Jackson Martinez: all the fun about the career of a Colombian footballer and striker "Atletico Madrid"

Jackson Martinez was born in 1986, on October 3, in Colombia. To date, he is an attacker of such a famous Spanish club, as Madrid "Atletico", as well as the Colombian national team. He has quite an interesting career, so it's worth talking about it in more detail.

Beginning of football activity

Jackson Martinez began with a team like Independiente Medellin. It was there that he studied and perfected football skills. In 2005, he made his debut for the main team. And in 2009, he was named the best scorer of the current season. After all, he designed 18 goals in the Colombian League and helped his team to win the fifth title.

After Jackson Martinez adequately showed himself in Independiente, they were interested in various teams from Mexico and Argentina. So in 2010, the player signed a professional contract with a club like "Haguares Chialas" (Mexico). January 17, he went on the field against the team "Cruz Azul". So the player made his debut in a new line-up. And after two weeks, on the 31st, he completed his first goal. And then, in the same way, by the way, the game, and the second. It was his first take. In that season, he rolled 9 opponents into the opponents' gate, and besides, he only went 13 times on the field. The indicator is really impressive.

For a long time, Jackson Martinez did not stay in Mexico. His success was interested in a number of other, more titled clubs. Among them were "Barcelona", "Liverpool", "Manchester City", "Porto". So in 2012, the football player left Mexico for a new place.

Career in "Porto"

Jackson Martinez is a footballer who in 2012 became known for his performances for the Portuguese "Porto". Representation of this team bought a player for 11 million dollars. A football player made his debut a month after his transfer - on August 11. Then he designed his goal, which was the only one in that mast and victorious for the team. Novice Martinez led Porto to victory in the Portuguese Super Cup. And it was an unequivocal success.

Then, on the 19th, his debut took place in the Portuguese championship. On August 25, in a match against a team such as Vitoria Guimaraes, he scored the ball into the opponents' goal. Martinez continued to amaze fans and coaches - in 12 matches, in which he went on the field, he designed ... 11 goals! It was an achievement. He broke the record of Hulk, Lisandro Lopez and even Ramadel Falcao - one of the most expensive, to date, football players in the world.

New stage: Jackson Martinez in "Atletico"

Most recently, in June 2015, information was published that the attackers seriously interested in the Madrid club "Atletico". All indicated that Jackson would agree to move to Spain. And it really turned out that way. An agreement was signed for five years. They bought the player for an amount of 35 million euros!

The player debuted on August 22. It was a meeting with such a club as "Las Palmas". There was no goal. But Jackson designed it in the next match, which took place a little more than a week - August 30. It was a game against Sevilla. So at the moment Jackson defends the colors of the Madrid club, and in the near future no transitions are foreseen.

About achievements

Jackson is also a player of Colombia. He debuted for her at the age of 22 years. And the first goal scored against the Ecuadorian team in 2010 (it was within the qualifying round). And in 2014, at the World Championship, in a match against the Japanese team, he issued a beautiful "double."

Jackson Martinez is a very successful player. He won the Colombian and Portuguese Football Championships, won the Portuguese Super Cup. In addition, he has four personal awards. He is the best scorer of one championship of Colombia and three - Portugal. That is three times the owner of this prestigious status. And you can guess that this is not the last of his achievements.