| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | André Renato Soares Martins | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Sporting CP | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Argoncilhe | ||
| 2000–2002 | Feirense | ||
| 2002–2009 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009– | Sporting CP | 25 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Real Massamá (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Belenenses (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Pinhalnovense (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2012– | Sporting B | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U21 | 16 | (3) |
| 2013– | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 May 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2013 | |||
André Renato Soares Martins (born 21 January 1990 in Santa Maria da Feira) is a Portugueseprofessional footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central midfielder.
Club career
After graduating from Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth academy, Martins was loaned out, alongside with nine other former Sporting juniors, to Real Sport Clube in the third division.[1][2] For the 2010–11 campaign newly appointed coach Paulo Sérgio called him back for pre-season trainings, and, in August, he was sent to C.F. Os Belenenses in the second level, in a season-long loan; however, afterJosé Mota's arrival at Belenenses' bench, the player was deemed surplus to requirements, and another loan was arranged in January 2011, at C.D. Pinhalnovense in division three.
Mainly due to injuries to teammates, Martins featured in Sporting's bench in some matches in 2011–12. On 20 October 2011 he made his official debut for the Lions, coming on as a substitute for Diego Capel for the last 15 minutes of a 2–0 home win against FC Vaslui, in the season's UEFA Europa League.[3]
International career
Martins gained 39 caps for Portugal at youth level, including 16 for the under-21 team. On 10 June 2013 he made his debut for the full side, playing the dying minutes of the 1–0 exhibition game win withCroatia in Geneva;[4] on 14 August, again in a friendly, he replaced Rúben Amorim midway through the second half of a 1–1 draw against the Netherlands
