2023 | 31 December 2023 | 23 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 52.17 |
| Boca Juniors | 1 January 2024 | 28 September 2024 | 45 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 44.44 |
| Cerro Porteño | 11 December 2024 | present | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | +12 | 57.14 |
| Total | 389 | 163 | 115 | 111 | 507 | 390 | +117 | 41.90 | ||
Ituzaingó
Tigre
  | This biographical article related to an Argentine association football midfielder born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |