Juan Ramón Martínez (footballer)

Juan Ramón "Mon" Martínez (20 April 1948 – 4 August 2024) was a Salvadoran footballer who played as a midfielder.

Juan Ramón Martínez

Martínez in 1970
Personal information
Full name	Juan Ramón Martínez
Date of birth	(1948-04-20)20 April 1948
Place of birth	San Miguel, El Salvador
Date of death	4 August 2024(2024-08-04) (aged 76)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1964–1966	C.D. Aguila
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1966	Municipal
1967–1970	Águila
1971–1973	Juventud Olímpica
1974–1975	Alianza
1976–1979	Once Municipal
	Once Lobos
International career
1967–1976	El Salvador[1]	32	(14)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Martínez played in Guatemala, where he won a title with Municipal in 1965–66.^[2]

International career

Martínez represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Salvador’s only participation to the Olympic Football Tournament, playing three games and scoring Salvador’s first ever goal (out of 2) in the Olympics^[3] and the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.^[4]

He scored 14 goals for the El Salvador national team from 1967 to 1976,^[5] 7 of those in World Cup qualification.^[6]

Death

Martínez died on 4 August 2024, at the age of 76.^[7]