Leandro Martini

Argentine football manager
Leandro Martini
Personal information
Full name Leandro Damián Martini
Date of birth (1974-02-19) 19 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Villa San Carlos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1998 Villa San Carlos
1998 Sacachispas 9 (4)
1999 San Martín Burzaco 18 (3)
1999–2010 Villa San Carlos 229 (29)
Managerial career
2013–2020 Gimnasia La Plata (youth)
2017 Gimnasia La Plata (interim)
2020–2021 Gimnasia La Plata
2023 Villa San Carlos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leandro Damián Martini (born 19 February 1974) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Martini is the top goalscorer of Villa San Carlos' history, with 80 goals in 18 seasons for the club.[1]

Playing career

Born in La Plata, Martini made his senior debut with Villa San Carlos in 1991, aged 17.[2] His career was mainly associated with the club, as he only spent one year away from the club (in the 1998–99 season) where he represented Sacachispas and San Martín de Burzaco.

Martini retired with Villa San Carlos in December 2010, after a combined total of 18 seasons, more than 400 matches and 80 goals while in representation of the club.[2]

Managerial career

After retiring, Martini started working at Gimnasia La Plata as a youth manager. On 18 May 2017, he and Mariano Messera were named interim managers of the first team for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[3] The duo returned to their previous roles after the appointment of Mariano Soso.

In November 2020, following the death of manager Diego Maradona and the resignation of his assistant Sebastián Méndez, Martini and Messera were again named interim managers. The following 15 January, the duo were made permanent managers of the main squad.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Homenaje a Leandro Martini tras su retiro" [Honours to Leandro Martini after his retirement] (in Spanish). El Mundo de Berisso. December 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "A 25 años del debut de Leandro Martini" [25 years from the debut of Leandro Martini] (in Spanish). Villa San Carlos. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Gimnasia sigue en la búsqueda de un técnico" [Gimnasia keep searching for a manager] (in Spanish). El Gráfico. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Martini y Messera son oficialmente los directores técnicos de Gimnasia" [Martini and Messera are officially the managers of Gimnasia] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.

External links

  • Leandro Martini at BDFA (in Spanish)
  • Leandro Martini coach profile at Soccerway
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