Jackson Martínez was one of the great ambassadors of Colombian soccer abroad, he shone with his goals in Mexico and Portugal, as well as with the Colombian national team, with which he converted a double once morest Japan in the last game in which the Tricolor won 4-1 over the Asians in Cuiabá in Brazil 2014.
His beginnings as a professional were with the Independiente Medellín, in which he debuted in 2004 under the orders of Pedro Sarmiento, who gave him the confidence and time would prove the experienced coach right. with the t-shirt Mountain Redscored 44 goals and was key to the final tournament title in 2009.
After a failed move to River Plate, he ended up in Mexican soccer to play with extinct Jaguars of Chiapaswith which he also showed his scoring power between 2010 and 2012. During his stay in the Felino team, he scored 36 goals, which was his ticket to emigrate football from the old continent.
He arrived in Portuguese lands in 2012 to defend the colors of the Porto, who paid 11 million dollars for Jackson Martínezwhere he had the difficult task of replacing his compatriot Radamel Falcao García, who had left for Atlético de Madrid.
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In his three seasons with the dragonsthe Cha Cha Cha He scored 92 goals and won two Portuguese Super Cups and a Primeira Liga, which allowed him to make the leap to a European great like Diego Pablo Simeone’s Atlético de Madrid in 2015. However, Jackson was unable to adapt to football Spanish and following six months he left for Guangzhou in China.
At the Colchonero club he suffered a severe ankle injury with which he has been struggling for more than five years. He left Asian football to return to Portugal, where he played for Portimonense between 2018 and 2019. In 2020 he was close to putting on the Medellín jersey once more, but they did not reach an agreement.
Currently, contrary to what many believe, Jackson Martínez has not retired from football, as he commented in dialogue with the program Blu Radio Sports Blogwants to return to activity and has offers to return to the courts.
“I have two serious offers, which are now waiting in July for me to have the physical tests and from then on, with the medical recommendations, I will be able to play once more for a while longer, in better conditions and do well. But there is also the option if I continue in my treatment, in both I would be calm.
The former Porto also referred to Néstor Lorenzo, José Pekerman’s former assistant who will take the reins of the Colombia team following the failure of Reinaldo Rueda at the head of the Tricolor. “It is a good option to take on, because many people are criticizing the fact of being an option, because he has no experience with national teams, but he is a World Cup player, who was successful in football. In addition, he will have an advantage over other coaches in the sense that he would not be taken by surprise by the management in Colombia, the euphoria of the people, how the public, the managers and they know him.”
In addition to soccer, Jackson Martínez has another facet as a singer and during this free time he has dedicated himself to music. “We are on tour, we fulfilled the dates in Medellín and now we are here in Bogotá. I am combining the two, I continue with recovery and everything I need to feel better and better and I have some tests and other exams”.
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