Ascensión Martínez Salinas (born 20 February 2002), commonly known as Asun, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a forward for Valencia.
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| Full name | Ascensión Martínez Salinas | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 February 2002[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Elche, Spain[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Valencia | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Elche B | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Elche | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | Sporting Plaza Argel | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Valencia B | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Valencia | 98 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Spain U17 | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Spain U19 | 3 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Spain U23 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Spain U20 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Spain | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:26, 22 August 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 05:17, 22 December 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editAsun started her career at Elche.[3] In July 2019, she moved to Valencia, giving her the opportunity to play in Spain's top tier for the first time.[4]
International career
editAsun made her debut for the Spain national team on 6 April 2023, coming on as a substitute for Salma Paralluelo against Norway.[5][6]
Personal life
editAsun is from the working class neighbourhood of La Rata in Elche. She started playing football from the age of three but was initially encouraged to take up rhythmic gymnastics instead by her mother.[7]
Honours
editSpain U20
Individual
- UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019[9]
References
edit- ^ Asun Martínez at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Asun". BDFutbol. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Asun". Txapeldunak. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Jiménez, Mayca (12 July 2019). "El Valencia ficha a la perla española Asun Martínez". Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Spain vs Norway". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Asun Martínez". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ Martínez, Emilio (2 September 2022). "Asun Martínez, la campeona del mundo con España que le debe todo a su barrio, La Rata de Elche: "Allí me curtí"". El Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ^ "Paralluelo propels Spain to revenge and glory". FIFA.com. 28 August 2022. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "2019 WU17 EURO team of the tournament". UEFA.com. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
External links
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