Shekiera Martinez

Shekiera Martinez
Martinez in 2025
Personal information
Full name Shekiera Aisha Martinez
Date of birth (2001-07-04) 4 July 2001
Place of birth Fulda, Germany[1]
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Tottenham Hotspur
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2024 Eintracht Frankfurt 111 (24)
2024–2026 West Ham United 32 (16)
2024 → SC Freiburg (loan) 11 (5)
2026– Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Germany U15 2 (2)
2017 Germany U16 11 (4)
2017–2018 Germany U17 21 (18)
2019 Germany U19 14 (3)
2024–2025 Germany U23 9 (1)
2025– Germany 5 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:41, 27 May 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:43, 9 June 2026 (UTC)

Shekiera Aisha Martinez (German: [ʃeˈkiːʁa ˈaɪʃa maʁˈtiːnɛs], Spanish: [maɾˈtines];[2] born 4 July 2001) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker for Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Germany national team.

Early and personal life

Martinez was born in 2001 to an Angolan father and an American mother of Mexican and German descent.[3] She grew up in East Hesse, Germany.[4]

Martinez attended the Carl-von-Weinberg-Schule in Germany, studying social education.[5]

Club career

On 1 July 2024, Martinez signed a three year contract with West Ham United, prior to joining Frauen-Bundesliga club SC Freiburg.[6]

On 3 January 2025, Martinez returned to West Ham after her loan spell with SC Freiburg having scored 5 goals and providing two assists in 12 appearances.[7]

On 22 May 2026, Tottenham Hotspur announced that Martinez had joined the North London club on a long-term deal, and would join the club once the transfer window opened in June 2026.[8]

International career

Martinez represented Germany internationally at youth level. She was the top scorer of the 2018 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship with nine goals.[9]

Style of play

Martinez mainly operates as a striker. She has been described as "brings a lot of power and energy, but also an additional goal threat".[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 May 2026[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Eintracht Frankfurt 2017–18 Frauen-Bundesliga 4010——50
2018–19 Frauen-Bundesliga 17620——196
2019–20 Frauen-Bundesliga 19 5 1 0 — — 20 5
2020–21 Frauen-Bundesliga 13 2 3 2 — — 16 4
2021–22 Frauen-Bundesliga 19 5 2 0 — — 21 5
2022–23 Frauen-Bundesliga 19 5 2 1 — 1[c] 0 22 6
2023–24 Frauen-Bundesliga 20 1 4 4 — 8[c] 1 32 6
Total 11124157—9113532
SC Freiburg (loan) 2024–25 Frauen-Bundesliga 11 5 2 0 — — 13 5
West Ham United 2024–25 Women's Super League 12101020—1510
2025–26 Women's Super League 20 6 1 0 5 4 — 26 10
32 16 2 0 7 4 0 0 41 20
Career total 15441197749118957

International

As of match played 9 June 2026[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Germany 202520
202631
Total51
Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Martinez goal.
List of international goals scored by Shekiera Martinez[13]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
19 June 2026Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia Slovenia2–02–02027 FIFA World Cup qualification

References

  1. 1 2 "Shekiera Martinez – Spielerprofil". kicker (in German). Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  2. ↑ https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSDPRt2CY/
  3. ↑ "Eintracht-Angreiferin Shekiera Martinez startet mit Verspätung in der Bundesliga durch". FAZ.NET. 1 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Eintracht-Angreiferin Shekiera Martinez beschritt nicht direkt den Weg, der anderen schon vorgezeichnet schien". faz.net.
  5. ↑ "Shooting Star Martinez ist heiß – "Viele Tore schießen"". osthessen-zeitung.de.
  6. ↑ Frith, Wilf (1 July 2024). "West Ham Women's new signing Shekiera Martinez loaned to Freiburg". SheKicks. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "Shekiera Martinez: West Ham striker returns after loan spell". BBC Sport. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Martinez to join from West Ham United". www.tottenhamhotspur.com. 22 May 2026. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Der junge Lichtblick Shekiera Martinez". fr.de.
  10. ↑ "Die Eintracht schüttelt das Sieb". fr.de.
  11. ↑ "Germany - S.Martinez - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  12. ↑ Shekiera Martinez at DFB (also available in German)
  13. ↑ Cite error: The named reference dfb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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