Martínez during a press conference in 2013
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Juan Ignacio Martínez Jiménez | ||
Date of birth | 23 June 1964 | ||
Place of birth | Rabasa, Spain | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Shanghai Shenxin (coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Alicante | |||
1982–1983 | Elche | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1984 | Ilicitano | ||
1984–1985 | Benicarló | ||
1985–1986 | Melilla | ||
1986–1987 | Alicante | ||
1987–1988 | Vall de Uxó | ||
1988–1989 | Almansa | ||
1989–1990 | Bocairent | ||
1990–1991 | Torrevieja | ||
Teams managed | |||
1997 | Alicante | ||
1997–1998 | Orihuela | ||
1999–2001 | Torrevieja | ||
2002–2005 | Mar Menor-San Javier | ||
2005–2006 | Cartagena | ||
2006–2007 | Alcoyano | ||
2007–2008 | Salamanca | ||
2008–2009 | Albacete | ||
2009–2011 | Cartagena | ||
2011–2013 | Levante | ||
2013–2014 | Valladolid | ||
2014–2015 | Almería | ||
2016– | Shanghai Shenxin | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Juan Ignacio Martínez Jiménez (born 23 June 1964) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a left back, and the current manager of Chinese club Shanghai Shenxin FC.
Martínez was born in Rabasa, Alicante. After playing youth football for both Alicante CF and Elche CF he competed only at amateur level during his career, never in higher than the fourth division. He played for Elche CF Ilicitano, CD Benicarló, UD Melilla – due to his compulsory military service – Alicante, UD Vall de Uxó, UD Almansa and FC Torrevieja.
Martínez ended his career in 1991, at only 27.
Martínez began managing in 1997, his first stop being precisely Alicante. In the following years, he coached several teams in the lower leagues – also working in youth and women's football – his longest spell being four years with AD Mar Menor-San Javier in the fourth level, which he led to three consecutive playoff appearances albeit without any promotion.
In the 2005–06 season, Martínez led FC Cartagena to the first position in division three. He first reached the professionals in the 2007–08 campaign, coaching UD Salamanca to a final seventh place in the second level.