Aston Villa‘s Argentine goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez has won the Yachin Trophy for the second year in a row sportnews.
Martinez has been named the nominee for the 2024 Ballon d’Or best goalkeeper award. After helping Aston Villa secure Champions League football this season. After finishing in the top four last season and winning the 2024 Copa America with Argentinam UFABET
The 32-year-old goalkeeper won the Yashin Trophy for best goalkeeper at the 2024 Ballon d’Or awards ceremony. Becoming the first person to do so in two consecutive years.
While Spain’s Euro 2024 winning goalkeeper Unai Simon and Athletic Bilbao came in second. Followed by Real Madrid’s Andriy Lunin, Paris Saint-Germain’s Gianluigi Buffon and AC Milan’s Mike Maignan.
The Aston Villa and Argentina goalkeeper has again been honoured with the Yashin Trophy. The award presented to the best goalkeeper of the year. Which is selected by former Ballon d’Or winners. It has been running since 2019. And has been won by Alisson Becker, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Thibaut Courtois, and Martinez himself, who was first given the award in 2023.
The Argentine won the World Cup in 2022 and played a key role once again last season as his country won the Copa America. He kept a clean sheet in five of the six games. Including the final, as they beat Colombia 1-0. He also kept 15 clean sheets for Villa in all competitions as his side remarkably qualified for the Champions League.