Mauricio Martínez (Chilean footballer)

Mauricio Javier Martínez Neira (born 30 March 1995) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Club career
Born in Concepción, Chile, Martínez is a product of both the Huachipato and the Naval youth systems. He emigrated to China in 2014 and joined Sichuan Longfor with the Spanish coach José Hernández Suárez.

Back in Chile, he joined Naval, playing for them until 2017, also playing for Lota Schwager in 2016.

In 2018, he returned to China thanks to José Hernández Suárez and joined Guizhou Fengyun FC. For them, he scored eighteen goals in 2018, becoming the best player and top goalscorer of the league, and thirteen goals in 2019, before switching to Guiyang Hongrun Chemical. He was the only foreign player for Guizou Fengyun in that seasons.

After holidays in his homeland and not being able to return to China due to COVID-19 pandemic, he signed with Provincial Ranco in 2020.

Coaching career
At the same time he was a player of Guizhou Fengyun, he served as coach of the youth ranks alongside the Chinese coach Chen Jian.

He also served as a football teacher and assistant coach for public schools alongside José Hernández Suárez.

Personal life
He is nicknamed Piri.

In Chile, he has worked as a stock clerk and chauffeur for apps like Uber.