Cuco Martina
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rhu-endly Aurelio Jean-Carlo Martina[1] | ||
Date of birth | 25 September 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
Position(s) | Right back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Southampton | ||
Number | 15 | ||
Youth career | |||
Feyenoord | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2011 | RBC Roosendaal | 68 | (2) |
2011–2013 | RKC Waalwijk | 43 | (1) |
2013–2015 | Twente | 48 | (1) |
2013–2014 | Jong Twente | 11 | (0) |
2015– | Southampton | 6 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2011– | Curaçao | 24 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:03, 9 January 2016 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 September 2015 |
Rhu-endly Aurelio Jean-Carlo "Cuco" Martina (born 25 September 1989) is a professional footballer who plays for English club Southampton, as a right back.
He formerly played for Feyenoord, RBC Roosendaal, RKC Waalwijk and FC Twente.
Born and raised in the Netherlands, he represents Curaçao at international level.
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Early and personal life
Martina was born in Rotterdam.[2] He grew up in South Rotterdam with his mother, brothers and sister.[3] He did not know his father, and states his elder brother was instead like a father to him.[3] His brothers Derwin and Javier are also both footballers.[4]
Club career
Martina played youth football with Feyenoord.[3] He then spent his early senior career with RBC Roosendaal, RKC Waalwijk and FC Twente.[2][5][6]
He signed a two-year contract with English club Southampton on 7 July 2015.[7] An unused substitute in the first leg,[8] Martina made his Southampton debut in their UEFA Europa League third qualifying round second leg away to Vitesse, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–0 win on 6 August.[9] Three days later, he made his league debut as a half-time substitute for fellow new signing Cédric Soares in a 2–2 draw at Newcastle United.[10] Martina became the first-ever Curaçao international to play for Southampton and the second to play in the Premier League after West Bromwich Albion's Shelton Martis in 2009.[4]
On 26 December 2015, on his first start, Martina scored his first goal for the Saints, a long-range strike to open a 4–0 win over Arsenal. He became the first Curaçaoan to score in the Premier League.[11]
International career
Martina made his international debut for Curaçao on 9 August 2011, in their first match since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. He played the first half of the 1–0 friendly loss to the Dominican Republic at the Estadio Panamericano in San Cristóbal, before being substituted for Kenny Kunst.[2][12] He has played in qualifying matches for the 2014 and 2018 World Cups.[13]
Playing style
Martina plays primarily as a right back, but can also play as a centre back or defensive midfielder.[2]
Career statistics
- As of 9 January 2016[14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
RBC Roosendaal | 2008–09 | Eerste Divisie | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
2009–10 | Eerste Divisie | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 24 | 1 | |||
2010–11 | Eerste Divisie | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | |||
Total | 69 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 70 | 2 | ||||
RKC Waalwijk | 2011–12 | Eredivisie | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
2012–13 | Eredivisie | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
Total | 57 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 59 | 1 | ||||
FC Twente | 2013–14 | Eredivisie | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | |
2014–15 | Eredivisie | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
Total | 48 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 56 | 1 | |||
Jong FC Twente | 2014–15 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
Southampton | 2015–16[15] | Premier League | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Career total | 191 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 205 | 5 |
References
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- ↑ Cuco Martina at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
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- ↑ Cuco Martina – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Cuco Martina at Soccerway. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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- Pages using infobox football biography with height issues
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rotterdam
- Dutch footballers
- Dutch people of Curaçao descent
- Curaçao footballers
- Curaçao international footballers
- Association football fullbacks
- Feyenoord players
- RBC Roosendaal players
- RKC Waalwijk players
- FC Twente players
- Southampton F.C. players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Dutch expatriates in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- 2014 Caribbean Cup players
- Premier League players