{"id":809,"date":"2026-07-09T19:51:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/?p=809"},"modified":"2026-07-09T19:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:52:38","slug":"emiliano-martinez-wins-yashin-trophy-2024-ballon-dor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/emiliano-martinez-wins-yashin-trophy-2024-ballon-dor\/","title":{"rendered":"At the 2024 ballon d’or, emiliano martinez of which club was named the world’s best goalkeeper for the second year in a row?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The undisputed king of the penalty box has done it again! Argentine shot-stopper Emiliano Mart\u00ednez<\/strong> has firmly cemented his legacy as the premier goalkeeper on the planet by winning the prestigious Yashin Trophy<\/strong> at the 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remarkably, the Aston Villa star has now claimed the title of the world’s best goalkeeper for the second consecutive year, following his initial triumph in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Historic Season for Club and Country<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mart\u00ednez\u2019s consecutive win is a testament to a phenomenal season where he was a towering presence for both his club and his country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the club level, “Dibu” was the resilient backbone of Aston Villa<\/strong>. His sensational reflexes, commanding box presence, and clutch saves were instrumental in guiding Unai Emery\u2019s squad to a historic top-four finish in the Premier League, securing the club\u2019s much-awaited qualification for the UEFA Champions League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the international stage, Mart\u00ednez continued his habit of lifting silverware. He was once again the hero for the Argentina national team, playing a crucial, impenetrable role in their triumphant 2024 Copa Am\u00e9rica campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cementing a Legendary Legacy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Winning the Yashin Trophy\u2014named after the legendary Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin\u2014is the highest individual honor for a goalkeeper. By defending his crown in 2024, Mart\u00ednez joins an elite, exclusive tier of footballing greats. Known for his elite shot-stopping, supreme confidence, and undeniable charisma, Mart\u00ednez has proven that his dramatic rise to the top of world football was not just a brief flash of brilliance, but the arrival of a modern-day legend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emiliano Martinez, Ballon d’Or 2024, Yashin Trophy 2024, Aston Villa, Argentina goalkeeper, best goalkeeper in the world, Emi Martinez award, football news<\/p>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The undisputed king of the penalty box has done it again! Argentine shot-stopper Emiliano Mart\u00ednez has firmly cemented his legacy as the premier goalkeeper on the planet by winning the prestigious Yashin Trophy at the 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony. Remarkably, the Aston Villa star has now claimed the title of the world’s best goalkeeper for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13],"tags":[887,888,884,886,889,883,890,885],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-sports","tag-argentina-goalkeeper","tag-aston-villa","tag-ballon-dor-2024","tag-best-goalkeeper-in-the-world","tag-emi-martinez-award","tag-emiliano-martinez","tag-football-news","tag-yashin-trophy-2024"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":812,"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livesach.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}