Alberto Martínez (footballer, born 1950)

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Alberto Martínez

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Alberto Ariel Martínez Piriz

| birth_date = 30 July 1950

| birth_place = Rocha, Uruguay

| death_date = 1 December 2009 (aged 59)

| death_place = Uruguay

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1970–1973

| years2 = 1973–1978

| years3 = 1978–1979

| years4 = 1979–1980

| years5 = 1980–1982

| years6 = 1982–1983

| years7 = 1983–1985

| clubs1 = Peñarol

| clubs2 = Austria Vienna

| clubs3 = Wiener SK

| clubs4 = VOEST Linz

| clubs5 = Wiener SK

| clubs6 = Las Palmas

| clubs7 = Favoritner AC

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| caps2 = 144

| goals2 = 26

| caps3 = 54

| goals3 = 22

| caps4 = 18

| goals4 = 5

| caps5 = 65

| goals5 = 20

| caps6 = 28

| goals6 = 3

| caps7 = 57

| goals7 = 12

}}

Alberto Ariel Martínez Piriz (30 July 1950 – 1 December 2009) was an Uruguayan professional footballer who played in Austria for Austria Vienna.

Club career

Martínez, who played as a midfielder, participated in the 1978 European Cup Winners' Cup Final for Austria Vienna.{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season=1977/intro.html |title=1977/78: Two out of three for Anderlecht |accessdate=8 December 2009 |publisher=UEFA |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414023935/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ecwc/history/season%3D1977/intro.html |archivedate=April 14, 2009 }} Martínez died on 1 December 2009 of heart failure, at the age of 59.{{cite news|url=http://derstandard.at/1259281063730/Austria-trauert-um-Alberto-Martinez|title=Austria trauert um Alberto Martinez|accessdate=8 December 2009|date=2 December 2009|newspaper=Der Standard| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20091205051400/http://derstandard.at/1259281063730/Austria-trauert-um-Alberto-Martinez| archivedate= 5 December 2009 | url-status= live|language=de}}

Personal life

Martínez held Austrian citizenship. His son is the footballer Sebastián Martínez who obtained two international caps for Austria.{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstviennafc.at/news-details.php?id=3383&b=Kampfmannschaft|title=Im Gespräch: Sebastian Martinez|website=First Vienna FC 1894}}