Maarten Martens
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Maarten Martens | ||
| Date of birth | 2 July 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Eeklo, Belgium | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Free agent | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Klauwaerts Bassevelde | ||
| 2000–2003 | Anderlecht | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2005 | Anderlecht | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → RKC Waalwijk (loan) | 23 | (2) |
| 2005–2006 | RKC Waalwijk | 22 | (6) |
| 2006–2014 | AZ | 164 | (34) |
| 2014–2015 | PAOK | 15 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000 | Belgium U16 | 6 | (1) |
| 2000 | Belgium U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Belgium U18 | 7 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Belgium U19 | 14 | (1) |
| 2003 | Belgium U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2007 | Belgium U21 | 28 | (7) |
| 2007– | Belgium | 9 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2015. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 06 July 2010 |
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Maarten Martens (born 2 July 1984) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, either as an attacking midfielder or winger, and currently is a free agent. Martens is known for his flair, dribbling and goalscoring ability as well as his precise passing and creativity. He previously played for Belgian clubs Anderlecht, RKC Waalwijk, AZ and Cercle Brugge, as well as Greek club PAOK. At international level, he has represented the Belgium national football team.
Born in Eeklo Maarten Martens took his first steps in football in Klauwaerts Bassevelde. At the age of eight young Martens joined the youth team of RSC Anderlecht. There, over the years he was a teammate of, among others, Urko Pardo, Mark De Man and Xavier Chen. In 2003 Roda showed interest in the young midfielder, but he decided to stay in the team of his heart. In the 2003/04 season, Martens joined the first team, but he did not have many chances to prove himself. Only once under the coach Hugo Broos played at the highest level.
Martens' improvement made Anderlecht to lend him to another club. Over a year RKC Waalwijk wanted the 20-year-old midfielder so it signed on a year loan. Martens, both as a midfield and winger, improves tremendously in his first season. In the summer of 2005 the club bought him from Anderlecht for a three-year contract. Football journalist Johan Derksen said at that time in one of its VI -columns that Martens is a fantastic footballer and will enjoy playing for Waalwijk.
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