Sandy Martens

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Sandy Martens
Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-12-23) 23 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Opbrakel, East Flanders, Belgium
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1981–1993	Olsa Brakel
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1994	Olsa Brakel	30	(18)
1994–1999	Gent	143	(39)
1999–2003	Club Brugge	130	(34)
2004–2007	Gent	49	(4)
2007–2008	KSK Beveren	26	(5)
2008–2011	KSV Oudenaarde	24	(6)
2012–2013	KVV Windeke
International career
1999–2003	Belgium	11	(3)
Managerial career
2012	Gent (youth)^[1]
2012–2013	KVV Windeke (playing coach)^[2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sandy Martens (born 23 December 1972 in Opbrakel, East Flanders) is a retired Belgian football player. He is a former Belgium international, with a record of 3 goals in 11 games. He was a successful player for FC Bruges between 1999 and 2004 but suffered from various injuries later in his career. Originally a striker, he later played as a right back.

Career

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Martens started off his career with Olsa Brakel, a club in Belgium's fourth division. In 1993, he moved to AA Gent (First Division, Jupiler League). In his first match, at home against SK Beveren, he scored immediately, making him a crowd's favourite. He remained one of the leading players in Gent until 1999.

In 1999 Martens moved to Club Brugge.^[3] It was also the period in which he turned Belgian international. He debuted for the Belgium national team on 27 March 1999 against Bulgaria. His last international appearance was against Croatia in August 2003.

Before 2012, Martens had the unique identification number of 0 in Sports Interactive's Football Manager series. For FM 2012, he was moved to id number 1.

Career statistics

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Club performance			League		Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Belgium			League		Belgian Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1993-94	Olsa Brakel		30	18
1994–95	Gent	First Division	31	10
1995–96			32	9
1996–97			30	6
1997–98			22	6
1998–99			28	8
1999–00	Club Brugge	First Division	29	4
2000–01			31	8
2001–02			26	5
2002–03			30	14
2003–04			15	2
2003–04	Gent	First Division	11	0
2004–05			3	1
2005–06			28	2
2006–07			7	1
2007-08	Beveren	Second Division	26	5
2008-09	Beveren	Second Division
Total	Belgium		379	99
Career total			379	99

Honours

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Club Brugge

References

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^ Footballdatabase profile, footballdatabase.eu
^ "Sandy Martens kiest voor KVV Windeke". nieuwsblad.be. 10 August 2012.
^ "Stats Centre: Sandy Martens Facts". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
^ "RACING GENK - CLUB BRUGGE 0-2". clubbrugge.be. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

External links

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Sandy Martens at National-Football-Teams.com

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