Williams Martínez

For another Uruguayan footballer, see William Martínez.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Fracchia.

Williams Martínez

Personal information
Full name	Williams Guillermo Martínez Fracchia
Date of birth	(1982-12-18)18 December 1982
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	17 July 2021(2021-07-17) (aged 38)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Defensor Sporting
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2008	Defensor Sporting	93	(8)
2003	→ Ferro Carril (loan)
2006	→ West Brom (loan)	2	(1)
2008–2009	Valenciennes	7	(0)
2008–2009	→ Reims (loan)	17	(0)
2009–2011	Defensor Sporting	23	(0)
2010–2011	→ Chacarita Juniors (loan)	26	(0)
2011–2012	Huachipato	13	(0)
2012–2013	Palestino	26	(0)
2013–2014	Cerro Porteño	0	(0)
2014–2015	River Plate Montevideo	25	(1)
2015–2016	Cerro	30	(2)
2016	Deportivo Táchira	15	(0)
2016	Rampla Juniors	13	(0)
2017–2018	River Plate Montevideo	59	(4)
2019	Ceuta	6	(1)
2020–2021	Rampla Juniors	20	(0)
2021	Villa Teresa	3	(0)
International career
2003	Uruguay	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Williams Martínez (18 December 1982 – 17 July 2021) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Martínez signed on loan for West Bromwich Albion of the Premier League in January 2006 until the end of the season, and made his Premier League debut as a half-time substitute against Fulham at Craven Cottage on 11 February 2006, a 6–1 defeat. He scored his first goal for the English club on 7 May 2006, an away game at Everton, also his first start for the club, but was also to concede a late penalty that gave Everton a 2–2 draw.

In January 2008, he signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Valenciennes, and was loaned to Reims for the 2008-09 season. On 17 August 2009 upon his request, he was released by Valenciennes and signed by his former club Defensor Sporting.

International career

He made his Uruguayan debut in the 2003 Lunar New Year Cup.

Death

Martínez died on July 17, 2021 of suicide, aged 38. At the time of his death, he was playing for Villa Teresa.

External links

• Williams Martínez at National-Football-Teams.com
• tenfieldigital profile (in Spanish)
• Williams Martínez at Soccerbase
• Williams Martínez – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)