the following four years, Martins received a surprise callup in September 2010 for Euro 2012 qualifying campaign matches against Denmark and Iceland, as former Sporting coach Bento was in charge of the national team: he started in both games, consecutive 3–1 wins. Martins missed the final stages in Poland and Ukraine after featuring regularly in the qualifiers, however, having contracted an injury in late May 2012 already in training camp. Personal life On 15 November 2011, during Portugal's Euro 2012 playoff home fixture against Bosnia and Herzegovina, it was announced that Martins' three-year-old son Gustavo suffered from a rare bone marrow condition, needing an urgent transplant. The player spent nearly two weeks in his country, returning to action for Granada (as a starter) in a home game against RCD Mallorca on the 20th, scoring the 1–1 equaliser and being booked shortly afterwards for a reckless challenge, with the game being eventually suspended minutes later after a 15-year-old spectator hit the assistant referee with an umbrella. Martins' younger brother, João, was also a footballer and a midfielder. He also graduated from Sporting's youth academy, but spent most of his career in the lower leagues. Career statistics Club International goals Honours Sporting CP Taça de Portugal: 2006–07 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2002 UEFA Cup runner-up: 2004–05 Benfica Primeira Liga: 2009–10 Taça da Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 Taça de Portugal runner-up: 2012–13 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up: 2010 UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2012–13 Portugal Toulon Tournament: 2001 References External links 1982 births Living people People from Oliveira do Hospital Sportspeople from Coimbra District Portuguese footballers Association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP B players Sporting CP footballers S.C. Campomaiorense players Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. players S.L. Benfica footballers S.L. Benfica B players C.F. Os Belenenses players La Liga players Recreativo de Huelva players Granada CF footballers Portugal youth international footballers Portugal under-21 international footballers Portugal international footballers Olympic footballers of Portugal Footballers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain