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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Corentin da Silva Martins[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-07-11)11 July 1969 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Brest, France | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Patronage Bergot | |||
| AS Brestoise | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1991 | Brest | 85 | (4) |
| 1991–1996 | Auxerre | 187 | (42) |
| 1996–1997 | Deportivo La Coruña | 36 | (13) |
| 1998–2004 | Strasbourg | 170 | (21) |
| 1999–2000 | →Bordeaux (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2004 | Clermont | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 520 | (80) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993–1996 | France | 14 | (1) |
| 1988 | Brittany indoor | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Quimpérois | ||
| 2008 | Brest (caretaker) | ||
| 2008–2013 | Brest (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Brest (caretaker) | ||
| 2013 | Brest (caretaker) | ||
| 2014–2021 | Mauritania | ||
| 2022–2023 | Libya | ||
| 2023–2024 | Paradou AC | ||
| 2024 | CR Belouizdad | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Corentin da Silva Martins (born 11 July 1969) is a French former professionalfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder, currently amanager.
Martins was born inBrest,Brittany, of Portuguese descent.[2] He started his professional career with hometown clubStade Brestois 29, moving toAJ Auxerre in 1991 and being part of the emergent side led by legendaryGuy Roux that in1992–93 reached theUEFA Cup semi-finals[3] and,four years later, achieved an historicdouble.[4]
On 30 May 1996, Martins signed withDeportivo de La Coruña in Spain.[5] After an impressivefirst season inLa Liga, he lost his place in the squad due to injuries.[6] He returned to France and itsLigue 1 in January 1998 by joiningRC Strasbourg Alsace,[7]captaining the side againstAmiens SC inthe 2001 final of theCoupe de France which was won onpenalties.[8][9]
After a loan spell atFC Girondins de Bordeaux, Martins returned to Strasbourg and remained there until 2004, finishing his career the same year after a few months withClermont Foot.[10][11]
Martins earned his firstcap forFrance on 27 March 1993, in a 1–0 win againstAustria. He represented the nation atUEFA Euro 1996 and made a total of 14 appearances, but his international career was eclipsed by the emergence ofZinedine Zidane.[12]
Martins started his managerial career in 2006 with lowlyQuimper Cornouaille FC. In the following year he was named his first club'sdirector of football, but had a brief spell asinterim coach at the beginning of the2008–09 campaign. He subsequently stayed on as an assistant for theLigue 2 team.[13]
Martins returned twice more as caretaker manager for Brest: during2011–12, afterAlex Dupont was dismissed,[14] and againthe following top-flight season whenLandry Chauvin was shown the door.[15] He managed to avert relegation on the first occasion, but failed decisively on the second, when he lost all of his eight matches in charge and suffered relegation to the second tier as last.[16][13]
On 8 October 2014, Martins was appointed manager ofMauritania.[17] In January 2019, he extended his contract until 2021.[18]
Martins qualified theLions of Chinguetti to the2019 and2021 Africa Cup of Nations, the former being a first-ever participation for the country. However, following a poor start to the2022 FIFA World Cupqualification campaign, he was relieved of his duties.[19]
On 11 April 2022, Martins replacedJavier Clemente at the helm of another African nation,Libya.[20]
On 15 September 2023, he was appointed as manager ofParadou AC.[21] On 31 March 2024, he leftParadou AC.[22]
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