Aarón Martín Caricol (born 22 April 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Serie A club Genoa.
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]
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]
On 3 July 2023, Martín signed with Genoa CFC in the Italian Serie A.[13]
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]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Total | ||||
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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 |
Genoa | 2023–24 | Serie A | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
2024–25 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
Total | 58 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 62 | 0 | ||
Career total | 291 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 308 | 7 |
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