Christopher Martins

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Christopher Martins
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Personal information
Full name Christopher Martins Pereira[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth Luxembourg, Luxembourg[2]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Young Boys
Number 35
Youth career
Racing FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Racing FC 8 (0)
2013–2019 Lyon B 45 (2)
2017–2019 Lyon 2 (0)
2017–2018 → Bourg-Péronnas (loan) 17 (1)
2018–2019 → Troyes (loan) 30 (2)
2019– Young Boys 35 (4)
National team‡
2012 Luxembourg U17 6 (0)
2012 Luxembourg U19 3 (1)
2014 Luxembourg U21 2 (0)
2014– Luxembourg 46 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:28, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 September 2021

Christopher Martins Pereira (born 19 February 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss Super League club Young Boys.

Club career[]

Martins is a youth exponent from Racing FC in Luxembourg City. He transferred to the Lyon Academy in 2013.[4][3]

Martins made his Lyon debut on 10 September 2017 in a Ligue 1 match against Guingamp. He started the match and was replaced by Jordan Ferri after 51 minutes in a 2–1 home win.[5]

In June 2019 he signed for Swiss club Young Boys.[6]

International career[]

Martins represented Luxembourg at youth international levels, playing for them in the under-17, under-19, and under-21 age groups.[3][7]

He was eligible to represent both Luxembourg and Cape Verde at international level; he rejected a call-up from Luxembourg's senior team in March 2013 as he had not decided which nation he wished to represent.[8][9] After being called up again by Luxembourg, he made his debut on 8 September 2014, at the age of 17.[10]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 1 July 2019[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Racing FC 2012–13 Luxembourg National Division 8 0 0 0 — 0 0 8 0
Lyon 2017–18 Ligue 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Bourg-Péronnas (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 2 17 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 22 1
Troyes (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 31 2
Career total 57 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 63 3

International[]

As of 9 September 2021[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Luxembourg 2014 4 0
2015 6 0
2016 7 0
2017 8 0
2018 8 1
2019 5 0
2020 2 0
2021 6 0
Total 46 1
Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Martins goal.[4]
List of international goals scored by Christopher Martins
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 8 September 2018 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Moldova 4–0 4–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D

Honours[]

Young Boys

References[]

  1. ^ "UEFA Nations League 2021: Booking List before League phase Matchday 6" (PDF). UEFA. 16 November 2020. p. 9. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Christopher Martins Pereira". OL Web (in French). Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Christopher Martins Pereira at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Christopher Martins Pereira". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Lyon vs. Guingamp - 10 September 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  6. ^ "L'OL vend Christopher Martins Pereira aux Young Boys de Berne". 13 June 2019.
  7. ^ Christopher Martins – UEFA competition record (archive)
  8. ^ "Christopher Martins-Pereira convoqué avec le Luxembourg" (in French). Le Libéro Lyon. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  9. ^ "L'énigme Christopher Martins-Pereira" (in French). Le Libéro Lyon. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  10. ^ Didier Hiégel (8 September 2014). "De l'audace, de l'audace encore de l'audace" (in French). Luxemburger Wort. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
  12. ^ "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 2020-10-18.


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