in the penalty shootout final victory over former side Sporting, on 21 March 2009. Martins lost some starting XI room early into the following season, mainly due to recurrent injuries; however, he bounced back and figured prominently for Jorge Jesus' side. On 21 March 2010, exactly 365 days after the last final, he helped them renew their League Cup supremacy as he netted in a 3–0 defeat of FC Porto from a 30-meter free kick. On 13 August 2011, Benfica loaned Martins to Granada CF – recently promoted to the Spanish top division – in a season-long move. He appeared regularly as a starter during his spell but, although the Andalusians attempted to renew his loan deal, the Portuguese rejected, only allowing the player to leave on a permanent basis. After a successful 2012 preseason, where he scored several goals, Martins renewed his contract in August until 2016. Appearing sporadically throughout the campaign, he did feature as a substitute in a match against G.D. Estoril-Praia on 6 May 2013: with the game tied 1–1 and Benfica looking to score, he was booked in the 70th minute and, eight minutes later, was sent off after another foul in an eventual home draw that eventually saw his team lose the title race to Porto. He was subsequently told to look for a new club after manager Jesus deemed him surplus to requirements but, after being unable to do so, he spent the entire 2013–14 with the reserves in the second tier, only appearing after the winter transfer window. Belenenses On 16 September 2014, Martins terminated his contract with Benfica. The following month he signed for one year with fellow league club C.F. Os Belenenses, making his official debut on 7 January 2015 by starting in a 7–1 away loss against S.C. Braga in the Portuguese Cup. Martins scored a brace to help his team defeat IFK Göteborg 2–1 at the Estádio do Restelo on 30 July 2015, in the first leg of the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. International career After Portugal finished in fourth place at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Martins, a former under-21 international, was called to the senior squad for the first time for a friendly with Denmark and a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Finland in September. He made his debut in the former fixture, on the first day of the month. Appearing rarely