{{short description|Spanish footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{family name hatnote|Martínez|Rubio|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mario Martínez | image = | fullname = Mario Martínez Rubio | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|3|25|df=yes}} | birth_place = Soria, Spain | height = {{height|m=1.73|precision=0}} | position = Midfielder | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthyears2 = | youthclubs1 = Almazán | youthclubs2 = Numancia | years1 = 2002–2004 | years2 = 2003–2011 | years3 = 2006 | years4 = 2007 | years5 = 2011–2012 | years6 = 2012 | years7 = 2013–2014 | years8 = 2014–2015 | years9 = 2015 | years10 = 2015–2016 | years11 = 2016 | years12 = 2016–2017 | years13 = 2017 | years14 = 2018 | years15 = 2018–2019 | years16 = 2019 | years17 = 2019 | years18 = 2020 | years19 = 2020–2021 | years20 = 2021–2022 | clubs1 = Numancia B | clubs2 = Numancia | clubs3 = → Las Palmas (loan) | clubs4 = → Zamora (loan) | clubs5 = Real Unión | clubs6 = Olympiakos Nicosia | clubs7 = Baku | clubs8 = Tarazona | clubs9 = Jaguares Córdoba | clubs10 = Blooming | clubs11 = Boavista | clubs12 = Kissamikos | clubs13 = Puerto Rico FC | clubs14 = Olimpia Grudziądz | clubs15 = Kalamata | clubs16 = Aittitos Spata | clubs17 = Chania | clubs18 = I Sparti | clubs19 = Platanias | clubs20 = Granitis Agias Marinas | caps1 = | caps2 = 119 | caps3 = 10 | caps4 = 15 | caps5 = 24 | caps6 = 8 | caps7 = 5 | caps8 = 11 | caps9 = 4 | caps10 = 16 | caps11 = 13 | caps12 = 29 | caps13 = 12 | caps14 = 11 | caps15 = 7 | caps16 = 5 | caps17 = 1 | caps18 = | caps19 = | caps20 = | totalcaps = | goals1 = | goals2 = 6 | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = 1 | goals5 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | goals7 = 1 | goals8 = 1 | goals9 = 0 | goals10 = 4 | goals11 = 1 | goals12 = 5 | goals13 = 0 | goals14 = 0 | goals15 = 2 | goals16 = 0 | goals17 = 0 | goals18 = | goals19 = | goals20 = | totalgoals = | club-update = | nationalteam-update = }} '''Mario Martínez Rubio''' (born 25 March 1985) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Football career== A product of hometown club CD Numancia's youth system,<ref>[http://archivo.marca.com/edicion/marca/futbol/2a_division/numancia/es/desarrollo/1122717.html El orgullo de los sorianos se llama Mario Martínez (Soria's pride is called Mario Martínez)]; Marca, 13 May 2008 (in Spanish)</ref> Mario first appeared with their first team during 2002–03's second division – two games – then played 34 times scoring three goals in the 2007–08 season as the Soria side returned to La Liga after a three-year absence.<ref name=DS>{{cite news|url=https://www.desdesoria.es/2013/05/29/breve-enciclopedia-numantina/|title=Breve enciclopedia numantina|trans-title=Brief ''numantina'' encyclopedia|publisher=Desde Soria|language=es|date=29 May 2013|accessdate=15 October 2019}}</ref>
On 31 August 2008, four years after making his top-flight debut, Mario netted the only goal as Numancia surprisingly defeated FC Barcelona at home in what was Pep Guardiola's first league game as a manager.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121026130744/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/252793?cc=5739 Numancia 1–0 Barcelona]; ESPN Soccernet, 31 August 2008</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/sep/01/europeanfootball.liverpool|title=Barcelona flop to newcomers as Marseille give Reds a warning|publisher=Guardian |date=1 September 2008 |access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref> It would be his only in the campaign, as the team were immediately relegated.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jun/08/sid-lowe-review-la-liga-2009-season|title=It's the Sids 2009! The complete review of La Liga season|publisher=The Guardian|date=8 June 2009|accessdate=10 May 2016}}</ref>
After only 13 league matches out of 42 in 2010–11 (one complete),<ref name=DS/> the 26-year-old Mario was released by Numancia, signing with Real Unión of the third level. He did not settle with any club or in any country in the following years, representing Olympiakos Nicosia, FC Baku, SD Tarazona<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sdtarazona.com/Noticia.asp?id=665|title=Dos nuevas incorporaciones en la SD Tarazona|trans-title=Two new additions in SD Tarazona|publisher=SD Tarazona|language=es|date=17 October 2014|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> and Jaguares de Córdoba.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.desdesoria.es/?p=123671|title=Mario Martínez prueba suerte en el Jaguares de Córdoba, de Colombia|trans-title=Mario Martínez has a go at Jaguares de Córdoba, from Colombia|publisher=Desde Soria|language=es|date=1 February 2015|accessdate=3 February 2015}}</ref>
On 3 July 2015, Mario joined Club Blooming in the Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facetasdeportivastv.com/mario-martinez-es-el-nuevo-refuerzo-espanol-de-blooming/|title=Mario Martínez es el nuevo refuerzo español de Blooming|trans-title=Mario Martínez is Blooming's new Spanish addition|publisher=Facetas Deportivas|language=es|date=3 July 2015|accessdate=13 August 2015}}</ref> On 12 August, the team won their first Copa Cine Center after defeating Club Jorge Wilstermann 4–0 in the final, and he scored the opening goal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elpaisonline.com/index.php/2013-01-15-14-16-26/campeon/item/182622-tras-derrotar-a-wilstermann-blooming-campeon-de-la-cine-center|title=Tras derrotar a Wilstermann: Blooming campeón de la Cine Center|trans-title=After defeating Wilstermann: Blooming Cine Center champions|publisher=El País|language=es|date=12 August 2015|accessdate=13 August 2015}}</ref>
Mario continuously switched clubs and countries in the following years, representing Boavista FC,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/boavista/detalhe/axadrezados-anunciam-contratacao-de-mario-martinez|title=Axadrezados anunciam contratação de Mario Martínez|trans-title=Chequereds announce signing of Mario Martínez|publisher=Record|language=pt|date=15 January 2016|accessdate=15 October 2019}}</ref> PGS Kissamikos, Puerto Rico FC and Olimpia Grudziądz.<ref>[http://olimpiagrudziadz.com/item/7269-mario-martinez-w-olimpii-grudziadz Mario Martínez w Olimpii Grudziądz! (Mario Martínez to Olimpia Grudziądz!)]; Olimpia Grudziądz, 15 March 2018 (in Polish)</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{BDFutbol|1911|Mario}} *{{Soccerway|mario-martinez-rubio/59188|Mario}}
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