Jorge Martins

Jorge Martins

Personal information
Full name	Jorge Manuel Martins da Silva[1]
Date of birth	(1954-08-12) 12 August 1954 (age 70)[1]
Place of birth	Alhos Vedros, Portugal[1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1969–1970	Real Massamá
1970–1973	Barreirense
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1980	Barreirense	284	(0)
1977–1978	→ Vitória Setúbal (loan)	14	(0)
1980–1982	Benfica	2	(0)
1982–1983	Farense	27	(0)
1983–1985	Vitória Setúbal	56	(0)
1985–1989	Belenenses	136	(0)
1989–1992	Vitória Setúbal	84	(0)
Total		603	(0)
International career
1978	Portugal U21	1	(0)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Portugal UEFA European Championship 1984 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jorge Manuel Martins da Silva (born 12 August 1954), known as Martins, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Martins was born in Alhos Vedros, Moita, Setúbal District. During his professional career, which spanned 19 years, he played for F.C. Barreirense, Vitória de Setúbal (three spells), S.L. Benfica, S.C. Farense and C.F. Os Belenenses, appearing in more than 600 matches as a professional, 310 in the Primeira Liga alone.^[2][1]

On 28 May 1989, Martins' Belenenses won the Taça de Portugal by defeating his former club Benfica 2–1 at the Estádio Nacional.^[3]

Martins was a participant at UEFA Euro 1984 and the 1986 FIFA World Cup, as a backup to Manuel Bento in the former tournament – he was also his reserve during his two-year spell at Benfica – and third-choice in the latter behind Bento and Vítor Damas. He never won a senior cap, however.^[4]

Martins was nicknamed Rambo and Stallone, due to physical similarities with the American actor and the fictional character he portrayed.^[1]

Benfica

• Taça de Portugal: 1980–81
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1980

Belenenses

• Taça de Portugal: 1988–89^[3]

• Jorge Martins at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Jorge Martins national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)