Sandy Martens

Last updated

Sandy Martens
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-12-23) 23 December 1972 (age 50)
Place of birth Opbrakel, East Flanders, Belgium
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1981–1993 Olsa Brakel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1994 Olsa Brakel 30 (18)
1994–1999 Gent 143 (39)
1999–2003 Club Brugge 130 (34)
2004–2007 Gent 49 (4)
2007–2008 KSK Beveren 26 (5)
2008–2011 KSV Oudenaarde 24 (6)
2012–2013 KVV Windeke
International career
1999–2003 Belgium 11 (3)
Managerial career
2012 Gent (youth) [1]
2012–2013 KVV Windeke (playing coach) [2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sandy Martens (born 23 December 1972 in Opbrakel, East Flanders) is a retired Belgian football player. He is a former Belgium international, with a record of 3 goals in 11 games. He was a successful player for FC Bruges between 1998 and 2003 but suffered from various injuries later in his career. Originally a striker, he later played as a right back.

Contents

Career

Martens started off his career with Olsa Brakel, a club in Belgium's fourth division. In 1993, he moved to AA Gent (First Division, Jupiler League). In his first match, at home against SK Beveren, he scored immediately, making him a crowd's favourite. He remained one of the leading players in Gent until 1999.

In 1999 Martens moved to Club Brugge. [3] It was also the period in which he turned Belgian international. He debuted for the Belgium national team on 27 March 1999 against Bulgaria. His last international appearance was against Croatia in August 2003.

Before 2012, Martens had the unique identification number of 0 in Sports Interactive's Football Manager series. For FM 2012, he was moved to id number 1.

Career statistics

Club performanceLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeagueAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BelgiumLeague Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1993-94 Olsa Brakel 3018
1994–95 Gent First Division 3110
1995–96 329
1996–97 306
1997–98 226
1998–99 288
1999–00 Club Brugge First Division 294
2000–01 318
2001–02 265
2002–03 3014
2003–04 152
2003–04 Gent First Division 110
2004–05 31
2005–06 282
2006–07 71
2007-08 Beveren Second Division 265
2008-09
TotalBelgium37999
Career total37999

Honours

Club Brugge

Related Research Articles

Trond Johan Sollied is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He last managed Lokeren.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morten Olsen</span> Danish footballer (born 1949)

Morten Per Olsen is a Danish football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championship, 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2012 European Championship. He has also managed Brøndby IF to two Danish Superliga championships and Ajax to the Double of the 1998 Eredivisie championship and Dutch Cup trophy. He is one of only two persons ever in football, alongside Didier Deschamps, to achieve 100 national matches for his country both as player as well as coach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">K.A.A. Gent</span> Belgian professional football club

Koninklijke Atletiek Associatie Gent, often simply known as Ghent or by their nickname De Buffalo's, is a Belgian sports club, based in the city of Ghent, East Flanders. Their football team is the best known section within the club and has been playing in the Belgian First Division A since the 1989–90 season. They won the national league once, in 2014–15, in addition to four Belgian Cup victories. Ghent played their home matches in the Jules Ottenstadion in Gentbrugge from 1920 until 2013, when they moved to the Ghelamco Arena. Their team colours are blue and white. The principal sponsor is the financial institution VDK bank.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michel Preud'homme</span> Belgian footballer

Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme is a Belgian retired footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper. Currently, he is vice-president and sports director at Standard Liège.

Branko Strupar is a Croatian-Belgian former professional footballer who played as a striker. In 1999, he became a naturalised Belgian. He consequently played for the Belgium national team with whom he played 17 matches and scored 5 times.

Yves Vanderhaeghe is a Belgian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.

Glen De Boeck is a Belgian football manager and former player who most recently managed Lokeren in the Belgian First Division B. During his career he played as central defender, mostly on the books of Anderlecht.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Timmy Simons</span> Belgian footballer

Timmy Simons is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was known for his tireless work ethic and penalty-taking ability, having scored 48 competitive goals through penalties, missing only 5. In 2012, at age 36, Simons was both the outfield player with the most minutes and the most kilometres in the Bundesliga. Simons' former clubs include Lommel, Club Brugge, PSV Eindhoven and 1. FC Nürnberg. He captained both Club Brugge and PSV Eindhoven, and won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2002 while playing for Club Brugge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Georges Leekens</span> Belgian football manager and former player

Georges Leekens is a Belgian football manager and former player. During his managerial career, he was in charge of four national teams: the Belgian, Tunisian, Algerian and Hungarian national football teams. He also managed numerous clubs in Belgium, the Netherlands, Turkey, Tunisia, Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Lorenzo Jules Staelens is a Belgian professional football manager and former player. He most recently coached Dutch club HSV Hoek.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sven Vermant</span> Belgian football manager and former player

Sven Vermant is a Belgian former professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is best known for his spells at Club Brugge and FC Schalke 04.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hugo Broos</span> Belgian football manager and former player

Hugo Henri Broos is a Belgian football manager and former player. He is the manager of South Africa national soccer team

Alin Tudor Adi Stoica is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He has been called "one of the greatest, if not the greatest talent" in Belgian football in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2003 Gheorghe Hagi named Stoica his potential successor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivan Leko</span> Croatian footballer and manager

Ivan Leko is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Croatian Football League club Hajduk Split.

Dominic Joseph Foley is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a forward.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lior Refaelov</span> Israeli footballer

Lior Refaelov is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for Belgian First Division A club Anderlecht.

Serhiy Serebrennikov is a retired Russian-born Ukrainian professional football player, a central midfielder. Since June 2011 till 2014 he worked a Belgian coach career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jesper Jørgensen</span> Danish footballer (born 1984)

Jesper Jørgensen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henk Houwaart</span> Dutch footballer and manager

Henk Houwaart is a Dutch football manager and a former football player.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mats Rits</span> Belgian footballer

Mats Rits is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Club Brugge. He made his professional debut at age 16 at Germinal Beerschot, where he was formed. He then moved to the famed Ajax academy system before moving back to his native Belgium to play in the Belgian First Division A.

References

  1. Footballdatabase profile, footballdatabase.eu
  2. "Sandy Martens kiest voor KVV Windeke". nieuwsblad.be. 10 August 2012.
  3. "Stats Centre: Sandy Martens Facts". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  4. "RACING GENK - CLUB BRUGGE 0-2". clubbrugge.be. Retrieved 20 April 2022.