Abel Martínez


Abel Juan Martínez Colón is a Cuban international football player, who currently plays for Lynx in the Gibraltar National League.

Club career

Back in Cuba, he played for his native provincial team La Habana.

Doping case

Martinez was allowed by the Cuban FA to sign professional terms with Mexican side Cruz Azul Premier alongside compatriot Maykel Reyes in 2016, only to be suspended for two years by FIFA for use of the banned substance furosemide while on Olympic duty with Cuba in Canada in September 2015. Cruz Azul dismissed him subsequently, leaving him to work as a model while living with his girlfriend in Puebla.

International career

Martinez has played in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games tournament.
He made his senior international debut for Cuba in a January 2016 friendly match against Panama and has, as of January 2018, earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals.