Alejandro Martinuccio

Alejandro "El Negro" Martinuccio (born 16 December 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Boston River.

Alejandro Martinuccio

Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Hernán Martinuccio
Date of birth	(1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Boston River
Number	8
Youth career
	River Plate
	Nueva Chicago
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2009	Nueva Chicago	17	(9)
2009–2011	Peñarol	56	(14)
2011–2015	Fluminense	15	(1)
2012	→ Villarreal (loan)	13	(1)
2012–2014	→ Cruzeiro (loan)	18	(4)
2014	→ Coritiba (loan)	13	(2)
2016–2017	Chapecoense	12	(1)
2017	Nueva Chicago	7	(2)
2018	Avaí	15	(2)
2019–2020	Móstoles	15	(3)
2020–	Boston River	8	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13:38, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Career

Nueva Chicago

Martinuccio made his debut at Club Atlético Nueva Chicago in 2008 and after a remarkable individual performance with his team in the Primera B Metropolitana was transferred to Uruguayan club C.A. Peñarol.

Peñarol

Martinuccio playing for Peñarol.

Martinuccio helped Peñarol reach the 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals, in which Peñarol lost to Brazil's Santos. He had thirteen appearances and scored 2 goals in the competition.

Fluminense

After a good display of football in the 2011 Copa Libertadores, Fluminense signed Martinuccio in July 2011.^[1]

Villarreal

Martinuccio joined Villarreal in January 2012 in a loan deal. He scored his first goal for the club against Real Zaragoza on March 4.

Cruzeiro

In July 2012, Cruzeiro signed Martinuccio on a one-year loan from Fluminense.^[2] He stayed there for another year until mid-2014 and won the 2013 Brazilian Série A and the 2014 Campeonato Mineiro. However, due to injuries he could never establish himself in the team and returned to Fluminense.^[3]

Coritiba

In June 2014 Martinuccio was loaned one more time, on this occasion to another Brazilian club, Coritiba.^[4] Once again he struggled with injuries.^[5]

Chapecoense

Without playing since November 2014 Chapecoense signed Alejandro on 30 April 2016. Martinuccio failed in medical exams at Ponte Preta before agreeing with Chapecoense. He had a chance to return to football after a series of serious injuries and surgeries on both legs.^[6] Because of a new injury, Martinuccio missed the ill-fated team flight which crashed near Medellín, where 71 people died.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 December 2016^[8][9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Nueva Chicago	2007–08	Primera B Nacional	8	0	0	0	—		—		8	0
	2008–09	Primera B Metropolitana	9	9	0	0	—		—		9	9
	Total		17	9	0	0	—		—		17	9
Peñarol	2009–10	Primera División	32	8	0	0	—		—		32	8
	2010–11		24	6	0	0	17[a]	3	—		41	9
	Total		56	14	0	0	17	3	—		73	17
Fluminense	2011	Série A	14	1	0	0	—		—		14	1
	2012		0	0	0	0	—		1[b]	0	1	0
	2015		0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		14	1	0	0	—		1	0	15	1
Villarreal	2011–12	La Liga	13	1	2	0	—		—		13	1
Cruzeiro (loan)	2012	Série A	10	4	0	0	—		—		10	4
	2013		7	0	2	0	—		—		9	0
	2014		1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
	Total		18	4	2	0	0	0	—		20	4
Coritiba (loan)	2014	Série A	13	2	2	0	—		—		15	2
Chapecoense	2016	Série A	8	1	2	0	0	0	—		10	1
	2017		0	0	0	0	0	0	4[c]	0	4	0
	Total		8	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	14	1
Avaí	2018	Série A	1	0	2	0	—		14[c]	2	17	2
Career total			140	32	8	0	17	3	5	0	184	37

1. Four appearances and one goal in 2010 Copa Sudamericana, 13 appearances and two goals in 2011 Copa Libertadores.
2. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
3. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense.

Honours

Peñarol

• Campeonato Uruguayo: 2009–10

Cruzeiro

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2013
• Campeonato Mineiro: 2014

Chapecoense plane crash

On 28 November 2016, many of his current teammates at Chapecoense were involved in a plane crash, which killed most of the squad (17 died instantly after crash and two more a few hours later in hospital at Medellín). Martuniccio was not on the plane as he had been dropped from the team for the first final game against Atlético Nacional for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, due to an injury.^[10]