Personal information | |||
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Full name | Christopher Martins Pereira[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 27) | ||
Place of birth | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg[2] | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Spartak Moscow | ||
Number | 35 | ||
Youth career | |||
Racing FC | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2013 | Racing FC | 8 | (0) |
2013–2019 | Lyon B | 45 | (2) |
2017–2019 | Lyon | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | → Bourg-Péronnas (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2018–2019 | → Troyes (loan) | 30 | (2) |
2019–2022 | Young Boys | 48 | (4) |
2022 | → Spartak Moscow (loan) | 10 | (1) |
2022– | Spartak Moscow | 44 | (6) |
International career‡ | |||
2012 | Luxembourg U17 | 6 | (0) |
2012 | Luxembourg U19 | 3 | (1) |
2014 | Luxembourg U21 | 2 | (0) |
2014– | Luxembourg | 68 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 |
Christopher Martins Pereira (born 19 February 1997) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielderorcentral midfielder for Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow and the Luxembourg national team.
Martins is a youth exponent from Racing FCinLuxembourg City. He transferred to the Lyon Academy in 2013.[4][3]
Martins made his Lyon debut on 10 September 2017 in a Ligue 1 match against Guingamp. He started the match and was replaced by Jordan Ferri after 51 minutes in a 2–1 home win.[5]
In June 2019 he signed for Swiss club Young Boys.[6] He won both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 Swiss Super Leagues with the club.
On 31 January 2022, he joined Russian giants Spartak Moscow on a short-term loan.[7] In their announcement of the transfer, Young Boys said that Spartak was expected to buy him out at the conclusion of the loan.[8] Martins won the Russian Cup on 29 May 2022, with him starting in the 2-1 final victory against Dynamo Moscow in what is known as the Oldest Russian derby. On 3 June 2022, Spartak confirmed Martins' permanent transfer, and his signing until 2026.[9]
Martins represented Luxembourg at youth international levels, playing for them in the under-17, under-19, and under-21 age groups.[3][10] Martins was eligible to represent France.[11]
He was eligible to represent both Luxembourg and Cape Verde at international level; he rejected a call-up from Luxembourg's senior team in March 2013 as he had not decided which nation he wished to represent.[11][12] After being called up again by Luxembourg, he made his debut on 8 September 2014, at the age of 17.[13]
Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Racing-Union | 2012–13 | Luxembourg National Division | 8 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | |||
Lyon B | 2013–14 | CFA 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
2014–15 | CFA 2 | 14 | 2 | – | – | – | 14 | 2 | ||||
2015–16 | CFA 2 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
2016–17 | CFA 2 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||||
2017–18 | CFA 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
2018–19 | CFA 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 45 | 2 | – | – | – | 45 | 2 | |||||
Lyon | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
FBBP01 (loan) | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | 2[a] | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
Troyes (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 31 | 2 | ||
Young Boys | 2019–20 | Swiss Super League | 22 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | – | 28 | 3 | |
2020–21 | Swiss Super League | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | – | 14 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Swiss Super League | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10[d] | 0 | – | 26 | 0 | ||
Total | 48 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 0 | – | 68 | 5 | |||
Young Boys U21 | 2019–20 | 1. Liga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Spartak Moscow (loan) | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 1 | ||
Spartak Moscow | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | 23 | 3 | ||
2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 4 | 11 | 1 | – | – | 37 | 5 | |||
Total | 44 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 8 | ||
Career total | 205 | 16 | 28 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 251 | 20 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Luxembourg | 2014 | 4 | 0 |
2015 | 6 | 0 | |
2016 | 7 | 0 | |
2017 | 8 | 0 | |
2018 | 8 | 1 | |
2019 | 5 | 0 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 9 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 0 | |
2023 | 9 | 0 | |
2024 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 68 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 September 2018 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Moldova | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D |
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