| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nahuel Darío Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-02-10)10 February 1976 (age 49) | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Santos (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Central Córdoba de Rosario | |||
| Newell's Old Boys | |||
| 1993–1997 | River Plate | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Real San Luis | ||
| 1998–1999 | Gallos de Aguascalientes | ||
| 1999–2001 | Real San Luis | ||
| 2001–2003 | Atlético Mexiquense | ||
| 2003–2004 | Tigrillos Coapa | ||
| 2004–2005 | Sportivo Belgrano | ||
| 2005 | Argentino de Rosario | ||
| 2006 | LDU Portoviejo | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Mitre de Pérez (youth) | |||
| Mitre de Pérez | |||
| Argentino de Rosario (assistant) | |||
| 2010–2012 | Sportivo Belgrano (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Sarmiento de Leones [es] | ||
| 2014–2015 | Sportivo Belgrano | ||
| 2015–2016 | Belgrano (youth) | ||
| 2017 | Alianza Atlético | ||
| 2017–2018 | Sportivo Las Parejas | ||
| 2018–2019 | Talleres (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Huracán (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Unión La Calera (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2025 | Fortaleza (assistant) | ||
| 2025– | Santos (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nahuel Darío Martínez (born 10 February 1976) is an Argentinefootballcoach and former player who played as acentre-back. He is the current assistant coach of Brazilian clubSantos.
Born inRosario, Martínez finished his formation withRiver Plate, but never managed to make a first team appearance for the club.[1][2] At the age of 21, he moved to Mexico and joinedReal San Luis, and subsequently played forGallos de Aguascalientes,Atlético Mexiquense andTigrillos Coapa in the country.[1]
In 2004, Martínez returned to his home country and joinedSportivo Belgrano. He subsequently played forArgentino de Rosario,[2] and moved to Ecuador in January 2006 withLDU Portoviejo,[3] but a seriousknee injury forced him into retirement.[1]
After retiring, Martínez started working atMitre de Pérez's youth sides, and eventually became the first team manager of the side.[1] He later worked as an assistant manager at Argentino de Rosario and Sportivo Belgrano before becoming the manager ofSarmiento de Leones [es] on 19 October 2012.[4]
On 29 October 2014, Martínez agreed to return to Sportivo Belgrano, now as manager.[5] He resigned the following 26 March,[6] and later joinedBelgrano as a manager of the youth sides.
On 8 December 2016, Martínez agreed to become the manager ofPeruvian Primera División sideAlianza Atlético for the upcoming season.[7] On 24 February 2017, however, he was sacked after just four matches.[8]
On 19 June 2017, Martínez was appointed at the helm ofSportivo Las Parejas.[9] He resigned in November of the following year,[10] and subsequently joinedJuan Pablo Vojvoda's staff atTalleres, as his assistant.
Martínez followed Vojvoda toHuracán,[11]Unión La Calera,Fortaleza[12] andSantos,[13] always under the same role.
Martínez's sonLuca is also a footballer.[14] Aforward, he was born in Mexico and played for theirnational team.