Eduardo Martins is Argentine and is 44 years old. He knows Bolivia through coach Cristian Díaz, today DT of The Strongest, whom he advises. He feels grateful to Blooming because his president trusted him without knowing him. Also, he said that he doesn't know how much he will charge for his work.
Eduardo Martins is the lawyer who was successful in Blooming's claim against FIFA for a disciplinary sanction that prevented him from enabling new additions to his squad.
The Celestes suffered it on the first date of the Apertura tournament, because for this measure they had to face Bolívar with a decimated team, which caused them to lose at home by a resounding 7-0.
The outlook was complicated for the academy, which is facing an institutional and sports crisis due to a debt approaching 4 million dollars.
In principle, it was known that the celestial club would not be able to register new players until the new authorization period in the Bolivian Football Federation, set for June.
What was going to happen with the new signings? Was there no other way out than to face the entire Apertura tournament with what's on the squad? And the descent? There were multiple questions that arose at the time, because to that was added internal fights in the club's leadership, which aggravated the situation.
The hiring of Martins, who has his compatriot Diego Raguseo on his legal team, was key to getting out of the problem.
It was an unknown lawyer in the middle. Martins, he said, got to know Bolivia because he defended Argentine coach Cristian Díaz who sued Wilstermann and other players such as Argentine midfielder Esteban Orfano and Paraguayan defender Ismael Benegas, who came to him to resolve outstanding debts with local clubs.
Martins is 44 years old. Before becoming a lawyer, he worked as a sports journalist in several important media outlets in Argentina such as Fox Sport, Radio del Plata and El Gráfico. He studied law at the University of Buenos Aires and has a master's degree in sports law.
"I am a soccer lawyer, but above all I am a soccer fan," said Martins, a self-confessed fan of the Acassuso club, which plays for the Nacional B Metropolitano in Buenos Aires.
Martins confesses that he is grateful for the opportunity that the president of Blooming, Sebastián Peña, gave him to work on the sanction that weighed on the club, because in addition to the three days he was without sleep to attend and study the case, the achievement now It is not only from Blooming but from Bolivian soccer.
“We are grateful to Blooming and its president because, without knowing us, he trusted us. We took the risk because it seemed that everything was lost, but we let ourselves be carried away by common sense, since the sanction against the club was unfair, ”he said.
"Blooming had paid his debt, therefore he did not deserve to suffer the consequences of a measure that even made him play his first match of the tournament in inferior conditions," he said.
How much will you charge for the job? Martins said that upon receiving the support of Peña and his directors to try to get FIFA to reverse the sanction, they did not even touch the issue of payment of fees.
“I don't even know how much we're going to charge. I am sure that when we bring up the subject immediately we will come to an agreement. Blooming's board is good people and we are grateful for the opportunity they gave us to work”, he said.
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