Williams Martínez

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

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

Club 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,^[1] also his first start for the club, while also conceding 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

Martínez made his debut for the Uruguay national team in the 2003 Lunar New Year Cup.

Death

Martínez died on 17 July 2021 of suicide, aged 38, as a result of a depression caused by COVID-19-related inactivity. At the time of his death, he was playing for Villa Teresa.^[2]

References

^ "Everton 2–2 West Brom". BBC. 7 May 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
^ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Ex jugador de Palestino y Huachipato Williams Martínez falleció a los 38 años". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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)

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[1] "Everton 2–2 West Brom". BBC. 7 May 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2009.

[2] Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Ex jugador de Palestino y Huachipato Williams Martínez falleció a los 38 años". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2021.

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