page_title: Chris Martin (footballer, born 1988)
section_title: 2011–12 season
hierarchical_section_title: Chris Martin (footballer, born 1988) / Club career / Norwich City / 2011–12 season
caption_attribution_description: English: Chris Martin playing for Crystal Palace in Football League Cup semi-final against Cardiff City.
context_page_description: Christopher Hugh Martin is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. He most recently played for Championship club Derby County. He has also played for the Scotland national team.
  Martin began his career at Norwich City, joining the club's books at the age of 10 and making his professional début at 18 in the 2006–07 season. He fell out of favour in the 2007–08 season and spent the 2008–09 season on loan at Luton Town. On his return to Norwich, he was an important first team player as the club recorded successive promotions from League One and the Championship in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.
  However, upon the club's return to the Premier League, he found himself out of favour and spent part of the 2011–12 season on loan at Crystal Palace and parts of the 2012–13 season on loan at Swindon Town and Derby County. At the end of the season, he agreed a deal to join Derby on a permanent basis, signing a three-year contract and moving to the club on a free transfer ahead of the 2013–14 season. He ended the season as the club's top goalscorer, with 25 goals in all competitions, as the club reached the 2014 Championship play-off Final.
context_section_description: An unused substitute for the first game of the season, Martin started Norwich's next three league matches alongside Grant Holt, who started all four matches. With Norwich without a win and in 17th place, Martin and Holt were dropped as manager Paul Lambert switched to playing a single striker, Steve Morison. After two matches as an unused substitute, Martin made only one more appearance, as a late substitute in a 2–0 defeat to Manchester United. He then failed to even make the bench for the next four games and Lambert made him available for loan, in order for him to play regular football.
caption: Martin playing for Crystal Palace in 2012
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