Gonzalo Martínez

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Gonzalo Martínez
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Martinez warming up before a match between D.C. United and Houston Dynamo in 2008
Personal information
Full name Gonzalo Martínez Caicedo
Date of birth (1975-11-30) 30 November 1975 (age 47)
Place of birth Candelaria, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2001 Deportes Tolima
2001–2003 Udinese 24 (0)
2003Napoli (loan) 20 (0)
2003–2004 Reggina 14 (0)
2004Napoli (loan) 12 (0)
2005 Deportes Tolima 21 (3)
2006 Olimpia 18 (0)
2006 Libertad 27 (0)
2007 Millonarios 36 (0)
2008 D.C. United 26 (1)
2009–2010 Atlético Huila 74 (12)
2011 Deportivo Cali 29 (2)
2012 Real Cartagena 15 (2)
2012–2015 Patriotas 19 (1)
International career
2001–2006 Colombia 36 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 April 2013

Gonzalo Martinez Caicedo (born 30 November 1975) is a retired Colombian football defender. At club level, he played for Patriotas.

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Club career

Martínez was born in Candelaria, Valle del Cauca. He started his professional career in the Colombian First Division with Deportes Tolima in 1998 before moving to Italian Serie A side Udinese in 2001. Martinez made 24 appearances for Udinese from 2001 to 2003 before joining Napoli on loan, where he spent part of the 2002–03 campaign. Half of the registration rights was also signed by A.C. Venezia in January 2003 by exchanged with Rubén Maldonado. In the 2003–04 season, he moved to Reggina with Andrea Sottil and David Di Michele, where he made 14 appearances.

The Colombian defender returned to his native Colombia and rejoined Deportes Tolima for the 2005 season, notching three goals in 21 appearances. Martìnez then moved to Olimpia, and later, Paraguayan side Libertad, during the 2005–06 season, where he started in a combined 27 games and helped Libertad capture the Paraguayan First Division championship. In 2007, Martìnez returned to Colombia and appeared in 36 games for Millonarios.

In early 2008, he moved to D.C. United, where he started initially at center back, then left back, before falling out of favor with the coaching staff. After 1 goal and 2 assists in 22 starts with United, Martinez returned to Colombia to play for Atlético Huila.

International career

Martinez has represented Colombia 36 times at the international level. He participated in the qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan, and also the qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He also represented his country at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2004 Copa América.

Honors

D.C. United

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