Raimundo Martínez

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Raimundo Martínez
Full nameRaimundo Martínez Amar
Born (1999-11-25) 25 November 1999 (age 26)
Santiago, Chile
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb; 16 st 3 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8, Flanker
Current team Bourgoin-Jallieu
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021–2025 Selknam 22+ (25+)
2026– Bourgoin-Jallieu
Correct as of 28 August 2023
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2019– Chile 10 (10)
2020–2021 Chile A 3 (0)
Correct as of 28 August 2023

Raimundo Martínez Amar (born 25 November 1999) is a Chilean professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for Championnat Fédéral Nationale club Bourgoin-Jallieu and the Chile national team. [1]

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Club career

Martínez grew up in Santiago, where he played his rugby with the PWCC, before enjoying a spell in the CA Brive academy from 2019 to 2020. [2] [3]

Back in Chile, he played with Selknam in the newly founded Súper Liga Americana de Rugby. [4] He was part of the team that registered historical wins against the Argentinian Jaguares XV, [5] eventually reaching the final of the competition. [6]

On 1 February 2026, Martínez was announced as a signing for Championnat Fédéral Nationale club Bourgoin-Jallieu. [7]

International career

Raimundo Martínez is a Chile international since 2018, as Los Cóndores had some historical results in Test matches, beating the likes of recent world cup qualified Russia in 2021. [8]

He was part of the team that qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in 2022, upsetting the odds against Canada and the United States, a serie of historic wins that sealed their qualification for the 2023 World Cup. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Player profile". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ↑ Hart-Vorobyoff, Geraldine. "Raimundo Martínez: Amor Amarillo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. ↑ Blanzat, Nicolas (2 November 2019). "Rugby - En plus de ses jeunes talents, Brive vient d'enrôler certaines pépites étrangères". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Selknam y su plantel de preparación SLAR 2021". SLAR (in Spanish). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  5. ↑ Saavedra, Isco (25 March 2022). "¡HISTÓRICO! ¡Selknam vence a Jaguares XV! ¡Nunca habían perdido en la SLAR!". Rugby Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Spectacular Selknam eliminate Jaguares in SLAR Semi Final". Americas Rugby News. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  7. ↑ Molina, Sebastián (2 February 2026). "El salto de Raimundo Martínez al rugby francés: "Era un objetivo que tenía hace años, siempre soñé con jugar en Europa y medir mi rugby en un nivel más alto"". The Clinic (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "Chile stun Russia at the death - Rugby World magazine". Rugby World. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  9. ↑ Pengelly, Martin (16 July 2022). "Chile upset USA in Colorado to secure first ever Rugby World Cup place". The Guardian . Retrieved 16 July 2022.
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