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.

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 42)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rat

Origin

Eeklo, East Flanders, Belgium

Height

176 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

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

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