Daniel Martín Fernández

Daniel "Dani" Martín Fernández (born 8 July 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Betis as a goalkeeper.

Dani Martín
Personal information
Full name Daniel Martín Fernández
Date of birth (1998-07-08) 8 July 1998
Place of birth Gijón, Spain
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Betis
Number 13
Youth career
Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Sporting B 63 (0)
2017–2019 Sporting Gijón 4 (0)
2019– Betis 4 (0)
National team‡
2014–2015 Spain U17 4 (0)
2016–2017 Spain U19 4 (0)
2016 Spain U20 2 (0)
2019– Spain U21 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 January 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martín and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Club career

Born in Gijón, Asturias, Martín represented Sporting de Gijón as a youth. Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2016–17 season, he made his senior debut on 21 August 2016 by starting in a 7–0 Tercera División home routing of UC Ceares.[1]

Martín made his first-team debut on 19 September 2017, starting and making several key stops which included a penalty kick, in a 1–1 home draw against CD Numancia, for the season's Copa del Rey (1–3 loss on penalties).[2] Late in the month, he extended his contract until 2021 and being definitely promoted to the main squad for the following campaign.[3]

Martín made his league debut at RCD Mallorca, replacing injured Diego Mariño in a match were Sporting was defeated by 1–2 in extra time. He contributed with four league appearances during the campaign, acting mainly as a backup to Mariño.

On 18 July 2019, Martín joined La Liga side Real Betis on a five-year deal.[4] As a result, Martín was the second-choice for league matches, and the first-choice for cup matches.

On 19 August, he made his La Liga debut for the team, after Joel Robles was sent off, due to a red card in 8 minutes, in a 1–2 home loss against Real Valladolid.

References
  1. "El Sporting B golea al Ceares en su estreno liguero" [Sporting B thrash Ceares in their league debut] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. "El Numancia sigue adelante pese a Dani Martín" [Numancia keep going despite Dani Martín] (in Spanish). Marca. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  3. "El Sporting 'ata' a Dani Martín hasta 2021" [Sporting 'tie up' Dani Martín until 2021] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. "El Real Betis incorpora a sus filas al guardameta Dani Martín" [Real Betis sign goalkeeper Dani Martín] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
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