Gary Martin (footballer)

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Gary Martin
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Martin with Lokeren in 2017
Personal information
Full name Gary John Martin [1]
Date of birth (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 33) [2]
Place of birth Darlington, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Selfoss
Number 10
Youth career
0000–2010 Middlesbrough
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010 Middlesbrough 0 (0)
2010 → Újpest (loan) 2 (0)
2010–2012 ÍA 36 (22)
2011 → Hjørring (loan) 6 (0)
2012–2016 KR 69 (35)
2016–2017 Víkingur Reykjavík 13 (5)
2016–2017 → Lillestrøm (loan) 10 (4)
2017 Lokeren 8 (0)
2017 York City 3 (0)
2018–2019 Lillestrøm 19 (2)
2019 Valur 3 (2)
2019–2021 ÍBV 31 (23)
2020 → Darlington (loan) 6 (0)
2021– Selfoss 64 (25)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2023

Gary John Martin (born 10 October 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker / midfielder for Icelandic club Selfoss. Besides England, he has played in Hungary, [3] Iceland, [4] Belgium and Norway. [5]

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Career

Martin was born in Darlington, County Durham. [6] He started his career with Middlesbrough, where he came through the club's youth system and was given a youth-team scholarship (YTS) in 2007. [7] He was a prolific goalscorer at both youth and reserve levels, scoring 19 goals in 39 matches for the academy team, and 17 goals in 26 appearances for the reserve team. [8] In June 2009, his YTS was extended by a year, [9] and in the build-up to the 2009–10 season he played with the first team in pre-season. [10] On 23 February 2010, Martin joined Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Újpest on loan until the end of the season. [11] He went on to make two league appearances during his spell with Újpest, coming on as a substitute in a 4–1 home win against Diósgyőr and a 1–0 defeat away to Lombard-Pápa. [2]

After being released by Middlesbrough in May 2010, [12] Martin signed for 1. deild karla club ÍA on 23 July 2010, initially on a short-term contract to the end of the season. [8] He made his debut five days later, coming on as a 54th-minute substitute for Stefán Örn Arnarson in the 1–1 draw with Fjölnir, [13] and scored his first goal for the club two weeks later in a 2–2 draw away to Þór Akureyri. [14] Martin joined Danish 1st Division club Hjørring on loan in August 2011, [15] making seven appearances [16] before the club decided to not extend his loan in November. [17]

After two successful seasons, Martin signed for Úrvalsdeild champions KR for a nominal fee.[ citation needed ] In the 2013 season, KR again won the Úrvalsdeild title, [2] with Martin being joint top scorer in the league with 13 goals. [18] He was named the best foreign player in the league and was selected in the Team of the Year.[ citation needed ] During the season, Martin also made his first appearance in the UEFA Europa League, scoring his first goal in that competition against Glentoran. [2] He was the Úrvalsdeild top scorer in the 2014 season with 13 goals. [19]

Martin signed for KR's Úrvalsdeild rivals Víkingur Reykjavík on 15 February 2016 on a three-year contract. [20] On 10 August 2016, he signed for Tippeligaen club Lillestrøm on loan for the remainder of the 2016 season, joining up with his former coach at KR, Rúnar Kristinsson. [21] He returned to Víkingur Reykjavík in January 2017. [22]

Martin signed for Belgian First Division A club Lokeren on 16 January 2017 on a two-and-a-half-year contract, where he again joined up with his former manager Rúnar Kristinsson. [23] Having not played at the beginning of the 2017–18 season, Martin was released on 18 October 2017. [24]

On 24 October 2017, Martin signed a three-year contract to return to Lillestrøm, effective from 1 January 2018. [25] He signed for National League North club York City on 2 November 2017 on a short-term contract, [26] playing for them in the interim period before his transfer to Lillestrøm. [27] He made his debut two days later in York's 2–1 home win over Curzon Ashton, in which he provided an assist for Jon Parkin to score the opening goal. [28] Martin scored his first goal in his fourth appearance, a 3–1 home victory over Coalville Town in the FA Trophy third qualifying round on 25 November 2017. [2] [29] He scored the opening goal of the match, with a curling shot from the edge of the penalty area into the top-left corner. [29] Martin left the club two days later, because of what York described as a disciplinary issue. [30] It was reported in The Press that the club had discovered that he had been playing for Darlington Albion in the Darlington Sunday Morning Invitation League. [31]

Martin signed for Úrvalsdeild champions Valur on 7 January 2019 on a three-year contract. [32] However, after five months with Valur, he left the club to join fellow Úrvalsdeild club ÍBV. [33] He finished as top scorer in the 2019 Úrvalsdeild, with 14 goals for Valur and ÍBV combined. [34] Martin signed for his home-town club, Darlington of the National League North, on 11 January 2020 on loan until late March. [35] In April 2021, ÍBV terminated its contract with Martin after a teammate of his charged him to the police for posting a nude picture of him in a closed Snapchat group. [36] On 1 May, he signed with 1. deild karla club Selfoss. [37]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 September 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] League CupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Újpest 2009–10 [2] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 2010———30
ÍA 2010 [38] 1. deild karla 910————910
2011 [38] 1. deild karla16911———1710
2012 [38] Úrvalsdeild 11310———123
Total362221———3823
Hjørring (loan) 2011–12 [16] Danish 1st Division 6010———70
KR 2012 [38] Úrvalsdeild11422———136
2013 [2] [38] Úrvalsdeild221331—4 [lower-alpha 2] 11 [lower-alpha 3] 03015
2014 [2] [38] Úrvalsdeild211352—2 [lower-alpha 4] 01 [lower-alpha 3] 02915
2015 [2] [38] Úrvalsdeild15531—4 [lower-alpha 2] 01 [lower-alpha 3] 0236
Total6935136—101309542
Víkingur Reykjavík 2016 [38] Úrvalsdeild13510———145
Lillestrøm (loan) 2016 [2] Tippeligaen 104————104
Lokeren 2016–17 [2] Belgian First Division A 80———6 [lower-alpha 5] 0140
2017–18 [2] Belgian First Division A0000———00
Total8000——60140
York City 2017–18 [2] [29] National League North 30———1 [lower-alpha 6] 141
Lillestrøm 2018 [2] Eliteserien 19233—2 [lower-alpha 2] 01 [lower-alpha 7] 0255
Valur 2019 [2] [38] Úrvalsdeild3210—001 [lower-alpha 3] 052
ÍBV 2019 [2] [38] Úrvalsdeild1212——00—1212
2020 [2] [38] 1. deild karla191147———2318
2021 [38] 1. deild karla0011———11
Total312358———3631
Darlington (loan) 2019–20 [2] National League North60——001 [lower-alpha 6] 070
Selfoss 2021 [38] 1. deild karla2213————2213
Career total228106271800121131280126
  1. ↑ Includes Magyar Kupa, Icelandic Cup, Danish Cup and Norwegian Football Cup
  2. 1 2 3 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. 1 2 3 4 Appearance in Icelandic Super Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League play-offs
  6. 1 2 Appearance in FA Trophy
  7. ↑ Appearance in Mesterfinalen

Honours

ÍA

KR

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  38. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Leikmaður: Gary John Martin" [Player: Gary John Martin] (in Icelandic). Football Association of Iceland. Retrieved 6 March 2022.


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