Andrés Martín, the U-21 talent that begins to shine in Vallecas

Andrés Martín (Aguadulce, Seville, July 11, 1999) has gone from promise to reality and He seems determined to pull the Rayo car until he reaches Primera. On this last day he got a double to beat Castellón. The forward admits that this start to the season has been very positive for him: “I'm very happy for my double, the first as a professional. The two goals are almost the same. I hope to score more and give more assists to help the team and be as high as possible. I was working to reach my level and I feel happy“.

It is not for less. And it is that, in addition to being the highest achiever of the Vallecano team – tied with Isi – with four goals and the maximum assistant, with four passes on goal, is one of the three players to whom Iraola has used in the thirteen league matches, along with Comesaña and Isi. The arrival of the Basque coach has been very good for him, it has given him confidence and the attacker is giving it back in spades. A place has already been made in the eleven.

Precisely the coach has shown his satisfaction with the performance of the footballer and, after the last matches, he has been full of praise for him: “Is giving us a lot. At first, it was more like a shock and we wanted to take advantage of it for more time. He always does an important job in pressure, he understands well what we want to do. I'm glad that the award comes to him in the form of goals“Without a doubt, this brilliant start brings him, little by little, to his objective of the course. In addition to the promotion with Rayo, he dreams of going to the U21 European Championship. There, in La Rojita, he has good friends like the former from the Strip, Fran Beltrán; Óscar Rodríguez, Álvaro Fernández and Alejandro Pozo.

Little or nothing is having to do this campaign with the previous one. Andrés did not finish performing at the level expected. And in some specific moments he had to act as an extreme of urgency for Paco Jémez. It had arrived in the summer of 2019, from Córdoba, with the label of great promise, although he could not prove it. At the time, it cost more than two million euros – two and a half according to Transfermarkt-. An outlay that only the purchase option for Advíncula (€ 3M) managed to exceed. The Sevillian has a contract in Vallecas until 2024 and is very hungry to prove his worth.

Andrés Martín is an atypical player. In times when the radars of the quarries of the big clubs detect talents, the tip escaped them. He was not raised in any. What's more, when he was four or five he was kicking the ball in an albero. He took his first steps in his town, with just over 2,000 inhabitants. From there he went to Los Peloteros, a selection from the Sierra Sur de Sevilla, where he was from the age of six. He finished as a cadet to head to the Youth of the National League of Antequera and then went to Córdoba. He was in a residency for two years until he became a senior first.

Córdoba marked him. He went from the subsidiary to the first team and this is how he debuted in Second. That 2017-18 will never forget, despite the end, a bitter decline. Something that made him mature. The child was no longer so. And although He confesses not having had a particular idol, he has always looked at the game of greats such as Messi, Cristiano, Neymar, Mbappé… For now, Andrés has to settle for playing with them at FIFA, his other great passion. The same one that occupies many of his conversations with his partner and friend Iván Martos.

Despite his youth, the playmaker is very focused and he is aware that he still has many experiences to live and countless dreams to conquer. This was explained in an interview with EFE: “I know what I have to do. My parents always tell me to be calm, not to spend everything at once and save. I'm still a child, I have a lot to learn. “

That the day Spain won a World Cup – that magical July 11 – was his birthday seems like a sign unequivocal that Andrés Martín was called to be a footballer, forward, to be exact. So, His highest aspiration is to live such an appointment with the National Team. He confirmed it with Iniesta's goal, but he already dreamed of it playing in the albero …