Daniel Jara Martínez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Jara and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Daniel Celso Jara Martínez (born 22 November 1993) is a Paraguayan football midfielder.

Daniel Jara Martínez

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Celso Jara Martínez^[1]
Date of birth	(1993-11-22) 22 November 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth	Capiata, Paraguay
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
	Nacional Asunción
2010–2012	Palermo
2012–2013	→ Genoa (loan)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2016	Genoa	0	(0)
2013–2014	→ Nocerina (loan)	12	(0)
2014–2015	→ San Marino (loan)	12	(2)
2016–	29 de Setiembre
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Jara Martínez started his career with Paraguayan outfit Club Nacional Asunción, with whom he participated in the 2010 Torneo di Viareggio, a youth international tournament during which he was noticed by Palermo director of football Walter Sabatini. He was subsequently offered a trial in February 2010, joining the first team for a number of weeks and taking part to their training sessions; in order to defy journalists from his real identity, Sabatini referred him to the journalists using the name of "Gonzalez".^[2]

On 31 August 2010 Palermo confirmed the signing of Jara Martínez from Nacional Asunción.^[3] The player immediately joined the under-19 youth team, but only made his competitive debut later on November due to bureaucratic issues.^[4] Since then, the player has trained occasionally with the first-team squad, and also appeared on the bench for a number of Serie A games.

On 25 January 2011, an injury crisis that left Palermo with only an available first-team striker (captain Fabrizio Miccoli) led head coach Delio Rossi to call him up for the 2010–11 Coppa Italia quarter-final game against Parma, a game that saw Jara Martínez making his first team debut as a 70th-minute replacement for Miccoli. The match ultimately ended to a penalty shootout, with Jara Martínez himself scoring the decisive goal that led Palermo into the semi-finals of the competition.^[5][6] This was followed by a lacklustre season where Jara Martínez was regularly benched in the Primavera team too, behind other promising youngsters such as Mauro Bollino, César Verdún and Cephas Malele.

On 20 August 2012, Palermo announced to have loaned Jara Martínez to Genoa in an exchange deal that involved the permanent signing of Steve von Bergen for €1.7 million and the permanent sale of Alexandros Tzorvas for €600,000.^[7] After spending a full season with the youth squad, he was permanently signed by Genoa and successively loaned to Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Nocerina.^[8]

On 10 July 2014 he was signed by San Marino.^[9]

References

1. . ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
2. "Generazione di talenti – Palermo, la scheda di Daniel Jara Martinez" (in Italian). TuttoPrimavera. 15 September 2010. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
3. "Palermo, preso Daniel Jara Martinez" (in Italian). TuttoMercatoWeb. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
4. (in Italian). Mediagol. 12 November 2010. Archived from the original on 15 November 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
5. "Coppa, Palermo in semifinale Parma piegato 5–4 ai rigori" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
6. "Palermo end Parma's cup run". Football Italiano. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
7. [VON BERGEN IS ROSANERO; TZORVAS AND JARA MARTINEZ TO GENOA] (in Italian). US Città di Palermo. 20 August 2012. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
8. (in Italian). Tutto Lega Pro. 3 September 2013. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
9. "Jara Martinez Celso Daniel è un giocatore del San Marino Calcio" (in Italian). San Marino Calcio. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.