# Santiago Martínez (footballer, born 1991)

Santiago Gabriel Martínez Pintos (born 30 July 1991) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Luz.

## Club career

Martínez started his senior career in 2011 with Montevideo Wanderers, making his professional debut in a 5–1 Uruguayan Primera División win against El Tanque Sisley on 3 April. He went onto make six appearances during 2010–11 prior to playing twenty-six times in 2011–12, a season in which Martínez accumulated twelve yellow cards and three red cards. He scored his first career goal in 2012–13's first match, an away win vs. Cerro Largo. In July 2014, Martínez joined Argentine Primera División side Quilmes on loan. He was sent off in his second start against Defensa y Justicia. Overall, he made six appearances.
He returned to Montevideo Wanderers in January 2015 and subsequently made eighty-three appearances and scored once in the following four seasons. On 10 July 2017, Martínez completed a loan move to Belgrano of the Argentine Primera División. He returned to Montevideo Wanderers in June 2018. His 200th career appearance arrived on 4 August versus Peñarol. After featuring twenty-four times back with his parent team, Martínez was loaned out for a third time in June 2019 as he joined Ascenso MX side Atlante.

## International career

He received a Uruguay U20 call-up for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, but was an unused substitute in all three Group B fixtures as Uruguay were eliminated at the group stages.

## Career statistics

    As of 19 June 2019.
Club statistics :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2010–11 | Uruguayan Primera División | 6 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2011–12 | Uruguayan Primera División | 26 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2012–13 | Uruguayan Primera División | 24 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2013–14 | Uruguayan Primera División | 28 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2014–15 | Uruguayan Primera División | 10 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2015–16 | Uruguayan Primera División | 18 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2016 | Uruguayan Primera División | 15 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2017 | Uruguayan Primera División | 22 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2018 | Uruguayan Primera División | 8 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2019 | Uruguayan Primera División | 12 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Montevideo Wanderers | Total | Total | 169 | 3 | — | — | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 196 | 3 |
| Quilmes (loan) | 2014 | Argentine Primera División | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Belgrano (loan) | 2017–18 | Argentine Primera División | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Atlante (loan) | 2019–20 | Ascenso MX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 175 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 206 | 3 |
* 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana
* ↑ Appearance(s) in the Uruguayan Primera División play-offs
* 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Copa Libertadores