Career
Despite having been born in Porto, where Boavista F.C. and F.C. Porto are the main teams, a young Martins turned down the opportunity to play for Porto, as he was a fan of the rivals. He started his career as a left defender, but also played as a left-midfielder. He started playing for Académico do Porto at 15 years of age, but he was scammed by a Porto staff member, that gave him a false document and made him sign a Porto file.
The federation punished Ângelo but for only a short period.
At 20 years old while serving in the military, a scout spotted him playing and brought him to Lisbon. He played 14 seasons for making 285 appearances and scoring 4 goals.
Ângelo was capped for 20 times by Portugal, making his debut on 27 September 1953 at Prater Stadium in Vienna.