Martín Ligüera
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Martín Ricardo Ligüera López | ||
Date of birth | November 9, 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
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Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Fénix | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Youth career | |||
Nacional Montevideo | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1996–1999 | Nacional Montevideo | 2 | (0) |
2000 | Cerro | 33 | (14) |
2001 | Defensor Sporting | 34 | (10) |
2002–2003 | Fénix | 53 | (33) |
2003 | Mallorca | 1 | (0) |
2003–2005 | Nacional Montevideo | 34 | (14) |
2005–2006 | San Luis | 20 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Alianza Lima | 39 | (8) |
2007–2008 | Nacional Montevideo | 33 | (3) |
2009–2010 | Olimpia Asunción | 40 | (10) |
2010–2011 | Unión Española | 58 | (16) |
2012–2013 | Atlético Paranaense | 27 | (5) |
2013 | Joinville | 13 | (1) |
2014– | Fénix | 14 | (3) |
International career | |||
2002–2005 | Uruguay | 17 | (7) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of May 14, 2014 |
Martín Ligüera, full name Martín Ricardo Ligüera López (born 9 November 1980 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan footballer. He currently plays as attacking midfielder for Fénix.
Club career
Ligüera made his first division debut in 1997 for Uruguayan power Nacional. However it was his play with Fénix in which he scored 33 goals in 53 first division matches, which started to draw him interest from European clubs. While at Fénix his play helped convert the small Montevideo side into the revelation of the Uruguayan First division. They qualified for the 2003 Copa Libertadores, in which they had a famous 6-1 victory over Mexican side Cruz Azul with Ligüera tallying 3 goals.
Ligüera's contract was purchased by La Liga side Mallorca. His stay at the club was short-lived due to foreign player restrictions. Ligüera played one game in La Liga for Mallorca, against Sevilla FC, on 21 September 2003. He also scored in the Copa del Rey, and appeared in three UEFA Cup matches for Mallorca, starting in two of those matches. In January 2004, due to the arrival of Andrija Delibasic, he was loaned out to Grasshopper Club Zürich in order give the non-EU seat.[1]
After the 2004 campaign, Ligüera returned to Uruguay and Nacional to help lead the club to a league title. His play once began to draw the interest of other South American clubs, resulting in stints with San Luis in Mexico and Peruvian powerhouse Alianza Lima. While at Alianza, Martin helped the club win a Peruvian League title and participated in the Copa Libertadores.
In 2009, he signed for Club Olimpia of Paraguay.
National team
A Uruguay full international, he also played at the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship. He has represented his country 17 times, scoring 7 times, including a hat-trick on August 15, 2003 in a 5-2 victory over Iran.
References
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External links
- (Spanish) LFP
- Martín Ligüera at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- (Spanish) Nacional
- Profile at tenfieldigital
- Martín Ligüera at ESPN FC
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- Uruguayan footballers
- Uruguay under-20 international footballers
- Uruguay international footballers
- Alianza Lima footballers
- San Luis F.C. players
- Club Nacional de Football players
- C.A. Cerro players
- Defensor Sporting Club players
- Centro Atlético Fénix players
- Club Olimpia footballers
- RCD Mallorca players
- Campeonato Nacional (Chile) players
- Unión Española footballers
- Clube Atlético Paranaense players
- Joinville Esporte Clube players
- Expatriate footballers in Brazil
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Expatriate footballers in Paraguay
- Expatriate footballers in Peru
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- La Liga players
- Peruvian Primera División players
- Association football midfielders
- Sportspeople from Montevideo
- 1980 births
- Living people