Abel Martínez

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| fullname = Abel Juan Martínez Colón{{cite web |url=http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2013/pdf/FWYC_2013_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Cuba |work=FIFA.com |page=5 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=23 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627043508/http://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2013/pdf/FWYC_2013_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2013 |url-status=dead}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|3|df=y}}

| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

| height = {{height|m=1.87|precision=0}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Villaralbo

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| years1 = 2012–2015

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| clubs1 = La Habana

| years2 = 2016

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| clubs2 = Cruz Azul Premier

| years3 = 2016–2019

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| clubs3 = La Habana

| years4 = 2019–2020

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| clubs4 = CD Castilla Palencia

| years5 = 2020

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| clubs5 = Lynx F.C.

| years6 = 2020–

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| clubs6 = Villaralbo

| nationalyears1 = 2013

| nationalteam1 = Cuba U20

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2016

| nationalteam2 = Cuba

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

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| club-update = 15 May 2021

| nationalteam-update = 30 March 2016

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Abel Juan Martínez Colón (born 3 June 1993) is a Cuban international football player, who currently plays for GCE Villaralbo in the Primera Regional of Castille and León.{{Soccerway|abel-juan-martinez-colon/254353}}

Club career

Back in Cuba, he played for his native provincial team La Habana.

In November 2020, Martínez signed for Spanish club GCE Villaralbo.{{cite web |last1=López-Sueiras |first1=Manuel |title=El Villaralbo cierra cuatro fichajes a última hora |url=https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/deportes/2020/11/20/villaralbo-cierra-cuatro-fichajes-ultima-24048542.html |website=La Opinión de Zamora |access-date=16 May 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210516025013/https://www.laopiniondezamora.es/deportes/2020/11/20/villaralbo-cierra-cuatro-fichajes-ultima-24048542.html |archive-date=16 May 2021 |language=es |date=20 November 2020}}

=Doping case=

Martinez was allowed by the Cuban FA to sign professional terms with Mexican side Cruz Azul Premier alongside compatriot Maykel Reyes in 2016,[https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2016-01-13-u58139-futbolistas-cubanos-maykel-reyes-y-abel-martinez-firman-con-el-cruz-Azul Futbolistas cubanos Maykel Reyes y Abel Martínez firman con el Cruz Azul de México] - Cibercuba {{in lang|es}} only to be suspended for two years by FIFA for use of the banned substance furosemide while on Olympic duty with Cuba in Canada in September 2015.[http://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/2778188/pese-a-doping-abel-martinez-sigue-en-planes-de-cruz-azul Pese a doping, Abel Martínez sigue en planes de Cruz Azul] - ESPN Deportes {{in lang|es}}[https://www.cibercuba.com/noticias/2016-10-19-u165969-fifa-confirma-suspension-dos-anos-cubano-doping FIFA confirma suspensión de dos años a cubano por doping] - Cibercuba {{in lang|es}} Cruz Azul dismissed him subsequently, leaving him to work as a model while living with his girlfriend in Puebla.[https://www.vanguardia.com.mx/articulo/el-jugador-del-cruz-azul-que-modela-para-mantenerse El jugador del Cruz Azul que modela para mantenerse] - Vanguardia {{in lang|es}}

International career

Martinez has played in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup{{FIFA player|369866}} and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games tournament.

He made his senior international debut for Cuba in a January 2016 friendly match against Panama and has, as of January 2018, earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals.