Forward | #42
Douglas Martinez | #42
Position: FW
Height: 6’2”
Weight: 182 lbs.
DOB: 06/05/1997
Birthplace: Olanchito, Honduras
Acquired: via transfer from Sacramento Republic FC on 03/17/2023
Previous club: Sacramento Republic FC (USLC)
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2023: Saw action in 31 matches, starting in 23 of them… Scored 4 goals… Assisted 3 goals… Had 32 shots… Hit 100 appearances in the USL Championship regular season against Tampa Bay Rowdies on 7.22.23.
Indy Eleven continued to strengthen its attacking corps for the 2023 season with the addition of forward Douglas Martinez via transfer from fellow USL Championship side Sacramento Republic FC on March 17.
Having started his professional career at the age of 16 in his native Honduras with C.D.S. Vida in 2013, the 25-year-old Martinez brings ten years of pro experience to the Eleven’s attacking corps. That tenure includes four seasons in the USL Championship, during which he’s collected 27 goals and 12 assists in 90 combined regular season and playoff matches (64 starts) with SRFC, San Diego Loyal SC (2021), Real Monarchs SLC (2019-21), and New York Red Bulls II (2017). Martinez also scored a pair of goals, both in 2020, across 25 appearances (10 starts) in Major League Soccer action with Real Salt Lake during parts of three seasons between 2019-21.
Martinez arrives in Indiana following a lone season with Sacramento in 2022 that saw him notch five goals and three assists while starting 21 of his 31 appearances in league play. He also started in five of his six contests for Republic FC during their historic run to the Final of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, contributing on the scoresheet with an insurance goal (88’) in a 2-0 win over Phoenix Rising FC in the Fourth Round and an assist on Rodrigo Lopez’s 4th minute opener in a 2-1 road win over MLS’ LA Galaxy in the Quarterfinals.
Martinez broke out in USLC circles in 2019, when his 17 goals (fifth on that season’s Golden Boot chart) and seven assists in 25 appearances helped Real Monarchs SLC – which also featured his new Eleven teammate, midfielder Jack Blake – claim the club’s first league title.
In addition to his club career, Martinez also has featured at the international level for Honduras at both the youth and senior levels. In 2017, he earned his first call-up to the Honduran U-20 team at the CONCACAF U-20 Championship during their second-place finish, and he added one goal during their stint the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He later joined the U-23 team, where he scored two goals and won the silver medal in the 2019 Pan American Games. That same year, he earned the first of his four caps to date (one goal) for the catrachos’ senior squad by appearing in CONCACAF Nations League play. In 2021, he was named to the roster for the 2020/21 Tokyo Olympics, where he started all three matches in group play for Honduras’ U-23 side.
