Roberto Martínez

spanish association football coach and former player
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Roberto Martínez Montoliu ( digest 13 July 1973 ) is a spanish football coach and former professional actor. Martínez is the coach of the Belgium national team. Martínez played as a defensive midfielder and began his career at Real Zaragoza, with whom he won the Copa del Rey. He spent a year at lower league side CF Balaguer, before signing for English Third Division side Wigan Athletic. Becoming part of a belittled spanish contingent at the club known as “ the three amigos ” aboard Jesús Seba and Isidro Díaz, he was a regular first team player for six years, the longest menstruation of clock he spent at one club. During his time there, he won the Football League Third Division and the Football League Trophy. He moved to Scottish english Motherwell, then to Walsall, before joining Swansea City in 2003. He became club captain and helped the team to win promotion to League One in 2005. He moved to Chester City in 2006, and was again chosen to be master. In 2007, he retired from playing to become coach of Swansea City, leading them to promotion from League One as champions. He then joined Wigan Athletic in 2009, helping the club debar relegation for three straight seasons. In his fourth season Wigan were relegated, but won the FA Cup in 2013 for the first base fourth dimension in the cabaret ‘s history. At the end of that season he became director of Everton. In May 2016, he was sacked as their coach, and became Belgium ‘s head coach on 3 August 2016. Martinez guided them to third base place in 2018 FIFA World Cup, their best-ever position in the competition, angstrom well as holding inaugural plaza for Belgium in the FIFA World Rankings since 2018 .

early animation [edit ]

Born in Balaguer, Lleida, Catalonia, [ 1 ] Martínez began his career at his home-town club CF Balaguer in the Tercera División, playing his foremost competitive plot for the clubhouse ‘s young team when he was nine years old. He played at every level of youth football for the baseball club before moving to Real Zaragoza at the age of 16. [ 2 ]

Playing career [edit ]

Martínez made his first base appearance for the Real Zaragoza B team in 1991, but spent most of his first three seasons at the club play for the young teams. [ 3 ] On 20 June 1993, he made his debut for the first team in La Liga on the final examination day of the 1992–93 temper in a 2–2 puff with Atlético Madrid, coming onto the pitch as a substitute for Luis Cuartero in the fifty-fifth hour. [ 4 ] During the follow season, Martínez featured more regularly for the B team, [ 5 ] helping the team find promotion to the Segunda División B after being relegated in the previous season. In 1994, he returned to Balaguer to play for the first team, and besides ran a football school for the cabaret as an alternative to military avail. [ 6 ] Martínez was offered the casual to move to England by Dave Whelan, Chairman of Wigan Athletic, and he signed on a absolve transfer on 25 July 1995, joining colleague Spaniards Jesús Seba and Isidro Díaz, who were jointly referred to as the “ Three Amigos “. [ 7 ] He made his introduction on 12 August 1995 against Gillingham, scoring for Wigan in a 2–1 frustration. He finished the 1995–96 season as the golf club ‘s top goalscorer with 13 goals in all competitions, and his impressive performances were recognised when he was named in the Division Three PFA Team of the Year, and was besides voted by the supporters as the golf club ‘s Player of the Year. [ 8 ] Martínez won his first honor at the end of the following season, in 1996–97, when Wigan finished as Division Three Champions. He was once again named in the Division Three PFA Team of the Year, and was rewarded with a new four-year shrink. [ 9 ] Martínez was besides at Wigan when the team won the Football League Trophy in 1999, for which he received a winners ‘ medal despite being injured when the final was played. [ 10 ] Released by Wigan on a free transfer at the end of the 2000–01 season, Martínez signed a three-year deal with scots club Motherwell in July 2001. [ 11 ] He made only eight appearances, plus eight more as a utility, before having his contract terminated at the end of the season after the golf club had entered government a workweek early. [ 12 ] He moved back to England to join First Division golf club Walsall on a free transfer in August 2002. Again, he did not feature regularly, starting just one game for Walsall ( a home match against Reading, in which he besides got sent off ) [ 13 ] and making a far five appearances as a ersatz. In January 2003, Martínez joined Swansea City on a short-run contract until the end of the season, [ 13 ] becoming the captain and helping to preserve the club ‘s Football League status on the last day of the season. In June 2003, despite reported concern from First Division clubs, Martínez signed a modern condense with Swansea. [ 14 ] At the start of the 2004–05 season, Martínez was dropped from the police squad by coach Kenny Jackett, [ 15 ] but fought his way back into the first team, making 37 league appearances as the clubhouse won forwarding to League One. [ 16 ] In May 2006, Martínez was released by Swansea on a rid transfer. [ 17 ] Martínez joined Chester City on a release transfer, signing a biennial contract. [ 18 ] On 24 February 2007, he returned to Swansea City as coach on a biennial abridge, replacing Kenny Jackett, who had let him go at the end of the previous season. [ 19 ] This appointment was largely met positively from the fans, despite him not having any managerial experience. [ 20 ] Because his affect to Swansea occurred outside the transmit window, Martínez could not register himself to play for the club for the remainder of the season. Although Martínez initially wanted to continue playing football for ampere hanker as possible, he soon felt that he would be unable to in full commit to a player-manager function, bringing his playing career to an end at the historic period of 33. [ 21 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

Swansea City [edit ]

With Martínez in load, Swansea lost just once in 11 games, giving them a chance of clinching a play-off set on the final day of the 2006–07 season, but missed out following a 6–3 get the better of at home against Blackpool. [ 22 ] Martínez won his first League One Manager of the Month Award for October 2007 by leading his team to four uncoiled wins in four in the league, including a 5–0 winnings and a 4–1 gain over Leyton Orient and AFC Bournemouth, respectively, away from home. [ 23 ] He went on to win the Award consecutively, in December after a thrilling 3–2 succeed over Leeds United at the Swans ‘ Liberty Stadium, and in January after a second 4–0 win away from home against Doncaster Rovers. He was besides nominated for the February loot but lost out to John Ward, coach of Carlisle United. In April 2008, Martínez signed a newfangled contract with Swansea as the club became League One Champions, securing promotion to the Championship, and in May 2008, he was awarded the League One Manager of the Year Award for leading Swansea to the title. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] The 2008–09 season saw Martínez preside over Swansea ‘s first plot in England ‘s second-tier division in 24 years, which began ill with a 2–0 kill away at Charlton Athletic. Subsequently, Swansea ‘s mannequin improved and they lost lone four games out of the future 30, including a total of key league victories against opponents such as Reading and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Martínez besides guided his team to a 2–0 FA Cup win against Premier League side Portsmouth, who were the defending cup holders. [ 26 ] Throughout his fourth dimension at Swansea, Martínez was much linked with other managerial jobs, but he frequently stated that he would lone leave Swansea as director if he was “ forced out. ” [ 27 ] As his achiever grew, he publicly criticised players that left the baseball club for money or for larger clubs. In June 2009, both Celtic and Wigan Athletic asked Swansea for permission to speak with Martínez regarding their managerial vacancies, with Wigan being granted the opportunity to hold talks with Martínez. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] After several days of negotiations, Martínez was confirmed as the new director of Wigan on 15 June 2009, taking four backroom staff with him. [ 7 ] Martínez signed a three-year contract worth £1.5 million and was assured by Wigan chair Dave Whelan that his job would be dependable for the future three years, flush if the cabaret suffered relegation. [ 31 ]

Wigan Athletic [edit ]

Martínez ‘s move to Wigan was not without controversy. many Swansea fans were upset that he had chosen to leave the club despite his previous comments that he would have to be “ forced out ” to leave the club, and he was subsequently nicknamed “ El Judas “ by some fans. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] Martínez explained that his decision had been a difficult one to make, but felt the opportunity to manage in the Premier League at the club where he began his english footballing career was besides adept to turn down. [ 34 ] His first league game as Wigan coach was an away regular against Aston Villa on 15 August 2009. Wigan won the pit 2–0, [ 35 ] and was the first season they had won an open game in the Premier League. [ 36 ] In his first family game at the DW Stadium, however, the team slumped to a 1–0 get the better of to newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers, and this was followed by a 5–0 kill against Manchester United, despite being 0–0 at half time. This inconsistency set the tone for Martínez ‘s first season in charge, with dwelling wins against Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, but besides a serial of heavy defeats. This included a 9–1 frustration away to Tottenham Hotspur on 22 November 2009, a club criminal record get the better of for Wigan, and the first time that a Premier League english had scored nine goals in a single match since Manchester United beat Ipswich Town 9–0 in 1995. [ 37 ] On 26 October 2010, Martínez faced his early clubhouse Swansea in the League Cup. Martínez received a hostile reception from Swansea fans as Wigan won the peer 2–0. [ 33 ] On 10 June 2011, it was announced that Martínez had turned down an set about from Aston Villa regarding their vacant managerial place. [ 38 ] After a well start to the 2011–12 campaign, Wigan suffered eight directly defeats to leave them at the bed of the league. [ 39 ] Between August and February, Wigan won a mere four games, leading to predictions that relegation to the Championship would be inevitable for Wigan. [ 39 ] As the end of the season approached, however, Wigan ‘s class improved dramatically as they recorded wins against Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, and Newcastle United, among others. This remarkable former rally, which involved seven wins in nine games, led to Wigan finishing 15th in the league – seven points net of relegation – and besides saw Martínez awarded his first Premier League Manager of the Month Award for April 2012. [ 39 ] On 17 May 2012, Wigan president Dave Whelan confirmed that Liverpool had been given license to discuss their managerial vacancy with Martínez. however the job finally went to Swansea coach Brendan Rodgers. [ 40 ] Martínez said that he wished to remain at Wigan in order to create “ a bequest ” at the golf club. [ 41 ] On 26 September 2012, Martínez was charged by the FA for comments made after Wigan ‘s 4–0 personnel casualty to Manchester United on 15 September 2012. He accused match officials of favouring United at Old Trafford and said that Danny Welbeck should have been sent off. [ 42 ] During the 2012–13 season, Martínez led Wigan through their most successful ever FA Cup campaign as they won it for the first prison term in the club ‘s history. Wigan ‘s previous best result in the contest had been to reach the quarter-finals ; Martínez led Wigan to their first Wembley semi-final after a 3–0 away win against Everton in the quarter-final. Wigan faced Millwall in the semi-final on 13 April 2013, and went on to reach their first ever FA Cup Final with a 2–0 winnings. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] They played Manchester City on 11 May, and won 1–0 with a finish in the 91st minute from utility Ben Watson to become the 43rd unlike club to win the FA Cup. [ 45 ] just three days after lifting the FA Cup at Wembley though, on 14 May 2013, Martínez ‘s Wigan side were relegated from the Premier League after a 4–1 frustration against Arsenal, having been in the Premier League since promotion in 2005. [ 46 ]

Everton [edit ]

Martínez as director of Everton in 2013 On 28 May 2013, Wigan president Dave Whelan announced that Martínez received permission to speak to Everton about their vacant managerial position. [ 47 ] Whelan said that “ He ( Martínez ) feels he ‘s not the man to lead us rear into the Premier League ”. [ 48 ] Whelan said Everton president Bill Kenwright contacted him a workweek earlier for license to speak to Martínez if talks broke down. Whelan said he gave permission “ immediately ”, adding that he expected Everton to pay compensation of around £2 million. [ 49 ] On 5 June 2013, Everton confirmed the appointment of Martínez as the cabaret ‘s 14th coach after agreeing to a four-year shrink. [ 50 ] Everton besides agreed to send a compensation box of around £1.5 million to Wigan. [ 51 ] Kenwright had interviewed three candidates within his cabaret, and Martínez was the only candidate who was approached while contracted to another club. [ 49 ] Martínez brought four members of his Wigan Athletic backroom staff to Everton, following the departures of diverse members of David Moyes ‘ previous backroom staff who followed him to Manchester United the lapp workweek. Graeme Jones was appointed assistant director, Iñaki Bergara became goalkeeping passenger car, Richard Evans was appointed as ‘Head of Performance ‘ and former England external football player Kevin Reeves was appointed head lookout. [ 52 ] Martínez promised to qualify Everton to the UEFA Champions League. [ 53 ] His first Premier League bet on in charge of Everton was a 2–2 draw away to Norwich City on 17 August. [ 54 ] Martínez ‘s inaugural league win as Everton director came against Chelsea on 14 September. When Everton beat West Ham United 3–2 in their adjacent game it meant that Martínez became the foremost always director of the club to avoid defeat in his first six games. [ 55 ] however, the race did not last as in the future repair Fulham won 2–1 in the one-third round of the League Cup. [ 56 ] On 12 April 2014, Martínez led Everton to a 1–0 gain away at Sunderland to move Everton up to one-fourth stead in the Premier League and register a clubhouse record seventh straight Premier League win which besides gave them a clubhouse record Premier League points match with five games remaining. [ 57 ] Eight days late, Everton won 2–0 at Goodison Park to make Martínez the first Everton coach since Harry Catterick in the 1969–70 season to record a league double over Manchester United. [ 58 ] Martínez signed a new five-year narrow after the season ended. [ 59 ] Despite finishing 5th the previous season, Everton ‘s 2014–15 campaign was less successful. By March 2015, they had won just one of their final ten matches. [ 60 ] A 2–0 kill to Arsenal resulted in the Blues dropping to 14th, six points above the relegation partition. [ 61 ] In the Europa League, Everton advanced to the beat of 16, winning 7–2 on aggregate against Young Boys. [ 62 ] Martínez ‘s side were however knocked out after a 5–2 loss to ukrainian side Dynamo Kiev. [ 63 ] On 12 May 2016, Martínez was sacked by the cabaret, who were 12th with one game remaining. He had guided them to the semi-finals of both domestic cup that temper, but fans had protested against his management and demanded his removal. [ 53 ]

belgium [edit ]

On 3 August 2016, Martínez signed as passenger car of the Belgium national team, succeeding Marc Wilmots. [ 64 ] In his inaugural pit in charge on 1 September 2016, Belgium were defeated 2–0 by his parturition state Spain in Brussels. [ 65 ] Martinez ‘s Belgians were the first gear european side to advance from qualifying into the 2018 FIFA World Cup after their 2–1 win over Greece. [ 66 ] During the group stage, his team won all group games and in the round of 16, came from two goals down to beat Japan 3–2. In the quarter-finals, Belgium defeated Brazil 2–1 to set up a semi-final against neighbor France, which they subsequently lost 1–0. [ 67 ] Belgium defeated England 2–0 in the third-place play-off to secure their best World Cup finish of all time. [ 68 ] [ 69 ] Under Martínez, Belgium rose to first in the FIFA World Rankings in September 2018 and remained there in February 2021, without winning a individual title in many years. [ 70 ] After winning the group at Euro 2020, he became the entirely coach to do so at the 2018 World Cup and at that tournament. In addition, he set the criminal record for most Belgium wins in one spell as director ( 46 from 49, compared to 45 in 114 for Guy Thys ; Thys won four more in a second spell ). [ 71 ] however, he was ineffective to guide Belgium into the style, as the team suffered a blow 1–2 defeat to Italy in the quarter-finals and was eliminated. [ 72 ] Despite this performance in the tournament, he remains the coach of Belgium until the end of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. [ 73 ] After that tournament, he became the coach with the most victories in the history of the belgian national team after beating Belarus in the stipulate phase for the next World Cup. [ 74 ] On 20 September 2021, he again achieved a modern feat : belgium celebrated three years in a quarrel as drawing card of the FIFA rank. [ 75 ]

style of management [edit ]

Martínez is frequently credited with establishing Swansea City ‘s monomania -based style of play during their title-winning League One crusade and subsequent rise to the Premier League. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] [ 78 ] Following his deviation to Wigan, succeeding swansea managers were chosen to suit the style of football Martínez had developed, such as Brendan Rodgers, Michael Laudrup, and Graham Potter. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] [ 79 ] Martínez besides implemented a like possession-based vogue of play at Wigan and Everton to varying degrees of success. [ 80 ] [ 81 ] Martínez cites the philosophy of Johan Cruyff as an determine upon his managerial set about. [ 82 ]

Broadcasting career [edit ]

Martínez served as a studio analyst for ESPN ‘s coverage of the FIFA World Cup ( 2010 [ 83 ] and 2014 editions ), the UEFA European Championship ( 2012 [ 83 ] and 2016 editions [ 84 ] ), and the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup. [ 83 ] He has besides been a regular guest on Sky Sports ‘ spanish football program Revista de la Liga. In addition, he has made respective appearances on the BBC ‘s Match of the Day. [ 11 ] [ 85 ] In July 2020, Martinez was unveiled as one of the pundits for CBS Sports Network ‘s UEFA Champions League coverage. [ 86 ]

personal life [edit ]

In June 2009, Martínez married his scots girlfriend Beth Thompson at St Joseph ‘s Cathedral in Swansea. [ 87 ] The pair met in Scotland in 2002, while he was playing for Motherwell. [ 88 ] They have two daughters together named Luella [ 89 ] and Safiana. [ 90 ] While playing for Real Zaragoza, Martínez obtained a knight bachelor ‘s degree in physical therapy. [ 2 ] He besides has a graduate diploma in business management, which he obtained from Manchester Metropolitan University. [ 88 ]

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 16 November 2021[91]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team

From

Record

P
W
D
L
Win %

Swansea City

24 February 2007

15 June 2009

126
63
37
26
0 50.0
Wigan Athletic

15 June 2009

5 June 2013

175

Honours [edit ]

player [edit ]

Real Zaragoza
Wigan Athletic
Swansea City
Individual

coach [edit ]

Swansea City
Wigan Athletic
Belgium
Individual

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

General

Martínez, Roberto (2008). Kicking Every Ball: My Story So Far. Y Lolfa. ISBN 978-1-84771-085-7.

Specific