Raúl Martínez Sambulá
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raúl Martínez Sambulá | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Tela, Honduras | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vida | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984–1988 | Olimpia | ||
| 1988–1994 | UA Tamaulipas | 192 | (7) |
| 1994–1997 | Victoria | ||
| International career | |||
| 1988–1996 | Honduras | 28 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000 | Victoria | ||
| 2004 | Honduras | ||
| 2008 | San Luis (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | UA Tamaulipas | ||
| 2010–2011 | Hispano | ||
| 2012 | Real Sociedad | ||
| 2013–2014 | Águila | ||
| 2014 | Deportes Savio | ||
| 2015–2016 | Lobos UPNFM | ||
| 2016–2017 | Victoria[1] | ||
| 2018–2019 | Vida | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Raúl Martínez Sambulá (born 14 March 1963) is a former Honduran professional football player, who made his name with the national team in the early 1990s.[2]
Club career[edit]
Martínez Sambulá started his career at Olimpia and then moved abroad for a lengthy spell at Mexican side UA Tamaulipas. He returned to Honduras in 1994 to finish his career at Victoria. In April 1986 he helped set Francisco Adelmo Herrera's record of 7 successive clean sheets when he scored in the 30th minute of Herrera's 8th game.
International career[edit]
Martínez Sambulá made his debut for Honduras in the late 1980s and has earned a total of 28 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[3][4] and played at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup,[5] as well as at the 1991,[6] and 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[7]
His final international was an August 1996 friendly match against El Salvador.
Managerial career[edit]
After he quit playing he went into management and was assistant to Honduras national coach Bora Milutinovic in 2004[8] and taking over for 5 matches after Bora's dismissal. In 2009, he became in charge of his former Mexican team UA Tamaulipas.[9] He also managed Hispano[10] and with Real Sociedad he won promotion to the national league in summer 2012,[11] but was dismissed in November 2012 when results then went the wrong way.[12] He has also managed Victoria, Platense, Vida and Olimpia.[13] In September 2013, Sambulá replaced Vladan Vicevic in the hot seat at Águila.[14]
Personal life[edit]
Born to Marcos and Justina Martínez, Raúl was one of 12 children and five brothers who have played in the Honduran national league: Apollonio played at Atlántida, Olimpia and Atlético Portuario, Rudy at Universidad, Dagoberto played at Broncos and Fernando was part of Sula. There is even a sixth brother who played football, Mario, but he played in the second division with Curaçao.[15] He is married to Mercy Yamileth and has three daughters with her and another before he got married.
Honours and awards[edit]
Club[edit]
- C.D. Olimpia
- C.D. Victoria
Country[edit]
- Honduras
- Copa Centroamericana (1): 1995
References[edit]
- ^ "Raúl Sambulá: 'No he hablado con nadie del Vida'".
- ^ "Raúl Martinez Sambulá :: CD Vida :: Estadísticas :: Títulos :: Títulos :: Historial :: Partidos :: Noticias :: Vídeos :: Fotos :: Ceroacero.es".
- ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ UNCAF Tournament 1995 - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ^ Bora Milutinovic renuncia a selección de Honduras - Terra (in Spanish)
- ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá nuevo entrenador del Correcaminos - HonduDiario (in Spanish)
- ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá: Es saludable para el fútbol jugar la liga con 11 equipos - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- ^ Sambulá y Umanzor, en la mira del Real Sociedad - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- ^ Separado Sambulá; suena Javier Padilla Archived 2014-12-09 at the Wayback Machine - La Tribuna (in Spanish)
- ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá rechazó dirigir en Chile y Venezuela - Diez (in Spanish)
- ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá, nuevo técnico del Águila de El Salvador - La Prensa (in Spanish)
- ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa (in Spanish)
External links[edit]
- Raúl Martínez Sambulá at Liga MX (archive) (in Spanish)
- Raúl Martínez Sambulá – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
- Raúl Martínez Sambulá at National-Football-Teams.com
- “Soy un esposo romántico”: Sambulá (Interview & profile) - Diez (in Spanish)
Honduras squads | |||||||||||||
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Tela
- Men's association football defenders
- Honduran men's footballers
- Honduras men's international footballers
- 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- C.D. Olimpia players
- Correcaminos UAT footballers
- C.D. Victoria players
- Honduran expatriate men's footballers
- Honduran expatriate sportspeople in Mexico
- Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players
- Liga MX players
- Honduran football managers
- Honduras national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in El Salvador
- C.D. Águila managers