Miguel Martins
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Porto, Portugal
| Miguel Martins | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Miguel Soares Martins | ||
| Born |
4 November 1997 Porto, Portugal | ||
| Nationality | Portuguese | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Aalborg Håndbold | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2007-2011 | AA Águas Santas | ||
2011-2013 | ADA Maia | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2013–2021 | FC Porto | ||
2021–2024 | OTP Bank-Pick Szeged | ||
2024–2025 | Aalborg Håndbold | ||
2025– | Dinamo Bucuresti | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016– | Portugal | 111 | (250) |
|
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 15 February 2025 | |||
Miguel Soares Martins (pronounced [miˈɣɛl mɐɾˈtĩʃ]; born 4 November 1997) is a Portuguese handball player for Aalborg Håndbold and the Portuguese national team.
In addition to regular handball, Martins also plays Beach Handball.[1]
Miguel Martins started playing handball at AA Águas Santas.[citation needed] In 2011 he joined Associação Desportiva e Académica da Maia,[citation needed] followed by FC Porto in 2013.[citation needed] In the 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons he primarily played for the youth teams, but acted as a backup for the first team. From 2015 he was permanently part of the senior team. Here he won the Portuguese League 4 teams, the Portuguese Cup twice and the Supercup once. In total he played 394 games for Porto, scoring 1063 goals.[citation needed]
In 2021 he joined Hungarian OTP Bank-Pick Szeged.[2]
He represented Portugal at the 2020 European Men's Handball Championship,[3][4] the 2021 Olympics and the 2021 World Championship.
He was excluded from 2025 World Men's Handball Championship due to accusations of doping by having unnatural levels of testosterone.[5] A month later he was cleared of all charges and could continue the season at Aalborg Håndbold.[6] Three days after being cleared, he won the Danish Cup with Aalborg Håndbold, beating SønderjyskE Håndbold in the semifinal and Bjerringbro-Silkeborg in the final. His team mate Simon Hald dedicated the win to Martins, calling the entire process unfair.[7][8]
At the end of February 2025 he announced his intention to leave Aalborg Håndbold at the end of the 2025 season, over concerns about playing time.[9] Instead he joined Dinamo Bukarest.[10]
