Emiliano Martínez, born on 2 September 1992 (age 33), is an Argentina goalkeeper whose career has come to be shaped far more by Aston Villa than by the earlier wandering. A commanding 6ft 5in (1.95m), he had useful grounding on loan at Sheffield Wednesday in 2013-14, making 11 league appearances in a spell that gave him proper senior football rather than another line on a CV.
Villa is where the career settled. Across seven seasons he has made 213 league appearances for the club, becoming a regular presence rather than a passing solution. In 2025-26 he remains firmly involved, with 32 Premier League appearances, one in the FA Cup and 11 in the Europa League, giving him 44 appearances for Villa across all competitions this season.
His international profile with Argentina has also remained active, with appearances at World Cup level and in South American qualifying. His current market value is around £21.5m, according to Transfermarkt.
Martínez’s career has had the usual goalkeeper detours, but the main shape is clear enough: a developing keeper who took senior experience where he could, then became a long-serving Aston Villa first-team player with continuing relevance for club and country.
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