\n The 23-year-old Colombian center back is set to join Union through June 2028<\/p>\n
Philadelphia Union announced today that they have signed center back Geiner Mart\u00ednez from CA Juventud to through the 2027-2028 season, with an option through the 2028-2029 season and a second option through the 2029-2030 season. \u00a0Mart\u00ednez will be added to the Union\u2019s active roster following receipt of his International Transfer Certificate and P1 Visa and will occupy an international roster slot.<\/p>\n
\u201cGeiner is a young, strong player who brings intensity and a physical presence to our backline,\u201d said Philadelphia Union Head Coach Bradley Carnell. \u201cThe experience he\u2019s gained through earning promotion in two consecutive seasons is valuable, he is a competitor and dedicated to defending within our identity. We look forward to getting him integrated quickly with the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martinez, 23, joins Philadelphia from Uruguay\u2019s topflight, Liga AUF Uruguaya, after playing a key role in CA Juventud\u2019s historic 2024\u201325 season. He made 12 appearances during the Clausura, helping the club record five clean sheets, and was instrumental in Juventud\u2019s successful promotion run through the Segunda Divisi\u00f3n Playoffs. Earlier in the season, Martinez was on loan with Central Espa\u00f1ol FC, where he contributed to the club\u2019s first promotion since 2012. Across the 2024 and 2025 seasons, he helped two different clubs earn promotion to the Primera Divisi\u00f3n and most recently played a part in Juventud\u2019s historic qualification for the 2026 Copa Libertadores.<\/p>\n
TRANSACTION: Philadelphia Union sign defender Geiner Mart\u00ednez on February 3, 2025.<\/p>\n
Position: Defender
Height: 6\u20193\u201d
Weight: 179 lbs.
Born: January 9, 2003<\/p>\n
Acquired: Philadelphia Union sign defender Geiner Mart\u00ednez through the 2027-2028 season with options through the 2028-2029 season and through the 2029-2030 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 23-year-old Colombian center back is set to join Union through June 2028 Philadelphia Union announced today that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104680,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[139,69,71,70,4093,14742],"class_list":{"0":"post-104679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-philadelphia","10":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","11":"tag-philadelphia-news","12":"tag-press-release","13":"tag-transaction"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}