Dani Martín (footballer, born 1998)

Daniel "Dani" Martín Fernández (born 8 July 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Betis as a goalkeeper.

Dani Martín
Personal information
Full name Daniel Martín Fernández
Date of birth (1998-07-08) 8 July 1998
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Betis
Number 13
Youth career
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Sporting B 63 (0)
2017–2019 Sporting Gijón 4 (0)
2019– Betis 4 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Spain U17 4 (0)
2016–2017 Spain U19 4 (0)
2016 Spain U20 2 (0)
2019– Spain U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martín and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Club career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Martín represented Sporting de Gijón as a youth. Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2016–17 season, he made his senior debut on 21 August 2016 by starting in a 7–0 Tercera División home routing of UC Ceares.[1]

Martín made his first-team debut on 19 September 2017, starting and making several key stops which included a penalty kick, in a 1–1 home draw against CD Numancia, for the season's Copa del Rey (1–3 loss on penalties).[2] Late in the month, he extended his contract until 2021 and being definitely promoted to the main squad for the following campaign.[3]

Martín made his league debut at RCD Mallorca, replacing injured Diego Mariño in a match were Sporting was defeated by 1–2 in extra time. He contributed with four league appearances during the campaign, acting mainly as a backup to Mariño.

On 18 July 2019, Martín joined La Liga side Real Betis on a five-year deal.[4] As a result, Martín was the second-choice for league matches, and the first-choice for cup matches.

On 19 August, he made his La Liga debut for the team, after Joel Robles was sent off, due to a red card in 8 minutes, in a 1–2 home loss against Real Valladolid.

References
  1. "El Sporting B golea al Ceares en su estreno liguero" [Sporting B thrash Ceares in their league debut] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. "El Numancia sigue adelante pese a Dani Martín" [Numancia keep going despite Dani Martín] (in Spanish). Marca. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  3. "El Sporting 'ata' a Dani Martín hasta 2021" [Sporting 'tie up' Dani Martín until 2021] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. "El Real Betis incorpora a sus filas al guardameta Dani Martín" [Real Betis sign goalkeeper Dani Martín] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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