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Biography
Lautaro Javier Martínez was born on 22 August 1997 to the family of Mario Martínez and Karina Vanesa Gutiérrez in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. He is an Argentine professional footballer. He is currently Twenty-five years old. He plays the role of a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Argentina national team.
Martínez started his football career in his hometown Argentina, where he made his senior appearance in 2015 with Racing Club. He spent four seasons and represented the club in the league and Copa Libertadores, scoring a total number of twenty-eight (28) goals in 60 appearances before joining Inter in 2018, where he won the Serie A title in his third season with the club.
Martínez has represented Argentina at various youth levels and competed at the 2017 South American U-20 Championship and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He made his senior international appearance in 2018 and represented the senior squad at the Copa América in 2019. He helped his team to enter third place. He made his team to win the latter edition of the tournament in 2021. He was among the Argentina players that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Martinez certainly belongs to the endless production line of outstanding attacking players coming out of Argentina in recent times.
Martinez’s father is someone with a heart of gold. Martinez, upon being very busy with his career as a driver, He has always made time to visit and provide comfort to the sick, right from the early days of his career in racing.
His father is known as Mario Martinez. In his playing days, he was nicknamed “Pelusa”, despite being referred to as “Pelusa” during his career. Mario Martinez was active as a footballer in 1972 and for five years after that when he played for the Argentine National B team.
During a meeting with Pep Guardiola, Mario Martinez once confessed that his dream was to see his son Lautaro coached by him. he said thus “I would like to be clear that this is only a wish of mine as a father”.
| Full Name: | Lautaro Javier Martínez |
| Current club: | Serie A club Inter Milan, Argentina national football team |
| Born: | August 22, 1997 |
| Place of Birth: | Bahia Blanca, Argentina |
| Nationality: | Argentina |
| Height: | 5 feet 9 inches |
| Parents: | Mario Martinez (father) and Karina Vanesa Gutierrez (mother) |
| Siblings: | Jano Martinez Alan Martinez |
| Wife • Spouse: | Agustina Gandolfo |
| Zodiac sign: Leo | |
| Children: | Nina Martinez |
| Occupation: | Football player |
| Net Worth: | $40 million. |
Early Life & Education
Lautaro Javier Martínez was born on 22 August 1997 to the family of Mario Martínez and Karina Vanesa Gutiérrez in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. He is an Argentine professional footballer. He is currently Twenty-five years old. Martinez father is a former professional footballer but due to financial issues, he quit football at a very young age, and his mother was a housewife. Martinez is the second child and second son of his parents Mario Martinez and Karina Vanesa Gutierrez. He has two brothers, an elder brother Jano Martinez and a younger brother Alan Martinez.
Martinez’s nationality is Argentina. He was born into a family that eat and breath soccer from the Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Because of the love his parents have for him they supported him right from the early stages of his soccer career until today.
Martinez is a graduate of Racing Club youth academy, Martinez made a name for himself after his outstanding performances for Argentina youth and senior national teams as well as Inter Milan. and also his professional life.
Martínez’s role model during his early years was the lethal ex-Atletico Madrid striker Radamel Falcao. More interesting fact about Martinez during his amateur career was that he started playing as a defender and gradually moved to the attacker. At the age of 17, Martínez was called up for the absolute selection of the Racing Club, which markets the beginning of his professional career in 2014.
Martinez grew up in a very poor environment which made him to have a poor upbringing. His father had nothing to boast of, apart from his old memories of his father’s career success as a footballer.
Martinez’s father had a hard time dealing with his father’s retirement from football for a long time. The only thing he wanted was for his son to continue living his dreams. In the early days of his life, Martinez was exposed to sport education by his father, who helped him to define his life ambition, which is to become a professional footballer.
Due to the fact he was inclined toward the sport, combined with the determination to succeed, Martinez became bold enough to start attending soccer trials with Liniers, a local soccer team in the city.
Martinez learnt a lot of lessons from his dad, which made him to pass his trials and get accepted into the club just because of the lessons he learnt. Martinez had to commute by train and bus to the club’s academy training grounds from his home as a child and at the beginning of his career. Whenever he came back from the trip, he would come back late into the evening and then travel again the following morning.
Martinez followed in the footsteps of his father which led to his successful progress through the ranks of the Liniers academy’s youth division. Along with his progress, his ambition grew, and this sparked a desire to attend trials with prestigious academies. In the course of his teenage years, he faced a lot of disappointments. At the age of fifteen (15), he was explored by The Boca Juniors club and invited to compete in their trials.
Though He was rejected by the club because he was not good enough to play for them. Martinez said thus “They told me I had no power or speed and that if I worked on it I would be able to return”. I was half resigned, half angry. Upon that, Martinez never gave up. In January 2014, Fabio Ftadaelli, Racing Club’s interim coach, noticed his outstanding way of playing at the youth level and signed him.
As a result of his extraodinary performance, the jewel of Racing was invited him to represent his country and play in Alcudia. As the best player in the tournament, Martinez stood out as the top scorer. The gifted forwarder enjoyed a fast rise in his early senior years with his club and represented his country as well.
The Argentine media saw Martinez as “the cross between Sergio Aguero and Gonzalo Higuale”. Other great clubs like Real Madrid, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, and Inter Milan began begging for his signature.
Upon the trials to have him, Inter Milan secured the Argentine’s arrival in Europe. Martinez was helped by his compatriot and fellow countryman Mauro Icardi while at the club. Inter, Martinez started breaking records inspite of being used as a substitute.
In 2019, Martinez received a lot of accolades from the COPA America tournament, where he formed a formidable partnership with Lionel Messi. As a result of his outstanding performance during the competition, the fans have named him as the future of Argentine football.
Personal Life
Martinez’s first relationship was with Sol Perez, A hard-working girl Martinez met when playing for Racing Club. Their relationship started strongly but faded as the time went by and in 2017 the couple split after Lautaro signed for Inter Milan and Sol Refused to leave Argentina.
Martinez started his next relationship while he was still in Argentina. This time with a super model named, Agustina Gandolfo, who decided to move to Italy with Martinez. Agustina Gandolfo has been working as a model from a young age, and now she has a profession as an Instagram influencer. Agustina is a lover of pets just like the boyfriend Martinez and they both have a dog.
It was rumored that Mauro Icardi wife, Wanda Nara, introduced Martinez and Agustina Gandolfo and the two instantly fell in love.
On August 11, 2020, Martinez and Agustina announced on Instagram page that they are expecting their first child, a girl who was born in the first of March 2021.
Martinez and his girlfriend named Agustina Gandolfo both has a daughter named Nina Martinez. Martinez has two brothers named Jano Martinez and Alan Martinez. Martinez father is a former professional footballer but due to financial issues, he quit football at a very young age, and his mother was a housewife. Martinez is the second child and second son of his parents Mario Martinez and Karina Vanesa Gutierrez. He has two brothers, an elder brother Jano Martinez and a younger brother Alan Martinez.
Martinez’s nationality is Argentina. He was born into a family that eat and breath soccer from the Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Because of the love his parents have for him they supported him right from the early stages of his soccer career until today.
Career
Lautaro Javier Martínez was born on 22 August 1997 to the family of Mario Martínez and Karina Vanesa Gutiérrez in Bahia Blanca, Argentina. He is an Argentine professional footballer. He is currently Twenty-five years old. He plays the role of a striker for Serie A club Inter Milan and the Argentina national team.
Martínez started his football career in his hometown Argentina, where he made his senior appearance in 2015 with Racing Club. He spent four seasons and represented the club in the league and Copa Libertadores, scoring a total number of twenty-eight (28) goals in 60 appearances before joining Inter in 2018, where he won the Serie A title in his third season with the club.
In 2014, Martinez started his professional career as he was promoted to Racing club senior side. He made his outstanding appearance in a 3-0 win against Curcero. In his first two season with the senior team, Martinez was often used as a substitute. He made only 5 appearances and did not score any goal. In his third season though Martinez continued to perform at an outstanding level consistently. He was unstoppable and scored a total number of nine (9) goals in 28 matches.
His fine form in front of the goal continued in 2017-2018 season in which he scored 18 goals in 27 games. The following season (2018-2019) Martínez ended his spell at his boyhood club after scoring a total number of twenty-seven (27) goals and registering 6 assists in 60 appearances across all competitions.
Martínez has represented Argentina at various youth levels and competed at the 2017 South American U-20 Championship and 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He made his senior international appearance in 2018 and represented the senior squad at the Copa América in 2019. He helped his team to enter third place. He made his team to win the latter edition of the tournament in 2021. He was among the Argentina players that won the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Martínez started his football career in his native Argentina, where he made his senior appearance in 2015 with Racing Club.
In 2018, it was rumored that Martinez has signed a 5-year contract with Inter Milan to play at the Serie A. He made his appearance for Inter Milan in 1-0 loss against Sassuolo. He scored his first goal for against Cagliari in Inter Milan’s first home game of the season.
Martinez first season at Italy was moderate, he played many games but found it hard to adjust to Serie A team’s defensive and physical style of play. Overall, Martinez played a total number of thirty-five (35) matches for Inter and scored a total number of nine (9) goals.
Between 2019-2020, Martinez’s second season at Inter was his most successful of his career. He built a telepathic partnership with Belgian teammate Romelu Lukaku. Martinez played a total number of forty-nine (49) games and scored an outstanding total amount of twenty-one (21) goals in all competitions, including one against AC Milan in his first participation in the Derby Della Madonnina.
Another two of his biggest wins at Inter was when he became the fourth Inter Milan player to score in four straight consecutive UEFA Champions League matches, and the fifth Argentinean overall to achieve the milestone. Other Inter players who share the record with Martínez are Hernan Crespo, Samuel Eto’o, and Christian Vieri. At the age of 23, Martinez as already achieved these two accomplishments.
Between 2020-2021, Martinez has started the current season where he left the previous one, by being impressive for Los Blancos. His outstanding game of the season was the 6-2 win against Crotone, in which Lautaro scored a hat-trick. As of March 2021, Martinez has scored a total number of fifteen (15) and assisted 8 times in 36 games for Inter Milan across all competitions. He also scored a hat-trick in the first Milan Derby of the season. Martinez market value is €63.00m. He is currently under contract with Inter Milan until the end of June 2024.
Net Worth
Lautaro Javier Martínez has worked as a Footballer right from youth. he has accumulated a satisfactory fortune from playing football. Lautaro Javier Martínez has an astonished net worth of $40 million.
Social Media
Lautaro Javier Martínez as humble and hardworking as he is discovered that he also has some social media platforms where he can be connected.
- @Lautaro Javier Martínez (@lautaromartinez) is his Instagram handle.
- @Lautaro Javier Martínez (@Toro_martinez10) is his Twitter handle.
