José Orlando "Chepe" Martínez Peña (born September 30, 1979 in El Salvador) is a retired Salvadoran football player, who most prominently played as a forward for Luis Ángel Firpo.
Club career Nicknamed Chepe, Martínez came through the Instituto Nacional de Apopa to earn himself a contract with Atlético Marte in 2000. He then had a short spell at San Salvador F.C. before joining Luis Ángel Firpo with whom he spent a couple of years. In 2007, he moved to Alianza, only for him to return to Marte two years later.Profile - El Gráfico
In 2010, he apparently finished his career to take up cycling,Chepe Martínez cambió el fútbol por el ciclismo - LosProvocadores but in 2011 he took up coaching youth players.El pitazo inicial en “La Diez” - El Gráfico
International career Martínez made his debut for El Salvador in a March 2004 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 27 caps, scoring 2 goals. He has represented his country in 7 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2007 UNCAF Nations CupQualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2007 - Details - RSSSF as well as at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details - RSSSF
His final international game was a July 2008 friendly match against Guatemala.
International goals Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first. # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 12 May 2004 Robertson Stadium, Houston, United States 3-2 3-3 Friendly match 2 13 June 2004 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador 1-0 2-1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
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