Marvin Martins

Marvin Martins
Martins in 2022
Personal information
Full name Marvin Martins Santos da Graça
Date of birth (1995-02-17) 17 February 1995[1]
Place of birth Luxembourg
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Liepāja
Number 4
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2018 Jeunesse Esch 74 (1)
2018–2019 Progrès Niederkorn 24 (3)
2019–2020 Karpaty Lviv 22 (1)
2020–2021 Casa Pia 28 (2)
2021–2025 Austria Wien 69 (1)
2025 Almere City 12 (1)
2025–2026 Winterthur 11 (0)
2026– Liepāja 0 (0)
International career
2012 Luxembourg U17 3 (0)
2013 Luxembourg U19 3 (0)
2014–2016 Luxembourg U21 7 (0)
2014– Luxembourg 41 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 March 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 17 November 2025

Marvin Martins Santos da Graça, known as Marvin Martins (born 17 February 1995) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as defender for Virslīga club Liepāja.[2]

Club career

On 4 January 2025, Martins signed a six-month contract with Almere City in the Netherlands.[3]

International career

Da Graça was born in Luxembourg and is of Cape Verdean descent.[4] Da Graça made his first international appearance in the away match against Italy on 4 June 2014 (1–1), in which he substituted Stefano Bensi in the 79th minute.[5]

International goals

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 November 2017 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Hungary
2–1
2–1
Friendly
2. 25 March 2022 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Northern Ireland
1–1
1–3
3. 22 September 2022 Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey
1–0
3–3
2022–23 UEFA Nations League

References

  1. ^ Marvin Martins at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "Liepāja sign experienced Luxembourg defender". Baltic Football News. 24 February 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
  3. ^ "Almere City haalt Luxemburgs international Martins" [Almere City signs Luxembourg international Martins] (in Dutch). Almere City. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Liga Europa: Os primeiros cabo-verdianos a entrar em acção – DTudo1Pouco". dtudo1pouco.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018.
  5. ^ "Italy and Luxembourg national football teams played to a 1:0 draw, 4 June 2014". eu-football.info. Retrieved 9 Jun 2014.