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Damián Emiliano Martínez Romero is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Argentina national team.


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Martínez trained at Independiente's youth ranks before moving to Arsenal in 2010.


At Arsenal, he served as understudy, being loaned to various English clubs, before breaking into the starting line-up in 2019, helping them 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 15 clean sheets in the Premier League.


Martínez is a former Argentina youth international, representing his country at under-17, and under-20 levels.


Born in Mar del Plata, Martínez started his career playing for Independiente's youth side, he was invited to trial at Arsenal shortly after his 17th birthday and was offered a youth contract initially.


After injuries to Ryan Clarke and Wayne Brown, and the termination of Connor Ripley's loan, Martínez went on emergency loan to Oxford United, making his debut in the English Football League in their final game of the season against Port Vale in League Two on 5 May 2012; Port Vale won 3-0.


On 26 September, he made his Arsenal debut in a 6-1 home win against Coventry City in the third-round of the League Cup.



He made his second Arsenal appearance in the following round in a 7-5 win away at Reading.


Martínez subsequently transferred to Championship side Sheffield Wednesday on an emergency 28-day loan on 15 October 2013.


He made his debut for Wednesday on 23 November, against Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield Town.


Martínez's loan was eventually extended until the end of the season.


After returning to Arsenal, Martínez was an unused substitute as Arsenal won the Community Shield on 10 August 2014, with a 3-0 win over Manchester City at Wembley Stadium.


He made his debut in the Champions League soon after, helping Arsenal defeat Anderlecht 2-1 in the group stage.


He then made his Premier League debut as a 2nd half substitute, replacing the injured Szczęsny against Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on 22 November.


With injuries to backup goalkeeper David Ospina, Martínez played his second Champions League game on 26 November, keeping a clean sheet in a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund.


He made his first Premier League start on 29 November against West Bromwich Albion, and also started against Southampton four days later; he kept two clean sheets as Arsenal won both matches 1-0.


On 20 March 2015, Martínez joined Championship club Rotherham United on an emergency loan until the end of the season.


He made his debut the following day against South Yorkshire rivals Sheffield Wednesday, conceding two added-time goals in a 3-2 home defeat.


On 2 August, Martínez was an unused substitute as new signing Petr Čech played for Arsenal in the 2015 FA Community Shield, a 1-0 win over rivals Chelsea.


He spent the 2016-17 season at his parent club, for whom he played 5 games during the campaign, including a Premier League appearance against West Ham.


At Reading, Martínez made his debut on 29 January against Bolton Wanderers, and won the Man of the Match award against Aston Villa a few days later.



With Bernd Leno being taken off injured during the first half of Arsenal's defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on 20 June 2020, Martínez came off the bench to make his first Premier League appearance since the 2016-17 season.


This led to Martínez seeing out the season as first choice goalkeeper at the club and was highly commended for a string of stellar performances, with former Arsenal striker Ian Wright describing him as "Commanding" and as having played "Brilliantly" during his extended spell in the team.


On 1 August, Martínez was selected to start in the FA Cup Final against Chelsea, he went on to make some crucial saves to help Arsenal win their 14th FA Cup; after lifting the trophy he was visibly emotional and reduced to tears.


Martínez started in the Community Shield clash against Liverpool on 29 August, which Arsenal won on penalties.


Following the match, there was much speculation that Martínez would leave the club with Bernd Leno returning and the player himself stated that he either wanted to stay at the club and be first-choice keeper or leave on a permanent basis.


With reported interest from a number of Premier League and foreign clubs, including Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion, Martínez was left out of the squad to face Fulham on the opening day of the league season.


On 16 September 2020, Martínez transferred to fellow Premier League club Aston Villa in a deal worth up to £20 million.


On 21 September, Martínez made his debut for Villa, saving a penalty from John Lundstram in a 1-0 home win against Sheffield United.


In his first season at Aston Villa, Martínez equalled Brad Friedel's club record for clean sheets in a Premier League season, with 15 - as well as being voted Aston Villa Supporters' Player of the Season.



Martínez was called up to the Argentina senior squad to replace Oscar Ustari to face Nigeria in June 2011.


He received his second senior call up against Germany and Ecuador on 9 and 13 October 2019; he was an unused substitute for both friendly matches.


Martínez made his international debut on 3 June 2021, in a 1-1 draw with Chile in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match.


He subsequently made his competitive debut in a major tournament on 14 June, once again in a 1-1 draw against the same opponent in his side's opening match of the 2021 Copa América at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Brazil.


On 6 July, Martínez saved three spot kicks in a 3-2 penalty shootout victory for Argentina over Colombia in the semi-final of the tournament.


Martínez was also awarded the 2021 Copa América's Golden Glove award as the best keeper of the tournament for his performances.


Martínez signed a sponsorship deal with Puma in 2018.


Martínez has been married to Portuguese bussinesswoman Amanda "Mandinha" since 2017.



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