He is one of the very beautiful players in the French championship in the 90s who did not become idols in France. Corentin Martins was the essential attacking midfielder of the Big Aj Auxerre de Guy Roux, semi-finalist of the UEFA Cup in 1993, winner of the French Cup in 1994 and 1996 and especially French champion in 1996. French international from 1993, the native of Brest was part of Aimé Jacquet's group for a few years!
Martins was thus the lining of Zinédine Zidane as playmaker during the 1996 Euro (he did not come into play), but then disappeared from traffic. After a first beautiful season at the Deportivo La Corogne (13 goals in 1996-1997), he played little with the Galician club as the 1998 World Cup approaches. It was in Bordeaux and especially in Strasbourg (2000-2004) that he ended his good career. Before a fatal hip injury at the age of 35.
Corentin Martins holder with the Blues in 1994, with Eric Cantona and David Ginola, during the first shock of… Zinédine Zidane!
When returning to his brilliant course, “Coco” Martins obviously evokes the great moments he experienced with AJA. In addition to the Brazilian Rivaldo to the Depor, the strongest player with whom he evolved is called Moussa SaĂŻb, in Auxerre, “Because he had a lot of technical qualities”. And the craziest player he rubbed shoulders is called Taribo West, still in Burgundy, the Nigerian defender chaining them “African tacles” “ As a reserve team upon arrival in France.
Corentin Martins missed Real
Corentin Martins obviously pays tribute to Guy Roux, his coach with the residents of Father-Deschamps for five years: “He did not have very close relationships with the players, who did not appreciate him. There was still respect, but not a great love relationship. The fact that he was always on our back did not end up causing nervousness. It succeeded, because there was a lot of solidarity between the players on the field and we obtained good results ”.
In this interview with The teamthe now Madagascar coach also says that he almost signed at Real Madrid in 1994! “Valdano, the coach, called me to tell me that the number 10 was waiting for me”says Corentin Martins. The Merengues finally recruited Michael Laudrup at Barça. “Anyway, I was not ready at the time to join such a big club. But it has always been the one that made me dream “concludes the one who has just celebrated his 56th birthday.
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