Chuck Martini

Chuck Martini (born Choukri Moussaddik (Arabic: شكري مصدق); 23 February 1970)[2] is a Moroccan former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Chuck Martini
Personal information
Birth name Choukri Moussaddik
Date of birth (1970-02-23) 23 February 1970
Place of birth Meknes, Morocco[1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Tottenham Hotspur
Wimbledon
Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1996 Wycombe Wanderers 1 (0)
1992 → Slough Town (loan) 3 (0)
1996 → Slough Town (loan) 2 (0)
1996 Barnet 0 (0)
1996 Dallas Sidekicks 6 (0)
1996 Indiana Twisters 6 (0)
1996–1997 Columbus Invaders 25 (0)
1997–1998 Connecticut Wolves 31 (0)
1998–2001 King's Lynn Town
2001 Farnborough
Sutton United
2002 Maidstone United
2002 Dartford
2002–2003 Bromley
Folkestone Invicta
Windsor & Eton
2005 Kingstonian 14 (0)
Worthing
2006–2007 Dulwich Hamlet
2007 Molesey
Managerial career
2007–2010 Godalming Town
2010–2012 Walton & Hersham
2013– Muscat Football Academy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Meknes, Morocco, Martini moved to England at the age of three.[3] He started his career with the Tottenham Hotspur academy, before spending two years with Wimbledon.[4][5] He also played for Leicester City at academy level.[6] In 1990, he signed for Wycombe Wanderers, but would only go on to make two appearances in all competitions for the Chairboys.[2][7] While at Wycombe Wanderers, he also represented them in five-a-side football.[8] He had two short spells with Slough Town in 1992 and 1996, before leaving permanently for Barnet in 1996.[9]

After a few months at Barnet, and failing to make an appearance, he moved to the United States, where he played for the Dallas Sidekicks, Indiana Twisters, Columbus Invaders and Connecticut Wolves.[10][11][12]

On his return to England, Martini signed for King's Lynn Town in late 1998.[13] In his two years with the club, he set a new clean sheet record.[4] He also spent time with Farnborough in 2001,[14] as well as playing for Sutton United, Folkestone Invicta and Dartford.[4] He joined Maidstone United in March 2002, signing a three-match deal with the Stones.[15] Later in the same year, he moved to Bromley, before his release in July 2003.[4][16]

He had a short stint with Kingstonian in 2005, spent time with Worthing and Dulwich Hamlet, and then was at Molesey in 2007, where he told the club he would leave if he was not installed as manager, following the departure of Steve Beeks.[4][17][18]

International career

There are numerous mentions of Martini as a "Moroccan international", with Martini himself saying he felt "blessed" to represent Morocco at international level on four occasions.[3] According to one source, he played 17 games for the Morocco under-21 team and four times for the full national team; however, one of these games was apparently a 1–0 friendly loss to Brazil in 1998, with Ronaldo scoring the only goal - a game which in reality never took place.[15]

Managerial career

Martini served as manager of Godalming Town between 2007 and 2010, when he switched to Walton & Hersham, spending two years with the Swans.[5][19]

He has also served as head coach of the Muscat Football Academy in Oman.[3]

References
  1. Chuck Martini at WorldFootball.net
  2. Chuck Martini at Soccerbase
  3. "On the ball: I feel blessed to play for my country - Chuck Martini". timesofoman.com. 11 April 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  4. "Chuck Martini". kingstonian.net. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  5. Dyke, Chris (22 September 2010). "Football: Godalming boss quits for Walton & Hersham". getsurrey.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  6. "About Team". gofacademy.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  7. "Chuck Martini". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  8. "Retro - A look back on the 1993/94 season: May 1994 - Shock Five-a-side success for Wanderers". chairboys.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  9. "Chuck Moussaddik". sloughtownfc.net. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  10. "Chuck Martini". soccerstats.us. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  11. "Chuck Martini". statscrew.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  12. "Chuck Martini (A-League statistics)". statscrew.com. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  13. "Ramsgate welcome Moroccans' representative side". kentishfootball.co.uk. 15 March 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  14. "Wood crash to Farnborough's air show". watfordobserver.co.uk. 25 July 2001. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  15. "Triallist Kamanan to face Stones". kentonline.co.uk. 11 March 2002. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  16. "News". kentishfootball.co.uk. 11 July 2003. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  17. Griffin, Paul (9 August 2006). "FOOTBALL: Burnham 2 Dulwich Hamlet 1". yourlocalguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  18. Mokbel, Sami (23 May 2007). "Martini gives Molesey a stir". times-series.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  19. Amos, Stuart (23 November 2012). "Martini: I'll talk to Casuals if they want me". wandsworthguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
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