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Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez named World Cup Golden Glove winner

Aston Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez kept three clean sheets as he helped Argentina win the World Cup and was given the Golden Glove award.

He played every minute of the tournament and saved Frenchman Kingsley Coman's spot-kick in the final shootout.

Morocco's Yassine Bounou, of Sevilla, and England's Everton keeper Jordan Pickford also kept three clean sheets as their sides reached the semi-finals and quarter-finals respectively.

Martinez originally moved from Argentina to England to join Arsenal as a teenager.

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