Aarón Martín

Spanish footballer (born 1997)

Aarón Martín
Aarón playing for Espanyol in 2017
Personal information
Full name Aarón Martín Caricol[1]
Date of birth (1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth Montmeló, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Genoa
Number 3
Youth career
2003–2005 Montmeló
2005–2015 Espanyol
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2016 Espanyol B 36 (1)
2016–2019 Espanyol 62 (0)
2018–2019 → Mainz 05 (loan) 33 (0)
2019–2023 Mainz 05 83 (6)
2021 → Celta (loan) 19 (0)
2023– Genoa 10 (0)
International career
2013 Spain U16 1 (0)
2013 Spain U17 6 (0)
2014–2016 Spain U19 18 (2)
2017–2019 Spain U21 12 (0)
2016 Catalonia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:46, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Aarón Martín Caricol (born 22 April 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Italian Serie A club Genoa.

Club career

Espanyol

Born in Montmeló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Martín joined RCD Espanyol's youth setup in 2005. On 29 March 2015, while still a junior, he made his senior debut with the reserves by starting in a 1–0 Segunda División B away loss against Gimnàstic de Tarragona.[2]

Martín scored his first senior goal on 16 January 2016, the first in a 2–0 home win over CF Reus Deportiu.[3] On 13 June, already being a starter, he renewed his contract until 2020.[4]

On 2 October 2016, Martín made his first-team – and La Liga – debut, coming on as a second half substitute for Diego Reyes in a 0–0 home draw against Villarreal CF.[5] The following 28 January he agreed to an extension until 2022,[6] being definitely promoted to the first team three days later.[7]

Mainz 05

On 6 August 2018, Martín joined 1. FSV Mainz 05 on a season-long loan.[8] His first appearance in the Bundesliga took place on 26 August, in a 1–0 home defeat of VfB Stuttgart where he featured the full 90 minutes.[9]

Martín signed a permanent contract on 5 November 2018, effective as of the following 1 July.[10] On 31 December 2020, he was loaned to RC Celta de Vigo for the remainder of the campaign with an option to buy.[11]

Martín scored his first goal as a professional on 18 February 2022, helping the hosts to beat Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3–2.[12]

Genoa

On 3 July 2023, Martín signed with Genoa CFC in the Italian Serie A.[13]

International career

On 28 December 2016, Martín made his debut for the Catalonia national team, starting in a 3–3 draw against Tunisia (4–2 loss on penalties).[14]

Career statistics

As of match played 8 August 2023[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Espanyol B 2014–15 Segunda División B 3 0 — 3 0
2015–16 28 1 — 28 1
2016–17 5 0 — 5 0
Total 36 1 0 0 36 1
Espanyol 2016–17 La Liga 30 0 1 0 31 0
2017–18 32 0 3 0 35 0
Total 62 0 4 0 66 0
Mainz 05 (loan) 2018–19 Bundesliga 33 0 1 0 34 0
Mainz 05 2019–20 Bundesliga 22 0 1 0 23 0
2020–21 5 0 0 0 5 0
2021–22 28 1 3 0 31 1
2022–23 28 5 3 0 31 5
Total 116 6 8 0 124 6
Celta (loan) 2020–21 La Liga 19 0 1 0 20 0
Career total 233 7 13 0 246 7

Honours

Spain U21

References

  1. ^ a b c "Aarón Martín". Diario AS. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  2. ^ Gallego, Daniel (29 March 2015). "El ímpetu del Espanyol B no es suficiente para frenar al Nàstic" [Espanyol B's impetus is not enough to stop Nàstic] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  3. ^ Luengo, Jordi (16 January 2016). "Un gran Espanyol B se impone a un Reus que llegó coliderando la tabla" [Great Espanyol B down a Reus who arrived as joint-first] (in Spanish). Diario La Grada. Archived from the original on 23 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Aarón Martín renueva hasta 2020" [Aarón Martín renews until 2020] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  5. ^ Callero, Borja Luis (2 October 2016). "Pacto de no agresión en Cornellá-El Prat" [Non-aggression pact at the Cornellá-El Prat]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  6. ^ "El Espanyol renueva a Aaron hasta 2022" [Espanyol renew Aaron until 2022]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 28 January 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Aarón, con ficha del primer equipo" [Aarón, registered by first team] (in Spanish). RCD Espanyol. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Aarón Martín auf Leihbasis nach Mainz" [Aarón Martín on loan to Mainz] (in German). 1. FSV Mainz 05. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Mainz schlägt Stuttgart, weil Badstuber stolpert" [Mainz beat Stuttgart, as Badstuber fumbles]. Der Spiegel (in German). 26 August 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  10. ^ Navarro, Cristina; McTear, Euan (5 November 2018). "Mainz announce the permanent signing of Aaron". Marca. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  11. ^ "RC Celta strengthens its defense with the addition of Aarón Martín". RC Celta Vigo. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Mainz gewinnt mit Onisiwo wilde Partie gegen Leverkusen" [Mainz take wild match against Leverkusen thanks to Onisiwo] (in German). Sky Sport. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Aarón Martín è un giocatore del Grifone" [Aarón Martín is a player of the Griffin] (in Italian). Genoa CFC. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Catalonia impress before going down to Tunisia after penalty shootout". Sport. 28 December 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  15. ^ Aarón Martín at Soccerway
  16. ^ Aarón Martín at FBref.com Edit this at Wikidata
  17. ^ Begley, Emlyn (30 June 2019). "Spain U21 2–1 Germany U21". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

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