Alberto Martínez (footballer, born 1950)

Alberto Martínez
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Ariel Martínez Piriz
Date of birth	30 July 1950
Place of birth	Rocha, Uruguay
Date of death	1 December 2009 (aged 59)
Place of death	Uruguay
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1973	Peñarol
1973–1978	Austria Vienna
1978–1979	Wiener SK
1979–1980	VOEST Linz
1980–1982	Wiener SK
1982–1983	Las Palmas
1983–1985	Favoritner AC
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Ariel Martínez Piriz (30 July 1950 – 1 December 2009) was an Uruguayan professional footballer who played in Austria for Austria Vienna.

Club career

Martínez, who played as a midfielder, participated in the 1978 European Cup Winners' Cup Final for Austria Vienna.^[1] Martínez died on 1 December 2009 of heart failure, at the age of 59.^[2]

Martínez held Austrian citizenship. His son is the footballer Sebastián Martínez who obtained two international caps for Austria.^[3]

^ "1977/78: Two out of three for Anderlecht". UEFA. Archived from the original on 14 April 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
^ "Austria trauert um Alberto Martinez". Der Standard (in German). 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
^ "Im Gespräch: Sebastian Martinez". First Vienna FC 1894.

This biographical article about a football midfielder from Uruguay born in the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.