Ranti Martins Soleye (born 5 September 1986) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
[9] He stayed at the Academy till 2004 before moving to King Faisal Babes in the Ghana Premier League.
[14] The next season Ranti Martins finished as joint top scorer with Odafe Onyeka Okolie with 16 goals.
[15] Martins then became one of the top scorers in the first season of the newly started I-League in 2007–08 when he scored 12 goals throughout the whole season, only ten goals behind the top scorer Odafe Onyeka Okolie, and tied with Somalian Mboyo Iyomi.
[19] Meanwhile, during that season Martins helped Dempo make it to the Round of 16 during the 2009 AFC Cup in which he finished tied for eighth in scoring with five goals during the tournament.
[22] On 12 May 2012 it was officially confirmed that Martins had signed with big spenders, Prayag United, who also play in the I-League.
[25] Martins then scored again on 26 October 2012 against ONGC at the Ambedkar Stadium as Prayag United drew the match 1–1.
[31] Martins then finished off the year 2012 with yet another goal, this time against Sporting Clube de Goa, on 29 December 2012 but again it was in vain as Prayag United lost the match 3–1.
[45] Martins then went a month before scoring his next two goals, a brace, against Churchill Brothers on 2 November as United won the match 3–2.
[50] On 30 April 2014 it was announced that Martins had signed a two-year contract with I-League runners-up East Bengal.
[52] On 18 January 2015, Martins scored his first goal for the club in his league debut against Sporting Clube de Goa.
[54][55] On 12 May 2016 it was announced that Martins was not in the plans of the returning East Bengal head coach, Trevor Morgan, and that he would be leaving the club.
[56] After playing for twelve years in India, Martins signed for Penang FA of the Malaysian Super League on 12 July 2016.
[57] On 2 January 2017 it was announced that Martins has successfully penned a deal with Maryland-based SGFC Eagles which features in the American Soccer League.
"[9] In 2003, Martins was using a Ghanaian passport from which his agent gave him and at one point he was offered the chance to join the Ghana U17s for the 2005 African U-17 Championship qualifiers.