Emiliano Martinez

Emiliano Martinez: Biography in Details

Who is Emiliano Martinez?

Emiliano Martinez, also known as Damian Emiliano Martinez is an Argentine Profession Footballer known as a goalkeeper for Argentina National Team and Aston Villa.

His team Argentina lifts the FIFA world cup 2022 held in Qatar. The game against France was a nail-biting situation and all the credit goes to Emiliano Martinez for saving the goals during the penalty.

Likewise, the Goalkeeper was awarded the Golden Glove after helping Argentina win the 2022 World Cup.

Emiliano Martinez – Age, Parents, Siblings, Ethnicity, Education

The Argentinian goalkeeper was born on 2nd September 1992 in Mar del Plata, Argentina. 30-year-old Goalkeeper holds Argentine nationality and South American ethnicity. Furthermore, his belief is Christianity.

Parents and Siblings

Emiliano Martinez was born to his father Alberto Martinez and his mother Susana Martinez. Emiliano grew up as a child of two he has a brother named Alejandro Martinez.

As for his academics, it is still unknown.

Emiliano Martinez – Professional Life, Careers

Emiliano Martinez started playing football at a very young age, he started playing at the age of 5 as his brother would take him to the sports club San Telmo.

Club Career

Arsenal

Emiliano Martinez’s 17th birthday in 2011, he moved to Europe to play for the club Arsenal. On 26th August Martinez was benched for the match against Stoke City. He was transferred to Sheffield Wednesday, and after the emergency loan extent of 28 days, he made his debut play against Huddersfield Town. And he extended his loan till the end of the season. He made his return to Arsenal; on 10th August 2014, they won against Manchester City.

Moreover on 20th March 2015, he also joined Rotherham United on an emergency loan till the end of the season. Martinez signed a new long-term contract with Arsenal on 24th August 2016. Martinez was loaned to join La Liga side Getafe for a year deal on 2nd August 2017. Similarly, he was loaned to the Championship team Reading on January 23, 2019, for the remainder of the season. He then made his first Premier League debut since the 2016–17 season on June 20, 2020.

Aston Villa

After they departed from Arsenal, Martinez signed with fellow Premier League club Aston Villa on 16th September 2020. He signed four yearlong contracts. On 21st September he made his debut from Villa, saving a penalty from John Lundstram’s win against Sheffield United. On 21st January 2022, he extended his contract for three years in Villa.

International Career

Martinez replaced Oscar Ustari in Argentina’s senior squad to face Nigeria back in 2011. He made his international debut on 3rd June 2021, for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Chile. Further, Martinez saved two penalties in the shoot-out against the Netherlands in the quarter-final leading them to make it up to the semi-finals in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Emiliano Martinez – Net worth, Salary

As of 2022 after he signed with Aston Villa his Net Worth is around $1,821,600. Martinez earns around $11,676.46 while playing for Aston Villa.

After winning the 2022 FIFA World cup 2022, Argentina gets $42 million.

Emiliano Martinez – Rumors, Controversy

As for the controversy, Martinez could face a ban in the Semi-finals of the 2022 FIFA world cup for his verbal blast at Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz.

Emiliano’s gesture of lifting his trophy to his groin after winning the Golden Glove award created a controversy.

Body Features- Height, Weight

The 30-year-old goalkeeper, Matinez is height 6 feet 5 inches and weighs around 88kg. Similarly, he has dark brown colored eyes and black colored hair.

Social Media

Argentine Keeper is very active on social media @emi_martinez26, he joined Instagram in December 2022 and has around 9.1 million followers, He is active on Facebook account, his 677k followers on Facebook.

As for Twitter, he joined it on August 2022 he has around 806.4k Twitter followers.

Trivia

• Martinez was accepted at the Institute of Innovation and Technology in Buenos Aires to be a scientist if he didn’t become a footballer.

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