Nemesio Martín

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|birth_place = Sanchón de la Sagrada, Spain

|death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|20|1939|12|31|df=yes}}

|death_place = Salamanca, Spain

|height = 1.66 m

|position = Forward

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|years1 = 1962–1964

|clubs1 = Salamanca

|caps1 = 43

|goals1 = 18

|years2 = 1964–1971

|clubs2 = Pontevedra

|caps2 = 175

|goals2 = 59

|years3 = 1971–1972

|clubs3 = Salamanca

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|years4 = 1972–1973

|clubs4 = Pontevedra

|caps4 = 32

|goals4 = 5

|years5 = 1973–1976

|clubs5 = Albacete

|caps5 = 89

|goals5 = 47

|totalcaps = 338+

|totalgoals = 129+

|nationalyears1 = 1965

|nationalteam1 = Spain

|nationalcaps1 = 1

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|manageryears1 = 1979–1980

|managerclubs1 = Béjar

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|managerclubs2 = Salamanca

|manageryears3 = 1981–1983

|managerclubs3 = Manchego

|manageryears4 = 1983–1984

|managerclubs4 = Jaén

|manageryears5 = 1984–1985

|managerclubs5 = Alavés

|manageryears6 = 1985–1986

|managerclubs6 = Pontevedra

|manageryears7 = 1987–1989

|managerclubs7 = Albacete

|manageryears8 = 1989–1990

|managerclubs8 = Alzira

|manageryears9 = 1992

|managerclubs9 = Salamanca

|manageryears10 = 1992

|managerclubs10 = Avilés Industrial

|manageryears11 = 1993–1994

|managerclubs11 = Yeclano

|manageryears12 = 1995–1996

|managerclubs12 = Lorca

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Nemesio Martín Montejo (31 December 1939 – 20 October 2022), also known as Neme, was a Spanish football player and manager.

A forward, he played 114 La Liga games and scored 35 goals for Pontevedra, as well as 135 games and 47 goals in the Segunda División for that club and Salamanca. He played one game for Spain in 1965.

Aside from a brief top-flight spell with Salamanca in 1980, his managerial career was mostly spent in lower leagues.

Club career

Born in Sanchón de la Sagrada in the Province of Salamanca, Martín began his career at local Segunda División club Salamanca in 1962. Amidst interest from Atlético Madrid and Deportivo de La Coruña, he transferred to Pontevedra of the same league in 1964 for a fee of 4 million Spanish pesetas.{{cite news |last1=Sánchez |first1=Teresa |title=Fallece Nemesio Martín Montejo 'Neme', jugador y entrenador histórico de la UD Salamanca e internacional español |url=https://www.tribunasalamanca.com/noticias/308624/fallece-nemesio-martin-montejo-neme-jugador-y-entrenador-historico-de-la-ud-salamanca-e-internacional-espanol |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=Tribuna Salamanca |date=20 October 2022 |language=Spanish}}

Pontevedra, who had just been relegated from La Liga, returned as champions of the 1964–65 Segunda División with Martín contributing 15 goals. On 9 October 1966, he scored the only goal of a win away to Barcelona at the Camp Nou; as of his death it was the club's only win over the Catalan club.{{cite news |last1=Acevedo |first1=David |title=El gol se viste de luto con la muerte de Neme|trans-title=The goal is mourning the death of Neme |url=https://www.diariodepontevedra.es/articulo/deporte-local-pontevedra/gol-viste-luto/202210211156571223552.html |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=Diario de Pontevedra |date=21 October 2022 |language=Spanish}}

With 35 top-flight goals, 29 in the second tier and 8 in the Copa del Generalísimo, Martín's 72 goals put him third in Pontevedra's all-time goalscorers. While Pablo Couto and Charles scored more than him, neither played in La Liga.

In 1973, 33-year-old Martín joined Albacete. He was part of their squad that scored 111 goals in the Regional Preferente in 1974–75, netting the 100th of those. In three seasons in Castilla–La Mancha, he played 89 games and scored 47 goals.{{cite news |last1=Carrizo |first1=Juan |title=Falleció el mítico Neme, exjugador y exentrenador del Albacete|trans-title=The legendary Neme, ex-player and manager of Albacete, died |url=https://www.latribunadealbacete.es/noticia/zc1c2f4d2-b593-733c-2b36bfb2fc217f69/202210/fallecio-el-mitico-neme-exjugador-y-exentrenador-del-albacete |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=La Tribuna de Albacete |date=21 October 2022 |language=Spanish}}

Martín embarked on a managerial career in 1979 at Béjar Industrial. In July 1980, he was hired at top-flight Salamanca.{{cite news |title=Se presentó el Salamanca|trans-title=Salamanca are presented |url=https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1980/07/16/pagina-38/1058544/pdf.html |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=Mundo Deportivo |date=16 July 1980 |language=Spanish}} He was fired in November, having only achieved two draws in eleven games.{{cite news |title=Neme, cesado como entrenador del Salamanca|trans-title=Neme, fired as manager of Salamanca |url=https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1980/11/21/pagina-42/1069652/pdf.html |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=Mundo Deportivo |date=21 November 1980 |language=Spanish}} He returned to Pontevedra, then of the Segunda División B, for 1985–86; he was dismissed having won 9 and drawn 12 of 29 games; later in the decade he led another former employer, Albacete, in the same league.

International career

On 8 December 1965, Martín played his only game for Spain, in a 2–0 friendly loss to England at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. He came on as a 35th-minute substitute for Carlos Lapetra, with Mundo Deportivo commenting "Lapetra was listless and rarely shone. He was replaced by Neme, who contributed nothing to the match".{{cite news |last1=Pardo |first1=Carlos |title=España, 0 - Inglaterra, 2|trans-title=Spain, 0 - England, 2|url=https://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1965/12/09/pagina-3/924862/pdf.html |access-date=19 August 2024 |work=Mundo Deportivo |date=9 December 1965 |language=Spanish}}

He was the first person from his province to play for Spain, and as of his death, he was the only player capped for the country while at Pontevedra.