Benjamín Martínez
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Benja in action for Girona in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamín Martínez Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Cultural Leonesa | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sant Cugat | |||
| Mercantil | |||
| 2005–2006 | Damm | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Espanyol B | 0 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | → Europa (loan) | 64 | (16) |
| 2008–2011 | Barcelona B | 62 | (17) |
| 2008 | → Reus (loan) | 18 | (8) |
| 2011–2013 | Girona | 51 | (14) |
| 2013–2014 | Córdoba | 0 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Las Palmas | 5 | (1) |
| 2015 | → Sabadell (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Llagostera | 31 | (3) |
| 2016– | Cultural Leonesa | 10 | (10) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2016. | |||
Benjamín Martínez Martínez (born 23 August 1987), commonly known as Benja, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa as a forward.
Football career
Born in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Catalonia, Benja concluded his youth development at CF Damm before joining RCD Espanyol B in 2006, spending his tenure on loan at CE Europa. Two years later he joined another reserve team, FC Barcelona B, and after a loan at CF Reus Deportiu he scored eight goals in 26 games as they won promotion from Segunda División B in his first season, including a hat-trick in a 3–3 draw at Polideportivo Ejido in the first leg of the play-off first round.[1]
On 14 July 2011, Benja transferred to another Catalan team of Segunda División, Girona FC,[2] totalling 14 goals in 53 games over the next two seasons, including two in the first 11 minutes of a 3–1 home win over Sporting de Gijón on 29 September 2012.[3] The following 24 February, his season was ended by a left knee injury against Córdoba CF, but he nonetheless agreed to sign for said team on 27 June; the deal was frozen until his recovery.[4]
After rescinding his contract in January 2014, he joined another second-tier team, UD Las Palmas, on the anniversary of his injury;[5] the following 7 January he was loaned to CE Sabadell FC of his native region for the rest of the campaign,[6] ending in relegation. After suffering the same fate with UE Llagostera a year later, he dropped into the third tier for the first time in six years, joining Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa on 27 July 2016.[7]
References
- ↑ "Poli Ejido y Barça B disputaron una segunda parte de locura" [Poli Ejido y Barça B contested a crazy second half] (in Spanish). Marca. 17 May 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "El Girona ficha a Benja y Juanlu" [Girona sign Benja and Juanlu] (in Spanish). Marca. 14 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "El Girona sentencia al Sporting por la vía rápida" [Girona sentence Sporting in double-quick time] (in Spanish). Marca. 29 September 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "Benja, un fichaje en el limbo" [Benja, a signing in limbo] (in Spanish). ABC. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "Las Palmas presenta a Benja como su nuevo delantero" [Las Palmas present Benja as their new striker] (in Spanish). Marca. 24 February 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "Benja se marcha cedido al Sabadell" [Benja goes on loan to Sabadell] (in Spanish). UD Las Palmas. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
- ↑ "Benja, nuevo fichaje de la Cultural Leonesa" [Benja, new signing for Cultural Leonesa] (in Spanish). Be Soccer. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
External links
- Benja profile at BDFutbol
- Benja profile at Soccerway