Andre Martins

Andre Renato Soares Martins (born 21 January 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw as a central midfielder.

Club Career

Sporting

After graduating from Sporting CP's youth academy Martins was loaned out, along with six other former club juniors, to Real S.C. in the third division. For 2010–11, newly appointed coach Paulo Sergio called him back for pre-season trainings, and, in August, he was sent to C.F. Os Belenenses in the Segunda Liga, in a season-long loan. However, after Jose Mota's arrival at the team's bench, the player was deemed surplus to requirements and another loan was arranged in January 2011, at third-tier side C.D. Pinhalnovense.

Mainly due to injuries to teammates, Martins featured in Sporting's bench in some matches in 2011–12. On 20 October 2011 he made his official debut for the Lions, coming on as a substitute for Diego Capel for the last 15 minutes of a 2–0 home win against FC Vaslui in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League.

Martins scored three goals in 29 competitive games in 2013–14 for the eventual vice-champions, his first in the Primeira Liga and overall coming on 15 September 2013 in a 2–0 away victory over S.C. Olhanense. Following the appointment of coach Jorge Jesus, however, he was told to look for a new club, and left the Estadio Jose Alvalade on 30 June 2016.

Olympiacos

On 8 August 2016, free agent Martins signed with six-time consecutive Super League Greece champions Olympiacos FC. In his first season, he contributed one goal from 29 appearances to another national championship conquest.

Martins featured much less in the following campaign, and was deemed surplus to requirements after the arrival of his compatriot Pedro Martins as manager.

Legia Warsaw

On 6 September 2018, Martins joined Legia Warsaw on a 12-month contract with the option to extend it for another year.

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