Christian Samir Martínez Centeno (born September 8, 1990 in La Ceiba

La Ceiba

La Ceiba is a port city on the northern coast of Honduras in Central America. It is located on the southern edge of the Caribbean, forming part of the south eastern boundary of the Gulf of Honduras...

) is an Honduran

Honduras

Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was previously known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras, which became the modern-day state of Belize...

 football striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

, currently playing for Real C.D. España

Real C.D. España

Real Club Deportivo España, Real España, or simply España is a Honduran football club, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras.-History:...

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Football career

Still a youngster, Martínez was bought by Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

's Cagliari Calcio

Cagliari Calcio

Cagliari Calcio is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1920 and currently plays in Italian Serie A, having spent a large part of recent years mainly in Serie A and Serie B....

, arriving from Club Deportivo Victoria

Club Deportivo Victoria

This article is about Honduran club, for the Spanish club see CD Victoria.Club Deportivo Victoria is an Honduran football club based in La Ceiba, Atlántida. The club has been champions once and runners-up once.-History:...

. He would leave after just one season, having gathered no first team appearances.

In the summer of 2008, Martínez joined Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

's Rio Ave F.C., although he spent the season

Portuguese Liga 2008-09

The 2008–09 Portuguese Liga season was the seventy-fifth since its establishment. It began on 22 August 2008 with a 1–1 draw between Vitória de Guimarães and Vitória de Setúbal and ended on 24 May 2009...

 with its junior side. Then he left for C.A. Peñarol

C.A. Peñarol

Club Atlético Peñarol also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros and familiarly as Manya, is an Uruguayan sports club based in the Peñarol barrio, Montevideo, best known for its professional football team. The team plays their home matches in Estadio Centenario, the largest stadium in the country, but...

, hoping to gain more first-team experience, but returned home after a few weeks, joining Real C.D. España

Real C.D. España

Real Club Deportivo España, Real España, or simply España is a Honduran football club, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Cortés, Honduras.-History:...

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Internationally, Martínez participated in the 2007 Pan American Games

2007 Pan American Games

The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to July 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Committees competed in 332 events in 34 sports and in...

 in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

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, also attending the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007 was held in the Korea Republic between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four best third-place teams advancing to the Round of 16...

 in South Korea

South Korea

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, scoring against Spain

Spain national under-17 football team

The Spain national under-17 football team represents Spain in international football at this age level and is controlled by Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain....

. He also played for Honduras at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup, was the 17th U-20 tournament, which was hosted by Egypt from 24 September to 16 October, in the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez and Ismaïlia...

 in Egypt

Egypt

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