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Gilberto Martínez

ヒルベルト・マルティネス　/　ひるべると・まるてぃねす

Association football player from Costa Rica

October 1, 1979 (age 46)　・　Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica

Puntarenas Province
association football player
association football coach

My Take

Gilberto Martínez intrigues me precisely because he came from Golfito, a small Pacific port town in Costa Rica, and made it as a professional defender on the world stage. At 174 centimeters he was never towering, but defending has always rewarded reading, courage, and grit over raw height. What I admire even more is that he stayed in the game as a coach. Passing on a defender's hard-won wisdom to the next generation strikes me as the most honest way to repay a sport. The quiet resolve of an athlete from a small nation deserves real respect.

Overview

Gilberto Martínez Vidal (born October 1, 1979) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Gilberto Martínez
Name (Japanese): ヒルベルト・マルティネス
Reading: ひるべると・まるてぃねす
Born: October 1, 1979 (age 46)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Goat
Origin: Golfito, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Blood type: Private
Height: 174 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%AB%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9

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