<br><br><div> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><strong>Tony Martinez</strong> (<strong>Progress neighborhood</strong>, <strong>Murcia</strong>28 years old) is experiencing the strongest moment of his career. Convinced of being the '9' that the team needs, the Murcian has taken a step forward this season to consolidate himself as a natural leader, both in terms of performance and numbers: he is one of the most dominant forwards in the aerial game in the five main European leagues and the best scorer in the league. <strong>Deportivo Alavé</strong>S. "What we've done so far is not enough. I'm happy to help with goals and assists, but I want to score more", sums up a football player in full competitive maturity.</p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-md irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-md hidden-xs hidden-md"> </span></span></span><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><blockquote> <span class="content-highlights"> <span class="module-title-container"> <h2 class="module-title">"What we've done so far is not enough. I'm happy to help with goals and assists, but I want to score more"</h2></span> </span> </blockquote> <span class="content-subtitle-simple "> <h2 class="subtitle">A summer declaration of intent</h2></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">It all started in the pre-season. <strong>Tony </strong>He carried out an exercise in self-criticism and internal demands that not all football players face. He did this based on the commitment to <strong>Alaves</strong> and with a clear idea: to have an important season in terms of goals, personal growth and maximum performance. This statement of intent was translated into actions from day one.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs irr-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit irr"> </span></span><span class="content-html"><span class="intext-xs hidden-xs hidden-md"/></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">His daily involvement, his way of training and his ability to face difficult moments have been evident. <strong>Eduardo Coudet</strong> He was able to recognize that and the team felt that. <strong>Tony</strong> He gave himself to the group through sacrifice, maturity, and a deeper understanding of what it means to defend the shield of the<strong> Deportivo Alaves</strong>.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><span class="content-subtitle-simple "> <h2 class="subtitle">Goals, results and resistance</h2></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The course started with immediate impact. Own goals <strong>Get up</strong>, <strong>Mallorca</strong> Yes <strong>Elx</strong> which translated into results and seven key points for the team. Then came a more complex phase, of drought and exhaustion, where the challenge was to resist, not give up and maintain your role within the group.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The end of 2025 was difficult, but this investment in work paid off at the beginning of the year. Goals in <strong>King's Cup </strong>and somewhat decisive before the <strong>Real Betis</strong> confirmed that <strong>Tony</strong> arrives established, as an authorized figure, to the key part of the season for a <strong>Alaves</strong> who wants to get out of the red zone of the classification. </p> <span class="content-ad-module "> <span class="content-ad visible-xs roba-container hidden-ad"><span class="ad-unit roba"> </span></span></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">For this duel before <strong>RCD Spanish</strong> comes after playing a tremendous game, in substance and form, against the <strong>Real Betis</strong>. A defeat would have been devastating, it would have sunk the team. Toni appeared there, to speak on the field, without forcing speeches: "What we've done so far is not enough. I'm happy to help with goals and assists, but I want to score more." Ambition, strong mentality and desire to continue growing.</p> <span class="content-subtitle-simple "> <h2 class="subtitle">Venting, anger and unlocking</h2></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">One of his most talked about celebrations took place in the World Cup against <strong>Ray</strong>ordering silence in the stands. <strong>Tony </strong>He explained bluntly: "Football players are people. It was anger, it wasn't directed at anyone." An internal message, an emotional explosion after weeks of personal demands.</p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><blockquote> <span class="content-highlights"> <span class="module-title-container"> <h2 class="module-title">"Football players are people. It was anger, it wasn't directed at anyone"</h2></span> </span> </blockquote> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Unconverted shares weighted before <strong>Real Madrid</strong> and, above all, before <strong>health</strong>an occasion that he himself feels should have ended in a goal. The two before him <strong>Villareal</strong> - inconsequential in the result - helped him to unlock himself. Then came the goal <strong>Ray</strong> in the World Cup, which keeps the <strong>Alaves</strong> in the fight for the semifinals against <strong>Royal Society</strong> in <strong>Mendizorroza</strong></p> <span class="dynamic-ad-module "/><span class="content-subtitle-simple "> <h2 class="subtitle">Offensive reference and aerial dominance</h2></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><strong>Tony Martinez</strong> He is now the team's top scorer with seven goals in all competitions: four in the League and three in the Cup. He is also the striker with the most minutes played (1,579), a number that reflects his real weight within the team.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">But there is one aspect that takes it to another dimension: the aerial game. He is the player of <strong>LaLiga </strong>who disputes the most aerial balls, with more than eight per game, and the second one who wins the most duels, behind only a specialist like<strong> Vedat Muriqi (RCD Mallorca)</strong>. In the five main European leagues, only <strong>Ludovic Ajorque</strong> <strong>(Brest Stadium</strong>1.97 m) improves his records.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">This domain has direct translation in the marker. Two of his four goals in the championship were headed: the decisive one against <strong>Betis</strong> and the one who opened the season with a powerful corner kick against <strong>Get up.</strong></p> <span class="content-related content-border related-double " data-gtm-element-container="modulo-noticias-relacionadas"> <span class="module-supra-title"> <span>Also read</span></span> <span class="related-double-module-container "> </span><span class="related-double-module-container "> </span></span><span class="content-subtitle-simple "> <h2 class="subtitle">Lead without making noise</h2></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The beginning of 2026 only confirmed its growth. In January, he scored three goals in four games and has already equaled his number of goals from last season. It is a structural part for <strong>Coudet</strong>who finds in him a pillar of his scheme, and a football player increasingly recognized by fans who value his effort, his character and his reliability.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">Capable of serving as a single reference or being associated with<strong> Lucas Boyé,</strong> with whom he mixes wonderfully,<strong> Tony</strong> signed before <strong>Betis</strong> one of their most complete matches in recent years: goal, physical display, intensity, consecutive game and constant pressure on the rival defense.</p> <span class="content-subtitle-simple "> <h2 class="subtitle">Kike García's mirror</h2></span><p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">The duel before <strong>Spanish</strong> adds an emotional component. In front will be <strong>Kike Garcia</strong>friend, fellow countryman and recent reference to Alavaism. His departure left a void that Toni is trying to fill, also with the essential help of<strong> Then.</strong></p> <blockquote> <span class="content-highlights"> <span class="module-title-container"> <h2 class="module-title">"Kike García is a friend. I saw him as a child in La Nueva Condomina, then we shared a dressing room and now I'm facing him.</h2></span> </span> </blockquote> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph">"He's a friend. I saw him when I was little in <strong>The New Condominium</strong>then we shared a changing room and now I'm facing him. May things go as well as possible… from Friday onwards we want to beat them”, he summarized last Tuesday, in a press conference.</p> <p data-gtm-element-container="modulo-texto-link" class="paragraph"><strong>Tony Martinez</strong> faces a key semester in his career. He has a challenge: to crystallize as '9' that the <strong>Alaves </strong>required: leader, dominant in the area and prepared to take on responsibilities in the moments that decide the seasons.</p> </div><script type="script/gg"> gg.didomi.doWhenConsent(!window.didomiBypass, 'c:facebooka-frU9M5JY', function () { console.log('facebook-ad-def'); !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '682047071976590'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); }); </script>
