Gilberto Martínez

Gilberto Martínez
Personnel
Surname	Gilberto Martínez Vidal
birthday	1st October 1979
place of birth	Golfito ,  Costa Rica
size	174 cm
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
until 1999	Deportivo Saprissa
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1999-2002	Deportivo Saprissa	68 (0)
2002-2011	Brescia Calcio	195 (1)
2006-2007	→  AS Roma  (loan)	0 (0)
2011	→  Sampdoria Genoa  (loan)	9 (0)
2013–	US Lecce	50 (0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2001-2011	Costa Rica	61 (0)
1 Only league games are given. As of November 24, 2014 2 As of September 9, 2013

Gilberto Martínez Vidal (born October 1, 1979 in Golfito ) is a Costa Rican soccer player who has been under contract with US Lecce since the 2013/14 season .

Career

Gilberto Martínez Vidal began his career in the youth of Deportivo Saprissa . He played in the 1999 Junior World Cup in Nigeria . After performing well in the club and in the youth, he quickly became a fan favorite and was appointed to the national team. On September 15, 2002 he moved to Italy to Brescia Calcio . There he became the mainstay of the defense. After an ankle injury, he was awarded to AS Roma in 2006 . But during his time there, he never got back to his old form and did not play a single game for the Roma during the loan period . In Brescia he made his comeback, but they went into the series B from. But he decided to stay with Brescia despite the second division.

After a year without a club, he joined the US Lecce in the summer of 2013 .

National team

Martínez made his international debut on July 14, 2001 at the Copa America in a 1-0 win over Honduras . He participated with his national team in the soccer world championship 2002 and also in the soccer world championship 2006 . So far, he has played 60 international matches, but without scoring.

Web links

• Gilberto Martínez in the database of weltfussball.de
• Gilberto Martínez in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Data sheet on aic.football.it