Maarten Martens

Maarten Martens interests me most for what he did after the whistle. As a player he was a creative midfielder built on flair, dribbling, precise passing, and a goal threat, the sort of technician who makes a team tick rather than dominate physically at 176 cm. But the move into coaching, rising to lead AZ Alkmaar, is what I keep circling back to. Translating a playmaker's instinct into a bench philosophy is a genuinely different craft, and I am curious how a man who created so naturally teaches creativity to others. That second act, love poured into the game in a new form, is the part I admire.

Maarten Martens (born 2 July 1984) is a Belgian professional football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder, either as an attacking midfielder or winger who was most recently the head coach of the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar. Martens was known for his flair, dribbling and goalscoring ability as well as his precise passing and creativity.

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Name (English)

Maarten Martens

Name (Japanese)

マールテン・マルテンス

Reading

まーるてん・まるてんす

Born

July 2, 1984 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat

Origin

Eeklo, East Flanders, Belgium

Blood type

Private

Height

176 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

Tags

• East Flanders
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.