Alejandro Martinuccio
{{short description|Argentine footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Alejandro Martinuccio
| image = Alejandro Martinuccio 2011.jpg
| fullname = Alejandro Hernán Martinuccio
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina
| height = {{height|m=1.73}}
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Boston River
| clubnumber = 8
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = River Plate
| youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Nueva Chicago
| years1 = 2007–2009 | clubs1 = Nueva Chicago | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 9
| years2 = 2009–2011 | clubs2 = Peñarol | caps2 = 56 | goals2 = 14
| years3 = 2011–2015 | clubs3 = Fluminense | caps3 = 15 | goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2012 | clubs4 = → Villarreal (loan) | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 1
| years5 = 2012–2014 | clubs5 = → Cruzeiro (loan) | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2014 | clubs6 = → Coritiba (loan) | caps6 = 13 | goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2016–2017 | clubs7 = Chapecoense | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2017 | clubs8 = Nueva Chicago | caps8 = 7 | goals8 = 2
| years9 = 2018 | clubs9 = Avaí | caps9 = 15 | goals9 = 2
| years10 = 2019–2020 | clubs10 = Móstoles | caps10 = 15 | goals10 = 3
| years11 = 2020– | clubs11 = Boston River | caps11 = 8 | goals11 = 1
| club-update = 13:38, 6 October 2020 (UTC)
}}
Alejandro "El Negro" Martinuccio (born 16 December 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Boston River.
Career
=Nueva Chicago=
Martinuccio made his debut at Club Atlético Nueva Chicago in 2008 and after a remarkable individual performance with his team in the Primera B Metropolitana was transferred to Uruguayan club C.A. Peñarol.
=Peñarol=
File:Alejandro Martinuccio vs Santos.jpg
Martinuccio helped Peñarol reach the 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals, in which Peñarol lost to Brazil's Santos. He had thirteen appearances and scored 2 goals in the competition.
=Fluminense=
After a good display of football in the 2011 Copa Libertadores, Fluminense signed Martinuccio in July 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.vitrineesportiva.com.br/headline/fluminense-contrata-martnuccio/ |title=Fluminense contrata Martinuccio |publisher=vitrineesportiva.com.br |date=July 20, 2011 |accessdate=August 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821203253/http://www.vitrineesportiva.com.br/headline/fluminense-contrata-martnuccio/ |archivedate=August 21, 2014 }}
=Villarreal=
Martinuccio joined Villarreal in January 2012 in a loan deal. He scored his first goal for the club against Real Zaragoza on March 4.
=Cruzeiro=
In July 2012, Cruzeiro signed Martinuccio on a one-year loan from Fluminense.{{cite web | url = http://esportes.estadao.com.br/noticias/futebol,cruzeiro-contrata-martinuccio-por-emprestimo-de-um-ano,896360 | title = Cruzeiro contrata Martinuccio por empréstimo de um ano | publisher = Estadão | date = July 5, 2012 | accessdate = August 20, 2014}} He stayed there for another year until mid-2014 and won the 2013 Brazilian Série A and the 2014 Campeonato Mineiro. Although, due to injuries he could never establish himself in the team and returned to Fluminense.{{cite web | url = http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/cruzeiro/noticia/2014/05/contrato-de-martinuccio-com-cruzeiro-termina-e-jogador-volta-ao-fluminense.html | title = Cruzeiro não revova empréstimo de Martinuccio, e atacante volta ao Flu | publisher = globoesporte.com | date = May 29, 2012 | accessdate = August 20, 2014}}
=Coritiba=
In June 2014 Martinuccio was loaned one more time, on this occasion to another Brazilian club, Coritiba.{{cite web | url = http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/coritiba/noticia/2014/06/martinuccio-realiza-exames-medicos-antes-de-assinar-com-o-coritiba.html | title = Martinuccio realiza exames médicos antes de assinar com o Coritiba | publisher = globoesporte.com | date = June 27, 2014 | accessdate = August 20, 2014}} Once again he struggled with injuries.{{cite web | url = http://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/coritiba/noticia/2014/08/situacao-de-martinuccio-sera-reavaliada-no-coritiba-diz-celso-roth.html | title = Situação de Martinuccio será reavaliada no Coritiba, diz Celso Roth | publisher = globoesporte.com | date = August 4, 2014 | accessdate = August 20, 2014}}
=Chapecoense=
Without playing since November 2014 Chapecoense signed Alejandro on 30 April 2016. Martinuccio failed in medical exams at Ponte Preta before agreeing with Chapecoense. He had a chance to return to football after a series of serious injuries and surgeries on both legs.{{cite web | url = http://globoesporte.globo.com/sc/futebol/noticia/2016/03/apos-exames-e-acerto-martinuccio-inicia-tratamento-na-chapecoense.html | title = Após exames e acerto, Martinuccio inicia tratamento na Chapecoense | publisher = globoesporte.com | date = March 1, 2016 | accessdate = July 21, 2016}} Because of a new injury, Martinuccio missed the ill-fated team flight which crashed near Medellín, where 71 people died.{{cite web | url = http://www.marca.com/futbol/america/2016/11/29/583d5ebfe5fdeaab548b46aa.html | title = El ex del Villarreal que se salvó al estar lesionado: "Siento un profundo dolor" |language =Spanish | publisher = Marca | date = 29 November 2016 | accessdate = 29 November 2016}}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|20 December 2016}}{{Soccerway|alejandro-martinuccio/52278|accessdate=17 December 2016}}{{ESPN FC|89513|accessdate=17 December 2016}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Nueva Chicago
|8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 8 | 0 | |||
| 2008–09
|9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 9 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 9 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Peñarol
|rowspan="2"|Primera División |32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 8 | |||
| 2010–11
|24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17Four appearances and one goal in 2010 Copa Sudamericana, 13 appearances and two goals in 2011 Copa Libertadores. | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 9 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!56 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | colspan="2"|— | 73 | 17 | ||
| rowspan="4"|Fluminense
|2011 |rowspan="3"|Série A |14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 1 | |||
| 2012
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca. | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2015
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Villarreal
|13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 13 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="4"|Cruzeiro (loan)
|2012 |rowspan="3"|Série A |10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 4 | |||
| 2013
|7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | |||
| 2014
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 4 | ||
| Coritiba (loan)
|2014 |Série A |13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 15 | 2 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Chapecoense
|2016 |rowspan="2"|Série A |8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 1 | ||
| 2017
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense. | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
| rowspan="1"|Avaí
|2018 |rowspan="1"|Série A |1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 14 | 2 | 17 | 2 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!140 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 184 | 37 |
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Honours
Chapecoense plane crash
On 28 November 2016, many of his current teammates at Chapecoense were involved in a plane crash, which killed most of the squad (17 died instantly after crash and two more a few hours later in hospital at Medellín). Martuniccio was not on the plane as he had been dropped from the team for the first final game against Atlético Nacional for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, due to an injury.{{Cite news|url=http://www.clarin.com/deportes/futbol-internacional/Alejandro-Martinuccio-argentino-Chapecoense-Brasil_0_1696030394.html|title=Accidente del Chapecoense: Alejandro Martinuccio, el único argentino del equipo, se salvó por una lesión|last=Clarin.com|newspaper=Clarin.com|access-date=2016-11-29}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|alejandro-martinuccio/52278}}
- {{ESPNsoccernet|id=89513}}
- [http://www.tablesleague.com/teams/coritiba1/alejandro_martinuccio/ tablesleague.com]
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