Roberto Martínez Montoliu (born 13 July 1973) is a Spanish football coach and former professional player. Martínez is the manager of the Belgium national team.
Martínez played as a defensive midfielder and began his career at Real Zaragoza, with whom he won the Copa del Rey. He spent a year at lower league side CF Balaguer, before signing for English Third Division side Wigan Athletic. Becoming part of a small Spanish contingent at the club known as "the three amigos" alongside Jesús Seba and Isidro Díaz, he was a regular first team player for six years, the longest period of time he spent at one club. During his time there, he won the Football League Third Division and the Football League Trophy. He moved to Scottish side Motherwell, then to Walsall, before joining Swansea City in 2003. He became club captain and helped the team to win promotion to League One in 2005. He moved to Chester City in 2006, and was again chosen to be captain.
In 2007, he retired from playing to become manager of Swansea City, leading them to promotion from League One as champions. He then joined Wigan Athletic in 2009, helping the club avoid relegation for three consecutive seasons. In his fourth season Wigan were relegated, but won the FA Cup in 2013 for the first time in the club's history. At the end of that season he became manager of Everton. In May 2016, he was sacked as their manager, and became Belgium's head coach on 3 August 2016. He guided them to third place in 2018 FIFA World Cup, their best-ever position in the competition, as well as holding first place for Belgium in the FIFA World Rankings from 2018 to 2022.<\/P>","622EB7B4B85B2C76":"
First international:<\/STRONG> FIFA World Cup<\/STRONG> The Portugal national football team has represented Portugal in men's international football competitions since 1921. The national team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home games are played at the Estadio Nacional stadiums in Portugal, and its primary training ground and technical headquarters, Cidade do Futebol, is located in Oeiras. The head coach of the team is Roberto Martínez, and the captain is Cristiano Ronaldo, who also holds the team records for most caps and most goals. PLAYER<\/STRONG>
Spain 3-1 Portugal (Madrid, Spain; 18 December 1921)
Biggest win:
<\/STRONG>Portugal 9–0 Luxembourg (Almancil, Portugal; 11 September 2023)
Biggest defeat<\/STRONG>
Portugal 0–10 England (Lisbon, Portugal; 25 May 1947)
World Cup<\/STRONG>
Appearances: 8
Best result: Third place, 1966
European Championship<\/STRONG>
Appearances: 9
Best result: Champions, 2016
Nations League Finals
<\/STRONG>Appearances: 1
Best result : Champions (2019)
Olympic Games
<\/STRONG>Appearances: 4
Best result : Fourth place (1996)
FIFA Confederations Cup<\/STRONG>
Appearances: 1
Best result : Third place (2017)
Most caps:<\/STRONG>
Cristiano Ronaldo (212)
Top scorer:
<\/STRONG>Cristiano Ronaldo (130)<\/P>","5FF2086A93BB2EE023D0558B503D08D2":"Spain","55ED8B411B9B6085":"","FBAF2B9B8402EC60":"13236","4DFD3563356F21B8":"1","8C36798E00E0D688B6705FB6F02CF010":"25","E1D5C635E9B8B544CDBA4735F8E03DC0":"175cm","B850B84A81F37F05F4386A810BC6107CF078F37712465C6A":"1914","E0A04148ADEEA21E":"http:\/\/www.fpf.pt","66B628A331EE3B62":"26.23","7E5D3E774B9EC62B":"Lisbon","8A2C437DD6BF07ECBF73DA968D3B75C4":"Roberto Martinez","2775A0F6CDE5FA9FEBFF51A9CD3C0BB9":"Belgium,Everton F.C.,Wigan Athletic F.C.,Swansea City A.F.C.","9BA4801895A8DFD49438954196B52718":"National Stadium Sports Complex","C08EDA0A226BF5BFC211B6FCDAE25C17":"Alges, Linda-a-Velha e Cruz Quebrada-Dafundo, Oeiras","2134628892B06B90":"Portugal","60DC9D976694DF52":"1","C403D9D9F071ACF5":"186","7E907563BF179508":"general.sec@fpf.pt","63D5A09C1F729528628C60E02F0396E1":"
Third Place (1): 1966
UEFA European Championship<\/STRONG>
Winners (1): 2016
Runners-up (1): 2004
UEFA Nations League<\/STRONG>
Champions: 2019
FIFA Confederations Cup<\/STRONG>
Third Place (1): 2017
Summer Olympics<\/STRONG>
Fourth place (1): 1996
SkyDome Cup<\/STRONG>
Winners (1): 1995
Brazil Independence Cup<\/STRONG>
Runners-up (1): 1972
FIFA World Cup Most Entertaining Team:<\/STRONG>
Winners (1): 2006
Laureus World Sports Award for Team of the Year:
<\/STRONG>Nominations: 2017<\/P>","D94224B0718FDBA6500EEB9BC8E208DC":"1973-7-13","4406E48704A97D6900ACBB46602769C2":"1050000000.00","E0F6EEE10E22199909912E9167EBFDA2":"Portugal","94D0847B815EE9D1AA49123A5072B2C7":"
Portugal's first participation in a major tournament finals was at the 1966 World Cup, which saw a team featuring Ballon d'Or winner Eusébio finish in third place. Portugal also made it to the semi-finals of the UEFA Euro 1984, losing to hosts and eventual winners France. Under the team's first golden generation in the 1990s, Portugal began consistently featuring in the European Championship and World Cup; they made the semi-finals of the 2006 World Cup, finishing in fourth place, along with placing as runners-up at Euro 2004 as hosts, and reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2000 and Euro 2012. This was in great part due to the production of several players, such as Luís Figo, Rui Costa, Ricardo Carvalho, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
In 2016, Portugal won its first-ever major trophy, Euro 2016, defeating hosts France in the finals. With the win, Portugal qualified and made its only appearance in the FIFA Confederations Cup held in Russia, where they finished in third place. Portugal qualified for and hosted the brand new 2019 Nations League finals where they triumphed, defeating the Netherlands and earning their second major tournament victory in three finals. Portugal also appeared in the Olympic football tournament, and made it to the semi-finals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, finishing in fourth place.
Portugal is colloquially referred to as the Selecao das Quinas (a synecdoche based on the flag of the country) and has notable rivalries with Brazil, due to shared cultural traits and heritage, France, due to several important meetings between the two teams at the Euros and World Cup, and Spain, known as A Guerra Iberica in Portuguese or The Iberian War in English, with the rivalry between two countries going back to 1581.
Portugal is set to co-host the 2030 edition when it was granted host status alongside Morocco and Spain.<\/P>","E45C1F715A41C4086A1A5DFF72C29C40":"","C0939111B6B9B2A43FCCB75CD7645021":"Portugal","D1518711AEB23972F2EDEC88D48D85B0":"
Real Zaragoza<\/STRONG>
Copa del Rey: 1993–94
Wigan Athletic<\/STRONG>
Football League Third Division: 1996–97
Football League Trophy: 1998–99
Swansea City<\/STRONG>
Football League Trophy: 2005–06
INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
PFA Team of the Year:<\/STRONG>
1995–96 Third Division, 1996–97 Third Division
MANAGER<\/STRONG>
Swansea City<\/STRONG>
Football League One: 2007–08
Wigan Athletic<\/STRONG>
FA Cup: 2012–13
INTERNATIONAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
Belgium<\/STRONG>
FIFA World Cup third place: 2018
INDIVIDUAL
<\/U><\/STRONG>League One Manager of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2007–08
Football League One Manager of the Month:
<\/STRONG>October 2007
Premier League Manager of the Month:
<\/STRONG>April 2012
LMA FA Cup Manager of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2012–13
Belgian Sports Coach of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2018
FIFA Men’s Coach nomination:<\/STRONG>
2018<\/P>","2EBB7B469EDB7E39":"Roberto Martinez","4406E48704A97D69D6728A5D009266729A239ADB920A5D02":"1","411CCFA197052F93":"Portugal","E6C7E9F1C9CF42CA43917444E7095BC4":"2023-1-9","DE0C7E7350A48DF5A65F90F776C48D66":"Belgium","5D47EACB4D5E6DAA3CEC66553FE0120E":"77kg","e_index":9};