Chepe Martínez
Personal information
Full name José Orlando Martínez Peña
Date of birth (1979-09-30) September 30, 1979
Place of birth San Salvador, El Salvador
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
striker
Youth career
Instituto Nacional de Apopa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 Atlético Marte
2002–2003 San Salvador F.C.
2003–2006 Luis Ángel Firpo
2007–2009 Alianza
2009–2010 Atlético Marte
International career‡
2004–2008 El Salvador 27 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of January 2007
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of February 2007

José Orlando "Chepe" Martínez Peña (born September 30, 1979 in El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player, who most prominently played as a forward for Luis Ángel Firpo.

Club career

Nicknamed Chepe, Martínez came through the Instituto Nacional de Apopa to earn himself a contract with Atlético Marte in 2000. He then had a short spell at San Salvador F.C. before joining Luis Ángel Firpo with whom he spent a couple of years. In 2007, he moved to Alianza, only for him to return to Marte two years later.[1]

In 2010, he apparently finished his career to take up cycling,[2] but in 2011 he took up coaching youth players.[3]

International career

Martínez made his debut for El Salvador in a March 2004 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 27 caps, scoring 2 goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[4] and played at the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup[5] as well as at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[6]

His final international game was a July 2008 friendly match against Guatemala.

International goals

Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
112 May 2004Robertson Stadium, Houston, United States Haiti3-23-3Friendly match
213 June 2004Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador Bermuda1-02-12006 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. ↑ Profile Archived 2012-03-12 at the Wayback Machine - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  2. ↑ Chepe Martínez cambió el fútbol por el ciclismo Archived 2011-07-03 at the Wayback Machine - LosProvocadores (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ El pitazo inicial en “La Diez” Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine - El Gráfico (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Chepe Martínez – FIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2007 - Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF
  6. ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine - RSSSF


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