Career
Born in Oliveira do Hospital, Coimbra, Martins played most of his youth football with Sporting Clube de Portugal, having arrived at the club"s youth system in 2000 at the age of 12. From 2007 to 2009 he would be loaned to three teams, Communicative Disorders Olivais e Moscavide and Atlético Clube de Portugal in the third division and South Carolina (U.S.) Olhanense in the second level (one league game during the entire season for the latter club). Released by the Lions in the 2009 summer, Martins resumed his career mainly in division three.
He returned to the second tier in the 2012-2013 campaign, signing for Associação Naval 1º de Maio.
