Jon Martín
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| Full name | Jon Martín Vicente[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 April 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Real Sociedad B | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2023 | Real Sociedad | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | → Beasain (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Real Sociedad C | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Real Sociedad B | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Real Sociedad | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Spain U16 | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Spain U17 | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Spain U19 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:16, 12 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:51, 16 October 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Jon Martín Vicente (born 23 April 2006) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a centre-back for Real Sociedad B.[2][3][4]
Early life
[edit]Martín was born on 23 April 2006 in Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain. His father Xanti Martín was also a footballer and a centre-back.[5]
Club career
[edit]As a youth player, Martín joined the youth academy of La Liga side Real Sociedad and was sent on loan to the youth academy of Beasain in 2022. In 2023, he was promoted to the club's C team before being promoted to their reserve team the same year. On 11 October 2023, he was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide.[6] One year later, he was promoted to their senior team. On 19 May 2024, he debuted for them during a 2–0 away win over Real Betis in the league.[7]
Style of play
[edit]Martín plays as a centre-back and is right-footed. Spanish news website Onda Vasca wrote in 2025 that he "has excellent heading ability... often finishes off many set pieces... [has] refined technique for playing the ball".[8]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 12 April 2025
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Sociedad C | 2022–23 | Segunda Federación | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Real Sociedad B | 2023–24 | Primera Federación | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| Real Sociedad | 2023–24 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | La Liga | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 38 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
References
[edit]- ^ a b Jon Martín at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Conoce Jon Martín, la perla que tiene la Real Sociedad en su cantera" [Meet Jon Martín, the pearl that Real Sociedad has in its quarry]. golsmedia.com (Archived) (in Spanish). 21 September 2023. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Jon Martín, tras los pasos del aita" [Jon Martín, in the footsteps of the father]. mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). 9 August 2023.
- ^ "Jon Martín, ¿del juvenil a Primera sin pasar por 1ª RFEF y casi ni por Tercera?" [Jon Martín, from youth to La Liga without going through Primera RFEF and hardly even Tercera?]. marca.com (in Spanish). 9 August 2023.
- ^ Santi Martín, BDFutbol
- ^ Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ Jon Martín at Soccerway
- ^ "Jon Martín, un central de futuro, y de presente" [Jon Martín, a center back for the future and the present] (in Spanish). Onda Vasca. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
External links
[edit]- Jon Martín at BDFutbol
- Jon Martín at Soccerway
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