Christopher Martins

Christopher Martins
Martins with Spartak Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Full name Christopher Martins Pereira[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Luxembourg City, Luxembourg[2]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Spartak Moscow
Number 35
Youth career
Racing FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Racing FC 8 (0)
2013–2019 Lyon B 45 (2)
2017–2019 Lyon 2 (0)
2017–2018Bourg-Péronnas (loan) 17 (1)
2018–2019Troyes (loan) 30 (2)
2019–2022 Young Boys 48 (4)
2022Spartak Moscow (loan) 10 (1)
2022– Spartak Moscow 57 (6)
International career
2012 Luxembourg U17 6 (0)
2012 Luxembourg U19 3 (1)
2014 Luxembourg U21 2 (0)
2014– Luxembourg 73 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2024

Christopher Martins Pereira (born 19 February 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or central midfielder for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow and the Luxembourg national team.

Club career

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Martins is a youth exponent from Racing FC in Luxembourg City. He transferred to the Lyon Academy in 2013.[4][3]

Martins made his Lyon debut on 10 September 2017 in a Ligue 1 match against Guingamp. He started the match and was replaced by Jordan Ferri after 51 minutes in a 2–1 home win.[5]

Martins in 2018.

In June 2019 he signed for Swiss club Young Boys.[6] He won both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 Swiss Super Leagues with the club.

On 31 January 2022, he joined Russian giants Spartak Moscow on a short-term loan.[7] In their announcement of the transfer, Young Boys said that Spartak was expected to buy him out at the conclusion of the loan.[8] Martins won the Russian Cup on 29 May 2022, with him starting in the 2-1 final victory against Dynamo Moscow in what is known as the Oldest Russian derby. On 3 June 2022, Spartak confirmed Martins' permanent transfer, and his signing until 2026.[9]

International career

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Martins represented Luxembourg at youth international levels, playing for them in the under-17, under-19, and under-21 age groups.[3][10] Martins was eligible to represent France.[11]

He was eligible to represent both Luxembourg and Cape Verde at international level; he rejected a call-up from Luxembourg's senior team in March 2013 as he had not decided which nation he wished to represent.[11][12] After being called up again by Luxembourg, he made his debut on 8 September 2014, at the age of 17.[13]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 7 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing-Union 2012–13 Luxembourg National Division 8 0 8 0
Lyon B 2013–14 CFA 2 1 0 1 0
2014–15 CFA 2 14 2 14 2
2015–16 CFA 2 10 0 10 0
2016–17 CFA 2 18 0 18 0
2017–18 CFA 2 1 0 1 0
2018–19 CFA 2 1 0 1 0
Total 45 2 45 2
Lyon 2017–18 Ligue 1 2 0 0 0 2 0
FBBP01 (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 2 17 1 3 1 2[a] 0 22 2
Troyes (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 30 2 1 0 31 2
Young Boys 2019–20 Swiss Super League 22 2 3 1 3[b] 0 28 3
2020–21 Swiss Super League 11 2 0 0 3[c] 0 14 2
2021–22 Swiss Super League 15 0 1 0 10[d] 0 26 0
Total 48 4 4 1 16 0 68 5
Young Boys U21 2019–20 1. Liga 1 0 1 0
Spartak Moscow (loan) 2021–22 Russian Premier League 10 1 4 0 14 1
Spartak Moscow 2022–23 Russian Premier League 18 2 5 1 23 3
2023–24 Russian Premier League 26 4 11 1 37 5
2024–25 Russian Premier League 13 0 6 3 19 3
Total 57 6 22 5 0 0 0 0 79 11
Career total 218 16 34 7 16 0 2 0 270 23
  1. ^ Appearances in Ligue 2 relegation play-offs
  2. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International

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As of 18 November 2024[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Luxembourg 2014 4 0
2015 6 0
2016 7 0
2017 8 0
2018 8 1
2019 5 0
2020 2 0
2021 9 0
2022 6 0
2023 9 0
2024 9 0
Total 73 1
Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Martins goal.[4]
List of international goals scored by Christopher Martins
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 September 2018 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Moldova 4–0 4–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D

Honours

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Young Boys

Spartak Moscow

References

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  1. ^ "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Christopher Martins Pereira". OL Web (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Christopher Martins Pereira at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Christopher Martins Pereira". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Lyon vs. Guingamp - 10 September 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. ^ "L'OL vend Christopher Martins Pereira aux Young Boys de Berne". 13 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Кристофер Мартинс — новый игрок "Спартака"!" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 31 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Martins wechselt zu Spartak Moskau" (in German). Young Boys. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  9. ^ ""Спартак" выкупил трансфер Мартинса у "Янг Бойз"" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 3 June 2022.
  10. ^ Christopher MartinsUEFA competition record (archive)
  11. ^ a b "Christopher Martins-Pereira convoqué avec le Luxembourg" (in French). Le Libéro Lyon. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  12. ^ "L'énigme Christopher Martins-Pereira" (in French). Le Libéro Lyon. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  13. ^ Didier Hiégel (8 September 2014). "De l'audace, de l'audace encore de l'audace" (in French). Luxemburger Wort. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  15. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  16. ^ ""Спартак" обыграл "Динамо" и стал 4-кратным победителем Кубка России" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 29 May 2022.