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{{Short description|Salvadoran footballer (born 1987)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Sean Martin (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name          = Shawn Martin 
| image          = 
| fullname       = Shawn Hasani Martin Henríquez
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1987|2|15}}
| birth_place = [[Managua]], Nicaragua<ref name="birth_place">{{NFT player|id=24784|accessdate=}}</ref> 
| height =  {{convert|1.84|m|abbr=on}}
| position = [[Defender (association football)#Wing-back|Right Wingback]]<br/>[[Midfielder|Right Midfielder]]
| currentclub  = [[C.D. Águila|Águila]]
| clubnumber = 12
| youthyears1    = 1998–2004  |youthclubs1 = [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo|Luis Angel Fírpo]]
| years1         =  2005–2011               |clubs1 = [[C.D. Águila|Águila]]  |caps1 = 90  |goals1 = 18
| years2         =  2012–2013              |clubs2= [[A.D. Isidro Metapan|Metapan]]  |caps2 = 26  |goals2 = 1
| years3         =  2016–2017              |clubs3= [[A.D. Isidro Metapan|Metapan]]  |caps3 = 1  |goals3 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2006  |nationalteam1 = [[El Salvador national under-20 football team|El Salvador U20]]   |nationalcaps1 =       |nationalgoals1 = 
| nationalyears2 = 2007  |nationalteam2 = [[El Salvador national under-23 football team|El Salvador U23]]   |nationalcaps2 =       |nationalgoals2 = 2
| nationalyears3 = 2007–2011|nationalteam3 = [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador]]                              |nationalcaps3 =31  |nationalgoals3 = 4
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate = August 7, 2010
}}

{{family name hatnote|Martin|Henríquez|lang=Spanish}}
'''Shawn Hasani Martin Henríquez''' (born 15 February 1987) is a former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]]. Born in Nicaragua, he represented the [[El Salvador national football team|El Salvador national team]].

==Biography==
His father, Eustace Martin, played professional baseball during the 1980s. His mother was Judy Henríquez. They both had lived in San Salvador. Due to hardships, his parents moved to San Salvador for a better future where his sister Mahatma Martin and his brother Harry Martin were born. At the age of 2, he moved to [[Nicaragua]] due to conflicts in the country at the time and since his aunt Carol Henriquez had lived in [[Santa Tecla, El Salvador|Santa Tecla]], his aunt helped them out to start a new life. Eustace Martin had gone to the United States but never came back for Shawn's family. When Martin went to school, he practiced baseball but since baseball is not a big sport practiced in El Salvador, soccer began to be his favorite sport. Up to this day, neither he nor his family has returned to El Salvador. After a period of time he acquired [[Salvadoran]] citizenship in 2005.

==Club career==
At the age of 11, he went to [[C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo]] soccer academy and spent 6 years in the institution. At the age of only 17, he had his big break with [[C.D. Águila]]. He would become the first player since [[Vladan Vićević]] to be a naturalized footballer.

==International career==
Martin officially received his first cap on 13 October 2007 in a friendly match against [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]].<ref>{{cite web|website=RSSSF|title=International Friendly Matches 2007|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/friend-intres2007.html|accessdate=2008-10-20}}</ref> This game also saw him mark a goal on his debut, and since then, he has moved on to become a national team regular and participated in the majority of the games in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2010 World Cup qualifiers]].

As of August 2011, he has earned 31 caps, scoring four goals, and he has represented his country in 8 [[FIFA World Cup qualification]] matches<ref>{{FIFA player|289305}}
</ref> and played at the [[2009 UNCAF Nations Cup]]<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesg/gold-cam09det.html UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 - Details] - RSSSF</ref>  as well as at the [[2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup]].<ref>[http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/TeamRelatedLink/0,,12802~659~1,00.html El Salvador roster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110212639/http://www.goldcup.org/page/GoldCup/TeamRelatedLink/0,,12802~659~1,00.html |date=2010-01-10 }} - Gold Cup</ref>

===International goals===
{{International goals header}}
|-
| 1. || 13 October 2007 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], El Salvador || {{fb|CRC}} || '''2'''-2 || 2-2 || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-
| 2. ||  6 February 2008 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], El Salvador || {{fb|AIA}} || '''1'''-0 || 12-0 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| 3. || 6 February 2008 || [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]], El Salvador || {{fb|AIA}} || '''2'''-0 || 12-0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
|-
| 4. || 10 September 2008 || [[André Kamperveen Stadion]], [[Paramaribo]], Suriname || {{fb|SUR}} || '''1'''-0 || 2-0 || 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.elgrafico.com/gol-nacional/primera/tabla-de-posiciones-clausura-2011/player/12/142.html El Gráfico Profile] {{in lang|es}}

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[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from San Salvador]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Salvadoran men's footballers]]
[[Category:21st-century Salvadoran sportsmen]]
[[Category:El Salvador men's international footballers]]
[[Category:2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players]]
[[Category:C.D. Águila footballers]]
[[Category:Salvadoran people of Nicaraguan descent]]
[[Category:Sportspeople of Nicaraguan descent]]
[[Category:Footballers from Managua]]