Gilberto Martínez

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.

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

Height

174 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• Puntarenas Province
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

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