Name Corentin Martins Years Team | Height 1.72 m | |
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Full name Corentin Martins da Silva Date of birth (1969-07-11) 11 July 1969 (age 46) Similar People Alex Dupont, Gerald Baticle, Lilian Laslandes, Christophe Cocard, Teddy Bertin | ||
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Corentin Martins da Silva (born 11 July 1969) is a former French footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and the current manager of the Mauritania national team.
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- Corentin martins l interview
- Un jour un but Corentin Martins Bordeaux 199091
- Club career
- International career
- References
Un jour, un but : Corentin Martins à Bordeaux 1990/91
Club career
Martins was born in Brest, Brittany of Portuguese descent. After starting at hometown's Stade Brestois 29, he moved to AJ Auxerre in 1991, being a crucial part of an emergent side led by legendary Guy Roux: in 1992–93 they reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals and, four years later, achieved an historical double.
On 30 May 1996, Martins signed with Deportivo de La Coruña from Spain. After an impressive first season in La Liga he lost his importance in the squad due to injuries, and returned in January 1998 to France, joining RC Strasbourg for one-and-a-half years and winning the 2001 edition of the Coupe de France after defeating Amiens SC on penalties.
After a loan to FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Martins rejoined Strasbourg until 2004, and closed out his career with Clermont Foot. In 2006, he started his manager career, with lowly Quimper Cornouaille FC. In the following year he was named his first club's director of football, but had a brief spell as interim coach in the beginnings of the 2008–09 campaign; he subsequently stayed on the bench, now as an assistant for the Ligue 2 team.
During 2011–12 and 2012–13, Martins acted as caretaker for Brest as a replacement for sacked Alex Dupont and Landry Chauvin, respectively. After managing to avert top flight relegation in the former season, he lost all eight matches he was in charge in the latter, with the subsequent 20th position in the table and relegation.
International career
Martins earned his first cap for France on 27 March 1993, in a 1–0 win against Austria. He represented the nation at UEFA Euro 1996 and gained a total of 14 caps, but his international career was vastly undermined by the emergence of Zinedine Zidane.
On 8 October 2014, Martins was appointed manager of Mauritania.