Damián Emiliano "Emi" Martínez Romero, sometimes known as Dibu (born 2 September 1992), is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Aston Villa and the Argentina national team.

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.

[13][14] Later that year, Martínez was named on the Arsenal substitute bench for their fixtures away at Stoke City on 26 August and against Liverpool on 2 September, as cover for the injured Wojciech Szczęsny and Łukasz Fabiański, respectively.

[20] He then made his Premier League debut as a second-half substitute, replacing the injured Szczęsny against Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on 22 November.

[21] 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.

[27] Despite the poor start, Rotherham finished the season strongly with Martínez in goal, only losing 1 of the last 6 games and avoided relegation.

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

[31] He spent the 2016–17 season at Arsenal and played five matches during the campaign, including two Premier League appearances against Crystal Palace and West Ham United.

[34] 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.

[citation needed] 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.

[35] 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,[36][37] with former Arsenal striker Ian Wright describing him as "commanding" and as having played "brilliantly" during his extended spell in the team.

[41] With reported interest from a number of 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.

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

[62] 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 team's opening match of the 2021 Copa América at the Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos in Brazil.

[69] He saved two penalties from Virgil van Dijk and Steven Berghuis in a shoot-out against the Netherlands in the quarter-final, helping his team make it to the last four.

[70][71] In the final, Martínez saved a shot from a 1 on 1 with Randal Kolo Muani in the last minute of extra time to force the match to a penalty shoot-out.

[77] On 14 July 2024, Martínez played the full match as Argentina defeated Colombia 1–0 after extra time in the 2024 Copa América final.

[83][84][85] By the end of 2022, Martínez saved seven of the 35 penalties he has faced during matches throughout his career, as well as another three missed – resulting in a 71 percent success rate for opponents.

[89] French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who participated in the same penalty shoot-out with Martínez and Argentina in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final, but on the losing end, would later state "there are some things I can't do.

"[90] The International Football Association Board was expected in 2023 to eventually change its rules to discourage keepers like Martínez from employing similar tactics in the future.

[98][99] On 22 December 2022, after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup with the national team, Martínez was given a welcome reception at Las Toscas resort, in his native city of Mar del Plata.