Emiliano Martínez

**Damián Emiliano Martínez Romero** (born 2 September 1992), also known as **Dibu**, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for  club Aston Villa and the Argentina national team. Known as a specialist in saving penalty kicks, Martínez is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

Martínez trained at Independiente's youth ranks before moving to Premier League club Arsenal in 2010. At Arsenal, he initially served as understudy, being loaned to various clubs, before breaking into the starting line-up in 2019, featuring in the Premier League and helping the club win a FA Cup and FA Community Shield. In September 2020, Martínez moved to fellow Premier League club Aston Villa in a transfer worth £20 million. In his first season at the club, he kept a club-record fifteen clean sheets in the Premier League.

Martínez represented Argentina in junior international matches from 2009 to 2011, playing on under-17 and under-20 levels. He earned his first senior cap for the Argentina in 2021 and won the 2021 Copa América with the team, receiving the Golden Glove award. Martínez went on to win the 2022 FIFA World Cup with Argentina, again being voted best goalkeeper of the tournament, and the 2024 Copa América, where he was awarded the Golden Glove a third time. He was also named The Best FIFA Goalkeeper a record two times in 2022 and 2024, and received the Yashin Trophy, also a record two times, in 2023 and 2024.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="10"|Arsenal|2011–12|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|—|0|0||
|2012–13|Premier League|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|—|2|0||||
|2013–14|Premier League|0|0|—|0|0|0|0|—|0|0|||||
|2014–15|Premier League|4|0|0|0|0|0|2|0|0|0|6|0|||
|2015–16|Premier League|0|0|—|—|—|0|0|0|0||||||
|2016–17|Premier League|2|0|0|0|3|0|0|0|—|5|0||||
|2018–19|Premier League|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|0|—|1|0||||
|2019–20|Premier League|9|0|6|0|2|0|6|0|—|23|0||||
|2020–21|Premier League|0|0|—|—|—|1|0|1|0||||||
|Oxford United (loan)|2011–12|League Two|1|0|—|—|—|—|1|0||||||
|Sheffield Wednesday (loan)|2013–14|Championship|11|0|4|0|—|—|—|15|0|||||
|Rotherham United (loan)|2014–15|Championship|8|0|—|—|—|—|8|0||||||
|Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)|2015–16|Championship|13|0|0|0|2|0|—|—|15|0||||
|Getafe (loan)|2017–18|La Liga|5|0|2|0|—|—|—|7|0|||||
|Reading (loan)|2018–19|Championship|18|0|—|—|—|—|18|0||||||
|rowspan="5"|Aston Villa|2020–21|Premier League|38|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|38|0|||
|2021–22|Premier League|36|0|1|0|0|0|—|—|37|0|||||
|2022–23|Premier League|36|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|37|0|||||
|2023–24|Premier League|11|0|0|0|0|0|5|0|—|16|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Argentina|2021|14|0|
|2022|12|0|||
|2023|10|0|||

## Honours

**Arsenal**
- FA Cup: 2019–20
- FA Community Shield: 2014, 2015, 2020

**Argentina**
- FIFA World Cup: 2022
- Copa América: 2021
- CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions: 2022

**Individual**
- Yashin Trophy: 2023
- The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper: 2022
- FIFA World Cup Golden Glove: 2022
- Copa América Golden Glove: 2021
- Aston Villa Player of the Season: 2020–21
- Copa América Team of the Tournament: 2021

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Emiliano Martínez
- **image**: 1 Emiliano Martínez 2018 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Martínez with Arsenal F.C., Arsenal in 2018
- **full name**: Damián Emiliano Martínez Romero
- **birth place**: Mar del Plata, Argentina
- **height**: 1.95 m
- **position**: Goalkeeper (association football), Goalkeeper
- **currentclub**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **clubnumber**: 1
- **youthyears1**: 2008–2010
- **youthclubs1**: Club Atlético Independiente, Independiente
- **youthyears2**: 2010–2012
- **youthclubs2**: Arsenal F.C. Academy, Arsenal
- **years1**: 2012–2020
- **clubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps1**: 15
- **goals1**: 0
- **years2**: 2012
- **clubs2**: → Oxford United F.C., Oxford United (loan)
- **caps2**: 1
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 2013–2014
- **clubs3**: → Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday (loan)
- **caps3**: 11
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2015
- **clubs4**: → Rotherham United F.C., Rotherham United (loan)
- **caps4**: 8
- **goals4**: 0
- **years5**: 2015–2016
- **clubs5**: → Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)
- **caps5**: 13
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2017–2018
- **clubs6**: → Getafe CF, Getafe (loan)
- **caps6**: 5
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2019
- **clubs7**: → Reading F.C., Reading (loan)
- **caps7**: 18
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2020–
- **clubs8**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps8**: 118
- **goals8**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2009
- **nationalteam1**: Argentina national under-17 football team, Argentina U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2009–2011
- **nationalteam2**: Argentina national under-20 football team, Argentina U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2021–
- **nationalteam3**: Argentina national football team, Argentina
- **nationalcaps3**: 34
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **club-update**: 08 October 2023 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 17 October 2023