Gabriel Martínez Poch
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Claudio Martínez Poch | ||
| Date of birth | 10 February 1965 | ||
| Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cibao (manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2019 | Mineros (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Mineros | ||
| 2023– | Cibao | ||
Gabriel Claudio Martínez Poch (born 10 February 1965) is an Argentine football coach. He is the current manager of Dominican club Cibao FC.
Career[edit]
Martínez Poch was born in La Plata. After beginning his career with hometown side Estudiantes de La Plata in 2000, he worked as a fitness coach for several Argentine clubs, as well in Spain (with UD San Pedro), Bolivia (with Blooming, Jorge Wilstermann, Aurora and Real Potosí), Ecuador (Deportivo Quito, Macará and Independiente del Valle), Romania (Universitatea Craiova), Kuwait (Al-Tadamon) and Qatar (Qatar SC).
Ahead of the 2019 season, Martínez Poch was named Horacio Matuszyczk's assistant at Venezuelan side Mineros de Guayana,[1] but left the club in January of that year due to their financial problems, and was named Head Fitness Coach at Major League Soccer side New England Revolution.[2] He later also worked as an under-19 coach of the club.
On 5 January 2022, Martínez Poch returned to Mineros after being named first team manager.[3] His first professional match in charge occurred on 26 February, a 1–3 home loss against Monagas.
On 7 April 2022, Martínez Poch resigned from Mineros after just six matches.[4] In May, he returned to his home country after joining Rubén Darío Insúa's staff at San Lorenzo, as a fitness coach.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Martínez Poch's brother Cristian is a convicted criminal for keeping his partner under false imprisonment, aside from drugging and slandering her and sexually assaulting her daughters.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Martínez Poch: "Vemos al equipo con caras nuevas que aportarán jerarquía"" [Martínez Poch: "We see the team with new faces which bring hierarchy"] (in Spanish). Balonazos.com. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Revolution announce changes to technical staff". New England Revolution. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Mineros oficializa al argentino Gabriel Martínez Poch como su nuevo DT" [Mineros turn official the Argentine Gabriel Martínez Poch as their new manager] (in Spanish). Primicia. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Gabriel Martínez Poch se va de Mineros con «sensaciones positivas»" [Gabriel Martínez Poch leaves Mineros with "positive sensations"]. Primicia (in Spanish). 7 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ^ "De Español a un grande de primera" [From Español to a big one from the top tier] (in Spanish). Olé. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- ^ "La dolorosa confesión del hermano del hombre que secuestró a su pareja" [The painful confession of the brother of the man who kidnapped his partner] (in Spanish). TN. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
External links[edit]
- Gabriel Martínez Poch coach profile at Soccerway
- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from La Plata
- Argentine football managers
- Venezuelan Primera División managers
- Mineros de Guayana managers
- Argentine expatriate football managers
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Venezuela
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Argentine expatriate sportspeople in the Dominican Republic
- Expatriate football managers in Venezuela
- Expatriate football managers in the Dominican Republic