Enrique Martín Monreal Lizarraga (born 9 March 1956), known as Martín, is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward.

His professional career was intimately connected with Osasuna, as both a player and coach.

Playing career Born in Pamplona, Navarre, Martín spent his entire professional career with local CA Osasuna, making his debut in the 1979–80 season whilst the club was in the Segunda División and helping it to return to La Liga after a 17-year absence.0–2: Osasuna arruinó las esperanzas del Alavés (0–2: Osasuna ruined Alavés' hopes); Mundo Deportivo, 19 May 1980 (in Spanish)0–1: El Murcia entonó un alirón que esperaba hace 17 años (0–1: Murcia sang victory song that had been sleeping for 17 years); Mundo Deportivo, 2 June 1980 (in Spanish) He previously represented CD Tudelano and UE Lleida, both on loan.Carlos Juan y Martín, refuerzos para el Lérida (Carlos Juan and Martín, additions to Lleida); Mundo Deportivo, 9 August 1978 (in Spanish)

Subsequently, until his retirement in 1988 at the age of 32, Martín always competed in the top flight, his first game in the competition taking place on 7 September 1980 in a 1–0 home win against UD Las Palmas.1–0: Osasuna debutó ganando (1–0: Osasuna had winning debut); Mundo Deportivo, 8 September 1980 (in Spanish) His best outputs occurred in that and the 1982–83 campaigns, when he netted seven times from 34 appearances.En Pamplona ya lo ven más claro (They see it clearer in Pamplona); Mundo Deportivo, 11 April 1983 (in Spanish)

In May 1982, Osasuna rejected an offer of 80 million pesetas from Real Madrid.El Osasuna rechaza los 80 millones del Real Madrid (Osasuna reject Real Madrid's 80 million); El País, 12 May 1982 (in Spanish) Martín played three matches with his main team in the 1985–86 UEFA Cup, scoring in a 2–0 home victory over Rangers in the first round (2–1 on aggregate);2–0: El Euro-Osasuna dio un recital (2–0: Euro-Osasuna put on a show); Mundo Deportivo, 3 October 1985 (in Spanish) he earned two caps for Spain, his debut coming on 27 October 1982 in a 1–0 defeat of Iceland for the UEFA Euro 1984 qualifiers (six minutes played in Málaga).1–0: Pobre resultado para la nueva selección (1–0: Poor result for the new national team); Mundo Deportivo, 28 October 1982 (in Spanish)

Coaching career Martín worked with Osasuna from 1990 to 1999, being in charge of the youth sides, the reserves and the main squad. In 1993–94, he was one of two coaches as the latter suffered top-flight relegation after finishing last.Osasuna lucha contra el pasado (Osasuna fight against the past); Sport, 24 January 2009 (in Spanish)

After leaving the Rojillos, Martín coached in the second tier with CD Leganés (two spells),Enrique Martín, nuevo técnico del Leganés (Enrique Martín, new manager of Leganés); El País, 8 October 1999 (in Spanish)Enrique Martín vuelve a ser técnico del Leganés (Enrique Martín returns as Leganés manager); El Periódico Extremadura, 14 November 2002 (in Spanish) Burgos CF,Enrique Martín será el entrenador (Enrique Martín will be the manager); Mundo Deportivo, 27 June 2001 (in Spanish) Terrassa FC,Quique Martín firma por dos años con opción a otro (Quique Martín signs for two years with an option for another); Diario AS, 2 August 2003 (in Spanish) Xerez CDEnrique Martín dirigirá al Xerez (Enrique Martín will manage Xerez); Mundo Deportivo, 19 January 2005 (in Spanish) and CD Numancia.Enrique Martín y Lucas Alcaraz, presentados (Enrique Martín and Lucas Alcaraz, presented); Mundo Deportivo, 28 June 2005 (in Spanish) He led the second club to the 16th position out of 22 teams in the 2001–02 season, but saw it suffer administrative relegation;El CSD no atiende la petición del Burgos (CSD rejects Burgos' petition); Mundo Deportivo, 30 July 2002 (in Spanish) during one of his spells with Léganes he earned notoriety for racing onto the pitch to tackle a CD Badajoz player, and earned a ten-game ban.Martín, técnico del Leganés, frena un ataque del rival (Martín, manager of Leganés, stops an attack of the rival); El País, 1 November 1999 (in Spanish)El técnico del Leganés, Enrique Martín, sancionado durante 10 partidos por quitarle el balón a un rival (Leganés manager Enrique Martín, suspended for 10 matches for taking away the ball from an opponent); El Mundo, 5 November 1999 (in Spanish)

On 5 May 2015, following another two stints with Osasuna B (two full seasons, three games in 2011–12),Osasuna Promesas comienza el trabajo (Osasuna Promesas start working); CA Osasuna, 19 July 2006 (in Spanish)Enrique Martín es destituido en Osasuna B (Enrique Martín is dismissed at Osasuna B); El Correo, 20 March 2008 (in Spanish) Martín returned to the first team, seriously threatened with relegation in division two.Enrique Martín Monreal entrenará a Osasuna (Enrique Martín Monreal will manage Osasuna) ; CA Osasuna, 5 May 2015 (in Spanish) After managing to narrowly avoid relegation, he achieved promotion to the top flight the following campaign through the play-offs; on 7 November 2016, however, with the side in the relegation zone, he was sacked.

Martín was named manager of Albacete Balompié in the second division on 5 October 2017. The following 4 June, having avoided relegation, he left the club.

On 23 October 2018, Martín replaced José Antonio Gordillo at the helm of Gimnàstic de Tarragona, suffering relegation at the end of the season. On 20 June 2019 he was appointed at Córdoba CF who also dropped down from the second tier, being dismissed after four months in charge.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenure TeamNatFromToRecord Osasuna20 December 19931 July 1994 Osasuna B 1 July 19945 May 1997 Osasuna5 May 199730 June 1999 Leganés11 October 199930 June 2001 Burgos30 June 200125 June 2002 Leganés 10 November 200230 June 2003 Terrassa21 September 200330 June 2004 Xerez17 January 200530 June 2005 Numancia1 July 20055 December 2005 Osasuna B1 July 200618 March 2008 Osasuna B24 April 201230 June 2012 Osasuna5 May 20157 November 2016 Albacete5 October 20174 June 2018 Gimnàstic 23 October 201810 June 2019 Córdoba 20 June 201922 October 2019 Career Total—

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