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Josef Martínez
Josef Alexander Martínez Mencia (born 19 May 1993) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for American club Atlanta United FC, and the Venezuela national team. Josef Martínez began his career with Caracas. In 2012, he was acquired by the Swiss Super League club Young Boys before spending a year on loan at Thun. In 2014, he was sold to Italian club Torino, and in 2017, Major League Soccer expansion side, Atlanta United FC. He holds the MLS record for career hat-tricks with six in his first 44 games, the record for cumulative goals in regular and post season with 35, the record for most consecutive games with a goal (15), and formerly held the record for goals in a single season (31 in 2018). In 2018, Martínez became the most decorated single-season player in MLS history by winning the League MVP, All-Star Game MVP, Golden Boot, and MLS Cup Final MVP. He is a former Venezuela under-20 international. In 2011, he made his debut for the senior Venezuela national team against El Salvador, and has since represented his nation at three editions of the Copa América.
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Born
1993-05-19
Birth Place
Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Height
1.72
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Josef Martínez Returns To Atlanta United Training

Cue the Lord of the Rings memes for the king has returned. Josef Martínez trained with the team at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground on Tuesday. It was the striker’s first team activity in several weeks. Martínez has been absent from the team since April 8 when the club announced the striker underwent arthroscopic surgery to clean out debris in his right knee.
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Atlanta United striker Josef Martinez out for 6-8 weeks after knee surgery

Atlanta United striker Josef Martinez will miss approximately six to eight weeks after undergoing surgery on his right knee, the club announced Friday. The Venezuela international has already had previous surgery on the same knee after tearing his ACL in 2020, forcing him to miss the whole of that MLS campaign.
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Atlanta's Josef Martinez to have knee surgery, adds to injury woes

Atlanta United FC striker Josef Martinez is sidelined six-to-eight weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, the club announced Friday. Martinez had ACL surgery on the same knee and missed all but one game in 2020 before returning for the next season. - MLS on ESPN+: Stream LIVE...
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Josef Martínez to miss approximately 6-8 weeks

ATLANTA – Atlanta United today announced that Josef Martínez will miss approximately six to eight weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on Wednesday to clean out debris in his right knee. Martínez traveled to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) on Monday for reexamination on his knee after...
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Atlanta United injury update: Josef Martinez sees fresh injury, Osvaldo Alonso out for the season

Trouble is brewing for Atlanta United as a fresh wave of injuries impacts the roster. Star player Josef Martinez may be back on the sidelines after having traveled to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for a reexamination of his right knee. The player expressed recent discomfort after five consecutive matches for the Eastern Conference side. The news comes two years after he tore his right ACL that forced him to watch Atlanta’s entire 2020 campaign from the bench.
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Josef Martinez to have surgically repaired knee re-examined

Josef Martinez will travel to Pittsburgh this week to have his surgically repaired right knee examined by the medical team that performed his surgery, according to Atlanta United. The surgery took place at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the same institution that conducted Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s successful ACL surgery,
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