Wílliam Ruben Martínez Carreras (January 13, 1928 – December 28, 1997) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender. He played 54 times for the Uruguay national football team between 1950 and 1965.rsssf: Uruguay record international footballers
Club career Martínez came through the youth team of local side Sportivo Alba de Victoria and signed on as a youth player for Nacional in 1962. After playing for Nacional at various youth levels and for the first team he joined Racing Club de Montevideo in 1947.
In 1948, he joined Rampla Juniors, where he spent 7 seasons before joining Peñarol
It was with Peñarol that Martínez enjoyed most of his success at the club level. During his time with the club he captained the team to five consecutive league titles (1958–1962), two Copa Libertadores (1960, 1961), the Copa Intercontinental in 1961 and four consecutive editions of the Copa Uruguay (1958–1961).
In 1963 Martínez returned to Rampla Juniors, in 1967 he joined Atlético Junior in Colombia before returning for a third spell with Rampla Juniors.
In the last years of his playing career he worked as the player-manager of Fenix and Central Español. He retired from football in 1970 at the age of 42.
International career Martínez was in the Uruguay squads for three FIFA World Cup tournaments (1950, 1954 and 1962). He played a total of 54 matches scoring 2 goals.
Martínez won the Copa América with Uruguay in 1956,rsssf: Copa América 1956 he also played in three other editions of the tournament (1953,rsssf: Copa América 1953 1955rsssf: Copa América 1955 and 1959Arsssf: Copa América 1959 (Arg)).
Honours Nacional Primera División Uruguaya: 1943, 1946 Torneo de Honor: 1943, 1946 Torneo Competencia: 1945 Copa de Confraternidad Escobar – Gerona: 1945 Copa Aldao: 1946
Rampla Juniors Torneo Competencia: 1950 Torneo Cuadrangular: 1953
C.A. Peñarol Primera División Uruguaya: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962 Torneo Competencia: 1956, 1957 Torneo de Honor: 1956 Cuadrangular Tournament: 1955, 1957, 1959, 1960 Cuadrangular in Mexico: 1957 Copa Libertadores: 1960, 1961 Intercontinental Cup: 1961
Uruguay 1950 FIFA World Cup: 1950 1956 South American Championship: 1956
Individual FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1954 IFFHS Uruguayan Men's Dream Team (Team B)
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