Corentin Martins
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Corentin Martins da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Brest, France | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
|
Mauritania (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Patronage Bergot | |||
| AS Brestoise | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1991 | Brest | 85 | (4) |
| 1991–1996 | Auxerre | 187 | (42) |
| 1996–1997 | Deportivo La Coruña | 36 | (13) |
| 1998–2004 | Strasbourg | 170 | (21) |
| 1999–2000 | → Bordeaux (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2004 | Clermont | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 520 | (80) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988 | Brittany indoor | ||
| 1993–1997 | France | 14 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2007 | Quimpérois | ||
| 2008 | Brest (caretaker) | ||
| 2008–2013 | Brest (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Brest (caretaker) | ||
| 2013 | Brest (caretaker) | ||
| 2014– | Mauritania | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Corentin Martins da Silva (born 11 July 1969) is a former French footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, and the current manager of the Mauritania national team.
Martins was born in Brest, Brittany of Portuguese descent. After starting at hometown's Stade Brestois 29, he moved to AJ Auxerre in 1991, being a crucial part of an emergent side led by legendary Guy Roux: in 1992–93 they reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals and, four years later, achieved an historical double.
On 30 May 1996, Martins signed with Deportivo de La Coruña from Spain. After an impressive first season in La Liga he lost his importance in the squad due to injuries, and returned in January 1998 to France, joining RC Strasbourg for one-and-a-half years and winning the 2001 edition of the Coupe de France after defeating Amiens SC on penalties.
After a loan to FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Martins rejoined Strasbourg until 2004, and closed out his career with Clermont Foot. In 2006, he started his manager career, with lowly Quimper Cornouaille FC. In the following year he was named his first club's director of football, but had a brief spell as interim coach in the beginnings of the 2008–09 campaign; he subsequently stayed on the bench, now as an assistant for the Ligue 2 team.
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