Jan Martín is an German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

-Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i-Spanish

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player who last played for Maccabi Ashdod

Maccabi Ashdod B.C.

Maccabi Ashdod is a professional basketball team based in the port city of Ashdod. It is the basketball division of the Maccabi Ashdod sports club.The team played in the Second league since 1999.and in the Ligat Ha'al in Israel since 2010....

 from the Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

i Ligat Ha'all and previously for Spanish side CB Illescas

CB Illescas

Club Baloncesto Illescas is a professional basketball team based in Illescas, Castile-La Mancha and plays in the Pabellón Municipal, in LEB Plata league...

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Biography

Martín is the son of Fernando Martín Espina

Fernando Martín Espina

Fernando Martín Espina is considered one of the best Spanish basketball players ever....

, who was the first Spanish basketball player ever to play in the NBA

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

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Playing career

Martín started his career at CB Estudiantes

CB Estudiantes

Club Baloncesto Estudiantes, S.A.D., known as Asefa Estudiantes for sponsorship reasons, is a basketball team based in the city of Madrid, Community of Madrid. It is member of the Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto . Founded in 1948, it is one of the most recognized basketball teams in Spain...

, one of the clubs his father played for. He spent the 2008-09 season with CB Illescas

CB Illescas

Club Baloncesto Illescas is a professional basketball team based in Illescas, Castile-La Mancha and plays in the Pabellón Municipal, in LEB Plata league...

 where he played 25 games and averaged 6.5 points a game.

Martín is a regular subject of transfer speculation to basketball clubs in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

 because he is Jewish and would therefore not count against the foreign player cap there. In 2008, it was speculated that he would join Maccabi Haifa

Maccabi Haifa B.C.

Maccabi Haifa Basketball Club is a professional Israeli basketball club that belongs to the Maccabi Haifa association. After a 10-year absence, the team returned to the top division in 2008–09.-History:...

. A year later, however, Martín was working out with Maccabi Tel Aviv.

External links

• Israeli basketball profile