Cuco Martina

Cuco Martina
Martina playing for Southampton in 2015
Personal information
Full name Rhu-endly Aurelio Jean-Carlo Martina[1]
Date of birth (1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2011 RBC Roosendaal 68 (2)
2011–2013 RKC Waalwijk 43 (1)
2013–2014 Jong Twente 11 (0)
2013–2015 Twente 48 (1)
2015–2017 Southampton 24 (1)
2017–2020 Everton 21 (0)
2018–2019Stoke City (loan) 17 (0)
2019Feyenoord (loan) 11 (0)
2021–2022 Go Ahead Eagles 11 (0)
2023–2024 NAC Breda 47 (4)
International career
2011– Curaçao 65 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03:17, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

Rhu-endly Aurelio Jean-Carlo Martina (born 25 September 1989), known as Cuco Martina, is a professional footballer who plays for the Curaçao national team. He plays primarily as a right-back, but can also play as a centre-back or defensive midfielder.[2]

A youth player at Feyenoord, Martina began his senior career with RBC Roosendaal in the Eerste Divisie, followed by two seasons each at Eredivisie clubs RKC Waalwijk and FC Twente. In 2015, he joined Premier League club Southampton, and two years later Everton.

Born and raised in the Netherlands, Martina represents Curaçao at international level, for whom he is captain. First capped in 2011, he won the 2017 Caribbean Cup, and represented the team at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2017 and 2019.

  1. ^ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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