PLAYER DETAILS
Williams Martínez profile
- Club
- _Deceased Soccer
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Uruguay
- Date of birth
- 1982-12-18
- Birthplace
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Height
- 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PLAYER BIOGRAPHY
About Williams Martínez
Williams Martínez Fracchia (18 December 1982 – 17 July 2021) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
He played for Defensor Sporting, River Plate Montevideo, Cerro and Rampla Juniors in the Uruguayan Primera División, as well as playing in the top divisions of football in Chile, Paraguay and Venezuela and the second division in Argentina. Abroad, he had brief spells in the English Premier League with West Bromwich Albion and French Ligue 1 with Valenciennes.
Martínez played one game for Uruguay in 2003. He died by suicide in 2021 aged 38, while a player of Villa Teresa.