Christopher Martins

Christopher Martins Pereira (born 19 February 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or central midfielder for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow on loan from Swiss Super League club Young Boys.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Martins and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.
Christopher Martins
Martins with Spartak Moscow in 2022
Personal information
Full name Christopher Martins Pereira[1]
Date of birth (1997-02-19) 19 February 1997
Place of birth Luxembourg, Luxembourg[2]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Spartak Moscow
Number 17
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 48 (4)
2022– → Spartak Moscow (loan) 9 (1)
National team‡
2012 Luxembourg U17 6 (0)
2012 Luxembourg U19 3 (1)
2014 Luxembourg U21 2 (0)
2014– Luxembourg 51 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 March 2022

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]

Martins in 2018.

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

On 31 January 2022, he joined Russian club Spartak Moscow on loan with an option to buy.[7]

International career

Martins represented Luxembourg at youth international levels, playing for them in the under-17, under-19, and under-21 age groups.[3][8]

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.[9][10] After being called up again by Luxembourg, he made his debut on 8 September 2014, at the age of 17.[11]

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
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Racing FC 2012–13 Luxembourg National Division 8000—0080
Lyon 2017–18 Ligue 1 2000000020
Bourg-Péronnas (loan) 2017–18 Ligue 2 171300020221
Troyes (loan) 2018–19 Ligue 2 302100000312
Career total 573400020633

International
As of 30 March 2022[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Luxembourg 201440
201560
201670
201780
201881
201950
202020
202190
202220
Total511
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
18 September 2018Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Moldova4–04–02018–19 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. Christopher Martins Pereira at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. "Christopher Martins Pereira". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  5. "Lyon vs. Guingamp - 10 September 2017 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  6. "L'OL vend Christopher Martins Pereira aux Young Boys de Berne". 13 June 2019.
  7. "Кристофер Мартинс — новый игрок «Спартака»!" (in Russian). FC Spartak Moscow. 31 January 2022.
  8. Christopher Martins – UEFA competition record (archive)
  9. "Christopher Martins-Pereira convoqué avec le Luxembourg" (in French). Le Libéro Lyon. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  10. "L'énigme Christopher Martins-Pereira" (in French). Le Libéro Lyon. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  11. Didier Hiégel (8 September 2014). "De l'audace, de l'audace encore de l'audace" (in French). Luxemburger Wort. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  12. "Young Boys wins Swiss league title in 54th week of season". Washington Post. Associated Press. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  13. "Schweizerischer Fussballverband - Statistik und Resultate". www.football.ch (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2020.


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