Martin John Rice was born on 7 March 1986 and is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Exmouth Town.
22 Facts About Martin Rice
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Martin Rice spent most of his early professional career at Exeter City and has since played for their rivals Torquay United and non-League side Truro City.
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Martin Rice began his professional career with the Grecians, making his debut aged 17, and spent four seasons at the club.
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Martin Rice played a significant role in the Grecians' run to the Conference play-offs, and played in both of Exeter's semi-final ties with Oxford United.
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Martin Rice returned to St James Park in May 2011 to play for an Exeter XI in Adam Stansfield's testimonial.
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Martin Rice's first spell with Torquay United resulted in nine league appearances, in a side that had just been relegated to the Conference National for the first time.
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Martin Rice failed to establish himself as a regular in the side and was mostly used as backup to the more experienced Canadian goalkeeper Simon Rayner.
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Martin Rice made more appearances in various cup competitions, amassing 11 cup appearances in total and 20 appearances for the season in all competitions.
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Martin Rice gave away a penalty after bringing down future teammate Chris McPhee, but made amends by saving the resulting spot-kick to keep the scores level.
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Martin Rice agreed a new one-year deal with Torquay to stay at Plainmoor as they made their return to the Football League.
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Martin Rice was given the honours and duly converted, for the only goal of his career so far.
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Martin Rice was unable to play in FA Cup or FA Trophy games for Truro whilst on loan, and Torquay had a 24-hour recall on the goalkeeper.
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Martin Rice actually made fewer appearances in his first season as a full Truro player, playing 12 games compared to 20 when he was on loan.
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Martin Rice enjoyed more success in the league, keeping an impressive 14 clean sheets in 32 games.
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In total, Martin Rice made 69 appearances in all competitions for Truro.
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New Torquay manager Martin Ling heard about this clause and decided to sign Rice as cover for first-choice goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik.
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Martin Rice was likely to be backup to Austrian goalkeeper Bobby Olejnik, who was signed from Falkirk at around the same time.
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Martin Rice was replaced in goal by youth team goalkeeper Aaron Ibbetson.
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On 25 April 2015 Martin Rice departed Torquay United after both parties agreed to go their separate ways.
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On 3 July 2015 Martin Rice signed for newly promoted Truro City.
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Martin Rice signed for Tiverton Town in June 2017 along with his Truro team-mate Ollie Knowles.
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Martin Rice has a son, Korban, of whom Rice has said "the majority of my spare time is taken up with him".