Jose Martinez (born 23 January 1993) is a Mexican volleyball player. He is part of Mexico men's national volleyball team, and represented Mexico at the Olympic Games 2016 Rio. At club level he currently plays for the WA Steel, who play in the Australian Volleyball League^[1] Previously, he played for Strasbourg Volley-Ball ^[2] in France.

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José Martinez
Personal information
Full name	José Manuel Martínez Rebollar
Nickname	El Manu
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1993-01-23) 23 January 1993 (age 31) Tijuana, México
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	100 kg (220 lb)
Spike	349 cm (137 in)
Block	334 cm (131 in)
College / University	Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Ciudad de México
Volleyball information
Position	Middle Blocker
Number	21
Career
Years Teams 2012–2015 2015–2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2022 2022- IMSS ATN Virtus Guanajuato Strasbourg Volley-Ball Virtus Guanajuato Melbourne Vipers WA Steel
National team
2012– Mexico
Medal record Representing  Mexico Men’s Volleyball U-21 NORCECA Championships 2012 Colorado Springs U-23 Pan-American Cup 2014 Havana Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla

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Martínez was born in Tijuana, Baja California. He attended Mater Dei Catholic High School in Chula Vista, California, where he started playing volleyball and graduated in 2011. A four-year varsity starter, he was named to the second All-Metro League team.^[3] He also lettered in water polo under coach Guy Souza.^[4]

During the summer of 2016, Martínez along with Mexico men's national volleyball team, ended their 48-year absence in the Olympic Games, when they secured the final place at stake for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games through the World Olympic Qualification Tournament, which took place in their home turf in Mexico City.^[5]