João Paulo Neto Martins

João Martins
Personal information
Full name João Paulo Neto Martins
Date of birth (1988-06-30) 30 June 1988
Place of birth Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Académico Viseu
Youth career
1997–2000 Tourizense
2000–2007 Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Sporting CP 0 (0)
2007 → Olhanense (loan) 1 (0)
2008 → Olivais Moscavide (loan) 9 (0)
2008−2009 → Atlético (loan) 29 (9)
2009−2010 Gil Vicente 5 (0)
2010−2011 Vizela 21 (2)
2011−2012 Mafra 22 (1)
2012−2013 Naval 23 (4)
2013−2014 Académico Viseu 34 (3)
2014−2016 Penafiel 54 (7)
2016− Académico Viseu
National team
2004 Portugal U16 3 (0)
2004−2005 Portugal U17 14 (0)
2006 Portugal U18 6 (2)
2006−2007 Portugal U19 13 (0)
2007−2008 Portugal U20 10 (1)
2009 Portugal U21 4 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2016.


João Paulo Neto Martins (born 30 June 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Académico de Viseu FC as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Oliveira do Hospital, Coimbra District, Martins played most of his youth football with Sporting Clube de Portugal, having arrived at the club's youth system in 2000 at the age of 12. From 2007 to 2009 he would be loaned to three teams, C.D. Olivais e Moscavide and Atlético Clube de Portugal in the third division and S.C. Olhanense in the second level (one league game during the entire season for the latter club).

Released by the Lions in the 2009 summer, Martins resumed his career mainly in division three. He returned to the second tier in the 2012–13 campaign, signing for Associação Naval 1º de Maio.[1]

Personal life

Martins' older brother, Carlos, is also a footballer and a midfielder. He also graduated from Sporting's youth academy but with much more individual success, going on to also represent S.L. Benfica and Portugal.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Tozé Marreco e João Martins confirmados (Tozé Marreco and João Martins confirmed); A Bola, 11 July 2012 (Portuguese)
  2. ↑ "Carlos Martins defronta o irmão: "Não merece o que lhe fizeram"" [Carlos Martins faces brother: "He does not deserve what has been done to him"] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
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