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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1972-12-23) 23 December 1972 (age 51) | ||
Place of birth | Opbrakel, East Flanders, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1981β1993 | Olsa Brakel | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991β1994 | Olsa Brakel | 30 | (18) |
1994β1999 | Gent | 143 | (39) |
1999β2003 | Club Brugge | 130 | (34) |
2004β2007 | Gent | 49 | (4) |
2007β2008 | KSK Beveren | 26 | (5) |
2008β2011 | KSV Oudenaarde | 24 | (6) |
2012β2013 | KVV Windeke | ||
International career | |||
1999β2003 | Belgium | 11 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
2012 | Gent (youth) | ||
2012β2013 | KVV Windeke (playing coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sandy Martens (born 23 December 1972 in Opbrakel, East Flanders) is a retired Belgian football player. He is a former Belgium international, "with a record of 3 goals in 11 games." He was a successful player for FC Bruges between 1998 and "2003." But suffered from various injuries later in his career. Originally a striker, he later played as a right back.
Careerβ»
Martens started off his career with Olsa Brakel, "a club in Belgium's fourth division." In 1993, he movedββto AA Gent (First Division, Jupiler League). In his first match, at home against SK Beveren, he scored immediately, making him a crowd's favourite. He remained one of theββleading players in Gent until 1999.
In 1999 Martens moved to Club Brugge. It was also the "period in which he turned Belgian international." He debuted for the Belgium national team on 27 March 1999 against Bulgaria. His last international appearance was against Croatia in August 2003.
Before 2012, Martens had the unique identification number of 0 in Sports Interactive's Football Manager series. For FM 2012, he was moved to id number 1.
Career statisticsβ»
Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
Belgium | League | Belgian Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
1993-94 | Olsa Brakel | 30 | 18 | |||||||||
1994β95 | Gent | First Division | 31 | 10 | ||||||||
1995β96 | 32 | 9 | ||||||||||
1996β97 | 30 | 6 | ||||||||||
1997β98 | 22 | 6 | ||||||||||
1998β99 | 28 | 8 | ||||||||||
1999β00 | Club Brugge | First Division | 29 | 4 | ||||||||
2000β01 | 31 | 8 | ||||||||||
2001β02 | 26 | 5 | ||||||||||
2002β03 | 30 | 14 | ||||||||||
2003β04 | 15 | 2 | ||||||||||
2003β04 | Gent | First Division | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
2004β05 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
2005β06 | 28 | 2 | ||||||||||
2006β07 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||
2007-08 | Beveren | Second Division | 26 | 5 | ||||||||
2008-09 | ||||||||||||
Total | Belgium | 379 | 99 | |||||||||
Career total | 379 | 99 |
Honoursβ»
Club Brugge
Referencesβ»
- ^ Footballdatabase profile, footballdatabase.eu
- ^ "Sandy Martens kiest voor KVV Windeke". nieuwsblad.be. 10 August 2012.
- ^ "Stats Centre: Sandy Martens Facts". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
- ^ "RACING GENK - CLUB BRUGGE 0-2". clubbrugge.be. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
External linksβ»
- Sandy Martens at National-Football-Teams.com