el petero martinez

Early career

He began playing on 11 November, Juventus and Expreso Rojo, a team with which he became champion. He was also called to the selection of his Cartagena province. Later he had a brief stint at Academia de Crespo and from there he went to a training school in Medellín called Student. At the age of 17, he was offered to go to Argentina, arriving at Boca Juniors where he was tested for a few months; although they were impressed by him, he could not play official matches because he was not with his parents. He returned to Colombia to later return to Argentina, this time to Argentinos Juniors where he spent 6 months and suffered the same fate as in Boca. Then his representative would get him a chance at Racing.

Racing Club

He made his debut for Racing Club de Argentina in a match for the 2013 Copa Sudamericana, in which his team fell to Lanús 2–1, entering the second half replacing Ricardo Centurión. His first match in the First Division of Argentine soccer was in the defeat of his team by 3 to 1 against Tigre for the 2013 Initial Tournament.

Loan to Santamarina

In 2014, the Racing coach, Diego Cocca, confirmed that he would not take him into account and they transferred him to Santamarina from the second division of Argentine football without a purchase option. His first game was against Atlético Tucumán where he assisted his teammate Martín Michel at the last minute to make it 1–0. In only 2 games was he a starter, the other 7 always…

Youth

He was called up to the Colombia under-23 team. Roger played in the international playoff against the United States, in order to return to an Olympic event. The first leg was on 25 March 2016 in Barranquilla, ended 1–1 and had no minutes. On 29 March, in the second leg, Colombia defeated the United States 1–2 in Houston, Roger scored both goals and was the figure, giving Colombia the classification to the 2016 Olympic Games. However, coach Carlos 'Piscis' Restrepo did not take him into account for the 2016 Rio Olympics tournament.

Senior

Martínez was included in coach José Pekerman's squad for the Copa América Centenario. He made his debut with Colombia on 29 May 2016 in a friendly match against Haiti, scoring Colombia's third goal in their 3–1 win. On 30 May 2019, he would be selected in the final list of 23 players who played the 2019 Copa América in Brazil. On 9 June he would attend for the final 3–0 win over Peru in a friendly match played in Lima. On 15 June he scored the first in the 2–0 victory over Argentina for the first date of the Copa América 2019. On 2 September 2021 he scored in Colombia's 1–1 draw with Bolivia for the Qualifiers against Qatar 2022.

Club

As of 29 August 2025

International

As of match played 10 October 2024

International goals

As of 15 June 2019

América

Liga MX: Apertura 2018 Copa MX: Clausura 2019 Campeón de Campeones: 2019 Racing Club

Copa Sudamericana: 2024 Individual

Chinese FA Cup Most Valuable Player: 2016