Shermaine Martina

Shermaine Martina

Personal information
Full name	Shermaine Dacildes Efraim Martina [1]
Date of birth	(1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Tongeren
Youth career
2008–2015	MVV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2015–2020	MVV	98	(1)
2021	North Carolina FC	11	(0)
2024–	Tongeren	1	(0)
International career^‡
2018–	Curaçao	10	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:12, 14 January 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 June 2023

Shermaine Dacildes Efraim Martina (born 14 April 1996) is a Curaçaoan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Division 2 club Tongeren, and the Curaçao national team.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for MVV on 7 August 2015 in a game against Helmond Sport.^[2] His contract with MVV expired in July 2020.^[3]

In March 2021, Martina joined North Carolina FC in USL League One.^[4]

After being without a club for nearly two years, Martina signed with Belgian Division 2 club Tongeren in October 2023, with the contract effective from 1 January 2024.^[5]

International career

Shermar made his international debut for the Curaçao national football team in a 1–1 friendly tie with Bolivia on 23 March 2018.^[6]

Personal

He is a twin brother of Shermar Martina, also a professional footballer.^[7]

Honours

International

Curaçao

• King's Cup: 2019

References

1. "40-Player National Team Roster: 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup: Curaçao" (PDF). CONCACAF. p. 5. Retrieved 20 May 2019 – via Bernews.
2. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 7 August 2015.
3. Caelen, Sem (15 May 2020). "Voetballer zoekt club: deze Limburgers zijn transfervrij". 1Limburg (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 November 2020.
4. "SHERMAINE MARTINA AND JAKE MCGUIRE JOIN 2021 NCFC ROSTER". North Carolina FC. 17 March 2021.
5. "KSK Tongeren trekt speler aan". De Internetgazet (in Flemish). 16 October 2023. Archived from the original on 14 January 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
6. "Internationals (Sky Sports)". SkySports.
7. Visser, Emil. "Shermar weer fit, Shermaine in de basis".

External links

• Shermaine Martina at WorldFootball.net
• Shermaine Martina at Soccerway