50. Heinrich Stuhlfauth
Nation : Germany
Height : 184 cm,
Caps : 21 Games
48. Rudolphe Hiden
Height : 184 cm
47. Yevhen Rudakov
Caps : 42 Games (22 Clean Sheets)
1961 European Cup Runner-Up
44. Roque Maspoli
3 Times Dutch Cup, 1988 European Cup
42. Emerson Leao
Jan Van Beveren
is regarded by many Dutch old-timers as the most skillful Dutch goalkeeper ever
but lack of consistent opportunity in international country matches due to the
discontent with Johan Cruyff. His disappearances in the 1974 World Cup is
considered as a factor Holland failed to get the throne of champion. Van
Beveren seldom left the goal area as he relied on his wonderful agile reflexes
saves. A gracious, elegant and stoic keeper, he was also equally efficient in
both hands and also kick with both feet. V. Beveren was a great young players,
he made debut for only at 19 years old when he had participated in only 17
domestic games. He is also regarded as the greatest keepers ever in history of
Erdivisie.
39. Andreas Kopke
38. Gyula Grosics
Date Of Birth : 4 February 1926
The Black Panther” Gyula Grosics is very credited with developing sweeping-keeping style of play but this is a reason cause him to be one of the most overrated goalkeepers of all-time. He was an overshadowed player but being the unmistakable last line of defense of famous legendary “Mighty Magyars” Hungarian Golden Team. He helps Hungary had gone almost four years and played 33 games without tasting defeat. An Athletic, Imposing figure, Grosics made very important role as the last sweeper to clear the ball several times from opponent’s counter-attack game which is effect from the extremely attacking game. Grosics made one of longest span in intrnational country career with 15 years for Hungary. He was voted 12th, 13th and 10th Ballon'Dor in 1957,1959 and 1961, respectively, is rated as the best goalkeeper in history of Hungarian football.
Major Club: Everton
Caps.: 39 Games
Gianluca
Pagliuca is one of the top goalkeepers in history of Italian Series A, was the
most outstanding goalkeeper of Italy during the Mid 90’s. He was starter in two
world cup 1994 and 1998. Especially, He returned to have impressive performance
after showing mistakes in world cup 1994 first round in Match against Ireland
and also being sent-off in match against Norway, finally helped Italy reaching
final round. However, His appearances for Italy were not consistency due to the
very high competitive between the world-class Italian goalkeepers during his
era. Pagliuca was rated by Italian Media above 6.5 in average ratio in 3 Series
A seasons. He holds the record 2nd all-time most appearances in Italian
Series A with 592 only to Paolo Maldini. Additionally, Pagluica was voted by
www.channel4.com as the 4th all-time greatest goalkeeper in Italian Series A
even above the great goalkeeper like Walter Zenga.
Ivo Viktor is the
great Czechoslovakian goalkeeper who was the brightest star to lead team
surprisingly beat Germany in European championship final round. Especially, His
only saving from Uli Hoeness’s shooting in penalty shootout led team to win
that victory match. During his career, He start playing in Brno for two seasons
before settle down with Dukla Prague where was the first-rate team in his
country at that time for 13 seasons. Because of his outstanding performance, He
won many player of the year in the league although he was a goalkeeper. Viktor
played as a central role of Czechoslovakia achieving unbeaten consecutive 17
matches between late 1974 and 1976. He also holds the record most winners in
Czechoslovakian footabller of the year with four. Aside from Lev Yashin, Viktor
is the only goalkeeper from Eastern Europe could be voted in top three European
footballer of the year.
Jose Angel
Iribar is regarded as one of the finest Spanish goalkeepers of all-time. He
still has the record for keeping a clean sheet at ten successive home games, or
1,018 minutes, during the 1970-71 season. He never won La Liga trophy in the
dominant era of Real Madrid but the closest was the runner-up in the 1969
-1970 season, was also in team reached the UEFA Cup final in 1977. He made a
Atheletic Bilbao record 466 appearances in La Liga. Although he was just a
regular starter in his club career at 1963, he was immediately selected as a
regular choice goalkeeper of Spain national team and made outstanding performance
to help Spain won EURO 64. Unfortunately, he was one of Spanish team which
disqualified in both two World Cup during the 1970s and 1976 UEFA Euro. Iribar
was a very consistency and longevity goalkeeper, sustain high level of
performance until his late career.
Major Club : Liverpool, Tottenham
World All-Time Most Clean Sheet Goalkeeper
Ray Clemence is
Liverpool's greatest goalkeeper ever who is the most decorated goalkeeper in
history of English football. He still held in very high regard by the Anfield
faithful and was voted in at No.11 on the Official Liverpool Football Club web
site He was also chosen as goalkeeper in the BBC's Merseyside team of the 20th
century. Unfortunately for Clemence, there was the presence of another great
goalkeeper Peter Shilton and unfortunately England disqualified in both world
cup and UEFA Euro during the 1970s. Accordingly, He only played in one major
international tournaments in the EURO 1980. Clemence was selected in PFA team
of the year only 1976 - 1977 season. In 1978 - 1979, he made incredible 17
clean sheet in total 21 home games and conceded only four goals in English top
division. Clemence totally played 995 games during his professional career in
club level and is believed to hold the world record most career clean sheets
with 460 approximately.
31. Giampiero Combi
Gianpiero Combi
is regarded as one of the best goalkeeper in the world during 1930s. Combi is
one of the mail pillar of the great Juventus team which is known as “The Golden
Quinquennium” won five Italian Series A and finished four Mitropa Cup
semi-finalist in row during the first half 1930s. He kept a clean sheet for 934
consecutive minutes in 1925-1926 season which is the best record in Italian
series A beat Sebastino Rossi from AC Milan just 5 minutes. This record is more
creditable than any record in recent decade because it is supposed that there
are a lot higher ratio goal per game in the 30’s. He had an undesirable
international debut, conceding 7 goals to Hungary. Combi is rated from many
journalists in [url]www.channel4.com[/url] as the third best goalkeeper ever to
play for Italian series A.
6 Times El Pais South American Goalkeeper of the Year
Jose Luis
Chilavert is well-known as the best goalkeeper-scorer in history of the game
because of his free-kick specialist and often took penalties and this
became his pioneer. He totally scored 62 goals in his club professional career
and 8 goals for Paraguay national team. Not only excellent as scorer, But also
brilliant in keeping skills. He made his important role for Paraguay especially
helping them qualified to second round of both 1998 and 2002 world cup and
prominently is rated by kicker as the best goalkeeper in the 1998 tournament
although playing only four games. Chilavert is the only goalkeeper to win South
American footballer of the year awards. All in all, He was rated by many
sources among the best GK ever just because of his goal-scorer but he could be
appeared in just top 30 in this all-time ranking which consider only his keeping
skills.
Enrico Albertosi was one of the top goalkeepers in the World during the second half 1960s, is regarded as one of the best domestic goalkeepers ever. His long period of reliable performance left the famous goalkeepers such as Giuliano Sarti and even Dino Zoff out of starting eleven during the 1960s. However, He was a part of Italy squad that lost North Korea in the 1966 World Cup. lost his position to Dino Zoff in 1968 European Championship that Italy win the trophy and he backed to get the first choice again in 1970 FIFA World Cup. Albertosi was involved in the so-called "Game of the Century", when Italy played Germany. Despite conceding three goals in this match Albertosi won praise for a string of acrobatic saves. Albertosi had a very long career, played for AC Milan until his 40 years old. He is regarded as the greatest goalkeeper
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"The Giraffe" Thibat Courtois is one of the best goalkeepers in the world between late 2010s to early 2020s. He started his career in his homeland with Genk. Afterwards, he has a successful period with all clubs Atletico Madrid, Chelsea and Real Madrid with 11 major titles within 12 seasons. He was the one who is a main pillar of Belgium golden generation team. Considered a highly promising prospect in his youth, Courtois subsequently established himself as one of the best players in the world in his position. Due to his wide range of skills, he has been described as a "complete goalkeeper", with few weaknesses. A consistent keeper, he possesses an excellent positional sense, good mentality, composure, strength of character, and an ability to communicate well with his defenders. He also finishes top five IFFHS World best goalkeeper in 2013, 2015 and 2020. He was named in ESm team of the year 19 times and team of the year twice.
Caps : 107 Games (53 Clean Sheets), Major Club :Chelsea
World Cup Participation : 2006 (3 Games)
2012 Eastern European Footballer of the Year
1st (2005), 2nd Place (2004, 2007), 3rd Place (2006, 2012, 2013)
25. Amadeo Carrizo
1 Time Copa Libertadores Cup Runner-Up
1994 IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
Preud’Homme was
one of the best goalkeepers in the world during the late 80's and the early
1990s and is the greatest goalkeeper in history of Belgian league, is the
successor of Jean-Marie Pfaff in Belgium national team. He was very reliable
and tough goalkeeper and rarely made the mistake in his prime. Note that he
missed the majority of twice Belgian league seasons during the mid-1980s. He
retired as a player in 1999, aged 40. Despite Belgium was eliminated just
second round in world cup 1994, He still won the Lev Yashin award beat a high
performing keeper likes Thomas Ravelli. He almost kept every clean sheet in
world cup 1994 first round but he reputably conceded one of the best goals in
world cup history from Saeed Owairan. He was the first winner of the Yashin
Awards in that tournament. Preud'Homme was voted in 10th and 11th Ballon'Dor in
1989 and 1994, respectively.
Jurgen Croy is one of the most underrated goalkeepers in history of the game and he is generally regarded as the greatest Eastern German footballers of all-time. Croy was an outstanding shot-stopper capable of amazing reflexes on his line and athletic build. Combined with an excellent command of his penalty area, first-rate ball-handling skills, and above-average consistency, this quality made Croy as one of the best goalkeepers in the 1970s and arguably one of the best ever. East and West German media alike often placed him on an equal footing with his contemporaries Sepp Maier and Dino Zoff, two of the game's all-time legends. Croy played for Zwickau which often finished at the middle place in the league table. In 1989, he was awarded as the best player of GDR in the last 40 years.
22. Vladimir Beara
“Big Vlad”
Vladimir Beara is the best Yugoslavian goalkeeper ever and is well-known
as the greatest goalkeeper in Europe during early 1950s. He is rated bu Guerin
Sportivo as th ebest goalkeeper in World Cup 1954. Beara had a natural
predisposition in the sport, was famous for his phenomenon reflex saves, his
great elasticity and agility, his ability to control situation in penalty box
and great understanding with defenders. He is also one of the most successful
goalkeepers in history of Yugoslav league with seven times championship, most
notably the 1950 unbeaten season with Hajduk Split. In 1953, He was selected as
starter in FIFA all-star XI. Beara was seen to closely compare with Lev Yashin.
Immediately after being selected to play for the Yugoslav national team he
became famous mostly due to his fabulous defenses in the match against England
at the Highbury Arsenal Stadium. He was voted in 12th all-time greatest
goalkeeper in the Europe by IFFHS. Additionally, He is rated as one of the
greatest Croatian footballers of all-time. He was named by Mundo Esportivo
in 1954 FIFA World Cup All-Stars team.
Marie-Pfaff was
among the best goalkeepers in the World during the 80’s. He played in Belgian
league until 29 years old before moving to West Germany. Kicker rated him in
world-class 1.5 seasons and 4.5 seasons of International-class from total 7
years in Bundesliga. His impressive performance led Belgium to the most
successful in their history both European championship and FIFA World Cup, was
voted 4th place best player of the 1986 FIFA World Cup tournament. He was noted
for his undeniable talent, outlandish behavior and extravagant keeping style.
He also finished second place in the 1977 Belgian Golden Shoe. He finished 6th
and 11th Ballon'Dor in 1983 and 1986, respectively including being voted in top
ten in the 1986 World Soccer Player of the Year. Marie Pfaff was voted by
IFFHS’s poll 16th World’s best goalkeeper of the century.
“The Spider Man”
Walter Zenga was one of the best goalkeepers in the World between late 1980s
and early 1990s, set an all-time record longest streak without conceding a goal
in consecutive 5 World Cup games and 518 minutes as a part of 990 minutes in
total including pre-world cup games but most credit was attributed to
world-class defender. As well as his clean sheets with 38 for Italy, possesses
the best ratio clean sheet in history of modern era football with 0.65 and
concede only 24 goals. Zenga made his international debut when he was already
26.5 years old. He was rated by Guerin around 6.5 points for 7 seasons but he
was capped for Italy just 7 years. He was a great goalkeeper for his agility
and keeping skills. He was rated by many journalists as the best goalkeeper
ever to play for Inter Milan and the fifth best goalkeeper of all-time for
Italian series A. In 1990, Zenga finished 10th Ballon'Dor.
19. Frantisek Planicka
Caps : 73 Games
“The Cat of
Praque” Planicka is one of the most honorable players in history of
Czechoslovakian football. His characteristic was sportsmanship as he never once
being cautioned or sent off in his career. Although he was of much
below-average height for a goalkeeper, he was an effective shot stopper, and
his acrobatic style was fulfilled by his superb agility. Planicka incredibly
appeared in 969 matches for his club although there are no many games in that
era like nowadays. However, he suffered conceding 22 goals in only 4
consecutive international matches in the late 1937. In 1985, UNESCO gave
him the international fair play award. In 1999, the IFFHS elected him the
best Czech goalkeeper – and ninth best overall – of the twentieth century. In
2003, he was catalogued as the greatest goalkeeper of his era.
Harald Anton
Schumaccher is one of the greatest goalkeepers in the World during the mid-80s.
Kicker magazine rate him in 4.5 world-class seasons plus 4.5 seasons of
international-class. However, His violent behavior with Patick Battiston in
World Cup 1982 took him not as popular as he should have been. He was the very
influence player helping Germany reach two World Cup final matches. On the
field, Schumacher was an effective goalkeeper, and was one of the first keepers
to master a one-armed throw that could propel the ball well into the opponents'
half. He was noted for his excellent positioning, reading games and pressured
opponents. Schumaccher holds the record of the most appearances for FC Koln.
According to German Footballer of the year voting, he was the best German
goalkeeper of the year for seven times.
Gilmar is widely
considered as the greatest Brazilian goalkeeper of all-time and is one of the
most team decorated goalkeepers of all-time, is the only goalkeeper in history
to win world cup twice times in the starting position. Gilmar always showed
many impressive saves to help Brazil survive for conceding goals due to their
non-condensation in defensive system. He made seven clean sheets from fourteen
games in world cup three tournaments. Incredibly, He has never been selected in
the World Cup All-Star team in any tournament. Gilmar is remembered for his
sober style and peaceful personality. He was selected as the first choice
goalkeeper in Corinthians’ team of century. Gilmar was voted by IFFHS’s poll
11th World’s greatest goalkeeper of the century.
16. Edwin Van Der Sar
4 Times Dutch Goalkeeper Of The Year
Edwin Van Der Sar is widely regarded by many as the greatest Dutch goalkeeper ever. He started well-known when he showed high performance helping Ajax Amsterdam won UEFA Champion League. On the other hand, His career began tending down after he was transferred from Juventus to Fulham where he stayed for 4 years. He could return his great with Manchester United. Aside from reaching 2 UEFA Champion League Final, He set the World all-time record for 13 games and 1,311 minutes consecutive clean sheets in league games in the 2008 - 2009 season. Van Der Sar is also an all-time Holland’s most capped player with 1930 and total concede only 89 goals. He holds the record with other five players most EURO tournaments play with 4. He is also one of the greatest-oldest goalkeepers of all-time. He was selected in PFA team of the year three times and also finished between 4th and 5th place IFFHS world best goalkeeper four times. He was named in ESM team of the month 14 times and team of the year twice. In 1995, he was also named by UEFA Magazine as the best goalkeeper in Europe.
15. Patt Jennings
Caps : 119 Games
All-Time Consecutive Years of International Appearances (23)
Pat Jennings was
one of the best goalkeepers in the World in the first half 1970s. He is one of
the most consistent and longevity keeper of all-time with around 1,030 career
top level games played across 2 decades in both club and national level,
particularly holds the world record all-time most consecutive years of
international caps. Jennings had amazing handling ability and his high jumping
helping him to reach saving high-corner ball. He is rated as the greatest
Goalkeeper in history of both Arsenal and Tottenham Hot Spurs club. However,
his career met the fallen time when Tottenham relegated to second division as
the worst place, conceding 72 goals in 1977 and decide to move for Arsenal. He
also reached the 1974 UEFA Cup Finalist and 1980 Cup Winners Cup finalist. He
holds the record most participation in qualification round of major
international tournaments with incredible 11 times. Jennings was voted
13th World’s best goalkeeper of the century by IFFHS’s poll.
Height : 182 cm, Major Club : Real Madrid
UEFA Champion League All-Time Most Clean Sheets
'The Saint"
Iker Casillas is is the most decorated goalkeeper of all-time, was the
greatest goalkeeper in the World during the second half 2000s, his best year is
2008. He holds the record most winners in IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper with
five, was awarded in row between 2008 -2011 and holds the World record most
international clean sheets and also European record of all-time most caps.
Casillas is famous for his reliability to read the game. He debut for Spain
national team at 19 years old and having become a regular starter since the
2002 FIFA World Cup. Casillas holds the record most Clean Sheets for Spain.
Casillas holds the record the most caps for Spain national team. He was voted
as fourth place in European footballer of the year in 2008 and regarded as Real
Madrid’s greatest goalkeeper of all-time. However, his 32 years old saw a flaw
in his career as being bench to Diego Lopez at Real Madrid in whole of 2013 -
2014 season. Casillas was named in UEFA Team of the year six times and
FIFPro World XI five times including 13 times ESAM team of the year and team of the year once. Casillas finished 5th, 9th, 7th and 6th
Ballon'Dor in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively.
2 Times Copa Libertaodres Cup Runner-Up (1965, 1970)
1971 South American Goalkeeper of the year
Ladislao Mazukiewicz is one of the best goalkeepers ever to come from the Americas. HLev Yashin regarded him as his successor. His early career with Penarol saw an impressive victory with two consecutive unbeaten seasons in 1967 and 1968. Marzurkiewicz helped the Uruguay national team to qualify to the semifinals of the 1970 World Cup. Mazurkiewicz is perhaps most famous for being the goalkeeper that fell for Pelé's sensational trick at the 1970 World Cup Finals when he let the ball run one way past Mazurkiewicz and he ran the other, before almost scoring with a shot while he was turning back towards the goal. He totally kept five clean sheets in World Cup final tournament. He notably won six international games in row without concede goal between 1969 and 1970. Mazurkiewicz was voted by IFFHS’s poll 5th South American’s greatest goalkeeper of all-time and 12th World’s greatest goalkeeper of the century..
Caps : 95 Games (38 Clean Sheets)
3 Times German Footballer Of The Year (1975, 1977, 1978)
“The Cat from Anzing” is his nickname due to incredible reflexes, is regarded as the greatest goalkeeper in history of European Cup. Maier is one of the most team decorated goalkeepers of all-time as he won every major trophies both club and international level. Kicker magazine ranked Maier in 3 seasons of world-class and 11 seasons of international-class. As well as his goalkeeping exploits, Maier was famous for his overlong shorts and outsize gloves, and, despite his undoubted talent, was seen in some circles as somewhat of a clown. He is rated as one of the very best goalkeeper in the 1974 World Cup if not the best. Maier is chosen starting first 11 in Bayern Munich’s team of century and considered by many as the greatest goalkeeper in history of Germany national team. According to German Footballer of the year voting, he holds the record as the most German goalkeeper of the year with nine, also finished third place German Footballer of the Year three times and is ranked as the third best in history of the awards. Maier reached his best place in Ballon'Dor at 5th in 1975. He was voted 4th World’s best goalkeeper of the century by IFFHS’spoll. He was named by 1 from 3 medias in 1974 World Cup best XI
6 Times South American Goalkeeper of the year
“The Duck”
Ubaldo Fillol is the greatest South American goalkeeper of all-time. He was
totally voted in top five South American footballer of the year in 8 times. His
best highlight is the performance in world cup 1978 which he made many
brilliant saves especially final match until Argentina won their victory first
world cup. Fillol was a keeper with some of the fastest reflexes to ever play
the game plus his excellent shot-blocking and positional play. His world-class
performance was during lately 70’s to early 80’s. In 1972, He made the best
record most penalties shot saves in a season of Argentinean league with six and
holds the record all-time most penalty saves in Argentine football with 26
along with Hugo Gatti. He kept 4 clean sheets in 10 World Cup games. El Grafico
and El Pais rate Fillol in six times world-class seasons and eight times best
goalkeeper of season in Argentina. He also won argentinian league player of the
year by El Grafico in 1975 sports journalist association in 1977. He also
finished 4th South American footballer of the year twice times and 5th once
time.
“El Divino”
Ricardo Zamora is an all-time greatest goalkeeper before World War II era, was
happened and being among the best footballer ever of his country, becoming the
most iconic player of Spain in his era. Zamora, was noted for wearing a cloth
cap and a white polo-neck jumper on the field, a look later copied by several
of his contemporaries. He claimed it was to protect him from both the sun and
his opponents. He was also noted for his bravery and incredibly made clean
sheets in all five international friendly games in 1925. Zamora was also the
subject of controversy throughout his career. He allegedly enjoyed drinking
Cognac and smoking up to three packs of cigarettes a day, was arrested for his
violent behavior in Olympic Game 1926. The award for goalkeeper who have gotten
the fewest conceding goal in La Liga, The Ricardo Zamora trophy, is named in
his honour. Additionally, He played for Catalan XI and helped them winning the
Copa Princep De Asturies 3 times. IFFHS’s poll result shows him as World’s
fifth greatest goalkeeper of the century. 1989,
respectively.
6 Times DFB-Pokal, 1 Time UEFA Cup
Second Place (2000), Third Place (2003)
Bundesliga All-Time Most Clean Sheets
“King Kahn” or
“The Titan” is his nickname due to his formidable presence and influence. He is
the only goalkeeper in history of World Cup to win golden ball award. Kicker
magazine ranked him in 4 world-class seasons and 11 seasons of
international-class as the greatest goalkeeper in history of Bundesliga game
and is rated as Bundesliga best goalkeeper 6 seasons. He is an all-time clean
sheet leader in history of the Bundesliga with 204 from overall 557 matches or
37 percent, also holds the Bundesliga record most clean sheets in a single
season with 19. However, He was the starter of Germany in only one world cup
tournament in 2002 because there are many Germany’s great keeper candidates in
his era. Kahn is also known for his aggressive style and his Leadership
characteristic. He was the best goalkeeper of the world during lately 90’s to
early 00’s. He totally played 781 career matches and also holds the record most
Bundesliga champions with 8. According to German Footballer of the year voting,
he tied with Sepp Maier to hold the record as the most German goalkeeper of the
year with nine. He was named ESM team of the month 9 times and team of the year twice.
2 Times Daily Mail Sportsmen of The Year (1971,1972)
Officer of The Order British Empire
Gordon Banks is
widely regarded as the greatest goalkeeper in British football history, was the
greatest goalkeeper in the World during the second half 1960s to early 1970s,
is the the most successful international country goalkeepers ever. His
consistent performances in goal led to the re-wording of a common English idiom
used in everyday speech to "Safe as the Banks of England. His best
performance for memories of football fan around the world was happened in world
cup 1970 which he did the incredibly wonderful reflex save against the powerful
and directive heading of Pele. That save is known as “The save of the century”.
Banks is average-sized but quick and agile and his strongest asset is his
football knowledge and positional play. An unshakable to build a team around,
He was instrumental in helping England win their only world cup. He debut
international match at his 25 years old and totally conceded only 57 goals for
England national team. However, he participated in only five European games due
to staying at the small clubs which mostly finished the place in the middle to
bottom of the table and finished twice runner-up of FA Cup and twice League Cup
with Leicester. Banks finished 8th and 7th Ballon'Dor in 1970 and 1972,
respectively.
“The Great Dens”
is among the all-time greatest footballers in history of Scandinavian football.
He is known for his trademark shouts at defense to command them. Schmeichel was
first rate shot-stopper, Large but agile and quick on his line becoming one of
the best reflex savers the world has ever produced. He was just a famous
world-class goalkeeper in his 29 year olds of age from his performance in EURO
92, was one of the most influenced players for both Denmark and Manchester
United and helping them to surprisingly win that top European trophies. In
2001, Reuter’s poll indicates that he was chosen as the best keeper ever of the
world. He holds the record with other five players most EURO tournaments play
with four. He was voted in top five FIFA World Player of the Year twice times,
was voted 7th World’s best goalkeeper of the century by IFFHS’s poll.
Italian Series A All-Time Most Clean Sheets
Dino Zoff is one
of the best goalkeepers the world has ever seen. He has set lots of records in
Italian and world football. He debuted his international game in the 1968 UEFA
Euro at his 26 years old and is the oldest player to win the World Cup. In 1982
at the age of 40 he could collect the trophy as captain of Italy's team. And he
is also the goalkeeper to have kept a clean sheet the longest time, from
September 1972 to June 1974 (consecutive 1142 minutes or 12 Matches) was
unbeaten and also own the Juventus record longest streak without conceding a
goal in the intersected period with 903 minutes. According to being main pillar
of Italy national team over decade, He became the most iconic player of his
nation. Zoff was medium in stature but quick on his feet and excellent
positioning and shot-stopping skills. He was a level-headed goalkeeper, capable
of staying calm during the toughest and the most exhilarating moments. He
always held back both out of modesty and respect for his opponents. Zoff made
360 clean sheets from 720 first-level club games or 50 %. He was voted in 11th,
6th and 8th Ballon'Dor in 1980, 1981 and 1982. Zoff was finished 5th in UEFA
Jubilee Poll as the best European footballer in the last 50 years.
2017 UEFA Club Goalkeeper of The Year
2017 Italian Series A Footballer of the Year
Gigi Buffon is the greatest goalkeeper in the World in the 2000s and is considered by many journalists in www.channel4.com as the greatest goalkeeper ever in history of Italian series A even above the great legend like Dino Zoff. He is also the only goalkeeper to win UEFA club footballer of the Year. Buffon has gotten very good shape for being goalkeeper, very agile, perfectly reading the game and becoming one of the most consistency keepers ever. He unbelievably became the long-period first choice GK of Parma at 1996 which he was just 17 year olds. He still holds the most expensive goalkeeper record for moving to Juventus. He had to play in Italian Series B one season because of punishment to Juventus for match fix scandal. In world cup 2006, He kept consecutive five matches clean sheets in addition to 453 minute scoreless. Buffon has made 18 consecutive years of international appearances and holds the record all-time most caps for Italy. He is named in UEFA team of the year only three times. He has made around 350 clean sheets in first-level matches of all competitions or 42 % approximately. Buffon is also all-time most caps player for Italy. At his 40 years old in 2017, he was named 4th FIFA World Player of the Year. Buffon is also named in FIFPRO World XI 3 times. He was named in ESM team of the month 17 times and team of the year twice.
6 Times Soviet Footballer of the Year
“Black Octopus”
Lev Yashin is the greatest goalkeeper in history of the game and regarded as
Soviet Union‘s greatest footballer ever. He is the only goalkeeper to win
European footballer of the year award. Yashin is known for his superior
athleticism, imposing stature, routine amazing reflex saves and inventing the
idea of goalkeeper sweeping. During his career, He had stopped around 150
penalty kick which is the best record of all-time. Moreover, Yashin made
incredible 270 clean sheets from approximately 420 career games played or
almost 65 percent. He is a five times Soviet goalkeeper of the year based on
analysis and the 1960s award. He was named in 1958 FIFA World Cup best XI by
Gabriel Hanot. He was also voted as 5th in Ballon d’Or in 1956, 1960 and 1961.
In 1994, FIFA established the Lev Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper in world
cup final tournament. Yashin was finished 8th in UEFA Jubilee Poll as the best
European footballer in the last 50 years. For his outstanding service to the
people and to his country, Yashin was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1967, the
highest award of the USSR. After retiring from playing Yashin spent almost 20
years in various administrative positions at Dynamo Moscow. A Bronze statue of
Lev Yashin was erected at the Dynamo Stadium in Moscow.
Date Of Birth : 22 October 1923Holland : 3
Yugoslavia : 1
2010s : 2
Class : Crown
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Silver
Lev Yashin
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Bronze
Dino Zoff, Gianluigi Buffon,
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Gold
Peter Schmeichel, Gordon Banks Ricardo Zamora, Manuel Neuer, Sepp Maier,
Oliverr Kahn, Iker Casillas Rinat Dasaev, Peter Shilton, Pat Jennings, Ubaldo Fillol, Edwin Van Der Sar, Ladislao Mazurkiewicz, |
Silver
Vladimir Beara, Toni Schumaccher,
Frantisek Planicka,Ronnie Hellstrom Jean Marie Pfaff, Michael Preud'homme, Jurgen Croy,
Giampiero Combi, Amadao Carrizo,
Walter Zenga, Jose Luis Chilavert, Jose Angel Iribar, Neville Southall Ivo Viktor, Peter Cech, Thomas Ravelli, Gilmar, Ray Clemence, Andreas Kopke Enrico Albertosi,Andoni Zubizarreta Gianluca Pagliuca, Thibat Courtois |
Bronze
Antonio Ramallets,Gyula Grosics Roque Maspoli, Hans Tilkowski Emerson Leao, Luis Arconada Rudolph Hiden, Bert Trautmann Jan Van Beveren Evhen Rudakov Hans Van Breukelen, Heinrich Stuhfaulth |
Sergio Livingstone : Chile/40s to early 50s
Claudio Taffarel : Brazil/90s
Angelo Peruzzi : Italy/90s
Villiam Schrojf : Czechoslovakia/ 50's to Early 60's
Giuliano Sarti : Italy/50's to Early 60's
Walter Zeman : Austria/50's
6. Gordon Banks
Why you put Buffon in fourth place and Banks in third place here? In "The 100 Greatest Goalkeepers of All-Time" Buffon is third and Banks fourth. Also you put Buffon in the king silver class and Banks in the king bronze class.
ReplyDeleteSorry that had not been updated linked from the main list.
ReplyDeleteNow I have made a linkage between lists to ensure each update will cover its involvements
Now it's a high time to name Manuel Neuer in top 50. He is rated by kicker in 2 world-class seasons with 5 international-class seasons. Neuer was very successful in UEFA Champion eague in consecutive four seasons and is the best keeper in 2014 World Cup. I've named him at 47th at the first consideration.
ReplyDeletewhere are guys like kasey keller,thoman n kono?
ReplyDeleteN'Kono is named in top 100 which is available in the 10 x 100 positional ranking list in minor hall of honor. Kasey Keller is not even one of the best keepers in the world in his generation.
DeleteGordon Banks should be 2nd, he is Ranked 2nd in IFFHS Ranking(you said it's your main source)
ReplyDeleteGordon Banks also Ranked 2nd in this site http://www.bestfootballplayersever.com/top-10-best-football-goalkeepers-ever.php
Gordon Banks Won the Yashin Award in 1966 beating Yashin himself(who had a great World cup)
Roberto Rivellino has said that Banks is the greatest Goalkeeper of all time because of his save of the century from Pele's header
I never said IFFHS is my main source. I establish an article of IFFHS because it is considered as the largest and least unofficial football history organization. As I look for the provided link, I’d not hesitate not to rely on them because it is tend to overrate players in the modern era (includes other positions). Casillas is one of the most decorated goalkeepers ever but his pure ability is definitely not among the best ever. Gordon Banks is very disadvantageous to Dino Zoff because he played in small club and lack of opportunity in European club competition. The book "Best of Charles Buchan's Football Monthley shows Gordon Banks was voted in top ten best English Top Division players twice in 1965 – 1966 and 1968 – 1969 http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/english-league-team-of-the-season-selections-1969-2012.1985741/ He was also named as the best keeper of English top division between 1969 – 1970 from these sources http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/1969-70-british-team-of-the-season.1794502/, http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads/team-of-the-season-1970-1980-england-division-one.1820483/
DeleteIn domestic summary, He is at least five times best keeper of the English top division.
Internationally, Banks start to caps for England rather late at 25 years old and made 10 consecutive years of caps. Thus, his longevity is much shorter than Dino Zoff who was capped for 16 consucutive years although he is clearly better than Zoff in World Cup tournaments but Zoff also has a better performance in European Championship.
Casillas has 71 Clean Sheets (more than any Goalkeeper ranked ahead of him) and he has a great longevity,and he plays for a major club so I think that he should be ranked higher.
ReplyDeleteCasillas has a better clean sheet record than Buffon and Gordon Banks but has a lower ability than them as the best example. Because Spain always won high percent of ball possession, he has a less opportunity to save the ball and I think his decline as a second choice keeper is a big flaw. At his 33 - 34 years old, it should been a great years of experienced goalkeeper.
DeleteNow Casillas is holding the record goalkeeper with most clean sheets, most victories in Champions League, that will be a bonus for him?
ReplyDeleteThanks for updating important record, I'll add in his profile.
DeleteWhat? i´m just really surprised that Vitor Baia is not on this list, its just outrageous, did somebody check on his achievements?
ReplyDeleteHe is arguably the best Portuguese keeper ever. Anyway, Baia has never been one of the top keepers in the World in any year not likes all keepers in top 50. His best rank in IFFHS is at 5th in 1996.
DeleteVitor Baía is one of the most titled players in the world! He has won 32 titles (i think only Giggs have more), and in 2003/2004 FC Porto won the Champions League and Baía won the UEFA Best Goalkeeper award.
ReplyDeleteYou should take all this in consideration because he surely deserves a spot between your top 50, not to say top 25.
This list is a euro circle jerk. Ignoring so much talent from all over the world. More so it looks like an old melancholic english man did it.
ReplyDeleteThis list is not ranked based on talent but the performance in term of both effectiveness and difficult style of play. I’m not sure if you means the South American magician likes Gatti, Campos and Hugita. If yes, this kind of talent did not much contribute to their teams, it is just an aesthetic value.
DeleteI think that Franjo Glaser has to be in the Substitution Group.
ReplyDeleteWhere is this channel4 you so often talk about?
ReplyDeleteThe site has been closed fort a long time. At the time of existence, it shows all-time XI of famous Series A clubs, being voted by journalists. There was an all-time greatest goalkeepers list in history of Series A also.
DeleteHi Dearman,
ReplyDeleteAfter I cross-checked your database, I found something inconsistent in this section. In section "World's All-Time Greatest Footballers", Kahn placed 86th, Zamora placed 98th; however, in this section, Kahn placed 8th, Zamora placed 7th.
Hope this help you to review & adjust. Best regards,
I would debate that Kasey Keller was in the top 20 of this class. When the list includes several goalies who were playing in very weak leagues and won nothing to speak of, Keller won Cup titles in England, Germany and the USA. he also, played part in 2 World Cups and the Gold Cup winner in Concacaf.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair, some on that list were lucky to be called professional. Spain won nothing in the 1970's for club or country.
Keller was very reliable keeper and regarded by many as the best USA greatest keeper ever. He was rated by Kicker in twice international class seasons during his career at Bundesliga but he is rated very low by English media in premier league, best at only 6.31 in average point per season. The trophy is not a main issue to rate player. There are very many lower class players ever won premier league. There were a ton of keepers better than Keller during 90s to 2000s. Some keepers are semi-professional or even amateur status in the beginning era of football in the developing phase of many competitions in Europe and South America. Hence, those statuses of competition were very normal for that era with some high level of standard. They made the truly remarkable in their own era is an important figure of historical value saving.
DeleteGIGI BUFFON SHOULD BE SECOND OR FIRST
ReplyDeletePetr Cech - Goalkeeper with record Premier League all time most clean sheets!
ReplyDeleteWhat about Vitor Baia??!?!
ReplyDeleteWhat about Anton "Toni" Turek? World Cup Winner with Germany in 1954!
ReplyDeleteThe majority of his career was interrupted by World War II and the longevity is much below than average.
DeleteGianluigi Needs His Name Updated, It Is Spelt "Gianuigi Buffon"
ReplyDeleteSorry I'm not clear for your question.
ReplyDeleteThis is nitpicking, but do you realise you haven't even mentioned Neuer's World Cup victory in his description? Given that it was one of the most memorable goalkeeping performances of all time (for his sweeper keeping role, which has never before been performed to such success in a major tournament) I think it deserves a mention.
ReplyDeleteSorry for late replying. You have issued the important point. I'll review the articles again when I have time. Thanks.
DeleteNeuer above Casillas , and Casillas only at 12??? Casillas is rated by many as the greatest goalkeeper in football history
ReplyDeletehttp://www.football-bible.com/soccer-info/top-10-goalkeepers-of-all-time.html
http://www.totalsportek.com/list/greatest-goalkeepers-of-all-times/
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1516455-25-greatest-goalkeepers-in-football-history/page/26
These are the first 3 websites when you google "greatest goalkeeper of all time".
It is absolutely imposible for him to be outside top 5 ever given how he performed throughout his career , and if someone feels like underrating him because of the drop in form of recent years , he must consider that he is the ultimate GK prodigy so he already stacked up an incredible amount of great seasons.
What are Schmeichel and Khan doing above Casillas?
Casillas ranking in top GK of the year:5th-2000 , 9th-2001 , 2nd-2002 , 2nd-2003 , 4th-2004 , 6th-2005 , 4th-2006 , 3rd-2007 , 1th-2008 , 1th-2009 , 1th-2010 , 1th-2011 , 1th-2012 , 6th-2013 , 9th-2016
Khan:9th-1997 , 10-1998 , 1th-1999 , 2nd-2000 , 1th-2001 , 1th-2002 , 3rd-2003 , 6th-2004 , 5th-2005 , 11/12th-2006
Schmeichel:1th-1992 , 1th-1993 , 4th-1994 , 2nd-1995 , 4th-1996 , 3rd-1997 , 4th-1998 , 2nd-1999 , 10/11th-2000 , 11/12th-2001
So basically if you compare head to head , Casillas is by far better than both of them with none of the 2 being able to claim any victory in any season by aranging from best to worst.
No matter what other criterias involved or even if in various seasons the performance of those were still better than the number in the rankings , Casillas is just to visibly superior to them to be ranked bellow.
I suggest you rank him at least 3rd bellow Yashin and Buffon.
DeleteI see Casillas prolifically won IFFHS world best keeper as a beneficial subsequent from Spain’s consecutive 3 tournaments winners and he played well although not in the level of superb when he got a fewer chances to show his ability when Spain always dominated the ball possession.
At his peak, he was seen to be inferior to Kahn and Neuer. He was a reliable reader to the opponent offensive direction but his agile shot-stopping is performed well in only radius closed to him. I saw too many conceding goals that he could not reach the ball disappointingly despite not very powerful and accurate shot.
Look at his club career, He was never chosen as a UEFA club best keeper in the 2000s (Awards was available until 2010) despite Real Madrid got into deep rounds. Then, 2011 should be missed when Van Der Sar is clearly better. 2012 should be given to Petr Cech. Since then he was highly declined. So it could be said he never reached the best keeper of UCL despite having the most often opportunities among any other.
Domestically, LFP Awards was started in 2009 and Casillas won Best keeper of the La Liga just twice times and he won Zamora Trophy in 2008. Before than that, it was not period of his prime.
The competitiveness of GK candidates between era is just different so I don’t think the IFFHS ranking could be compared between the years directly. I means the years Shcmeichel, Kahn and Neuer won the awards all had a better performance than Casillas in example.
Casillas' awards aren't advantaged due to competition compared to the others(especially Neuer) , he even was 6 times best keeper according to UEFA and he faced at least as tough competition as the others with keepers like Buffon , Neuer , Khan , Vander Sar , Cech etc. For example if not for one of the greatest performances ever of a keeper , he would have been no.1 in 2002.
ReplyDeleteAnd Casillas' flaw was more evident in last years but not so much in his prime , but even so the others are no better. Schmeichel was known for being very weak against chips and was lobed countless times in his career.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AasRVb_7TVA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYtWOJI8NEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deXicnyXt3g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY1IF3zImlY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eegvYa4TAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKYixwYeEG0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWxuASpyDao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fTAgGbty9Y
(min 1:15)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVkOlqNgR6k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucEeCJDkRJ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8v08SP0Lnc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX80Kbx82g4
And these are only a few that I can remember but he was a shameless keepr when it came to these situations. So I don't see how Schmeichel could possibly be better when comparaed with Casillas.
Or Neuer who also wasn't chalenged as a keeper. Neuer is the keepr who made the least amount of saves per game this Budesliga season and outside of the top 20 in this EURO ALONE , haha!
Drawing the line , Casillas should be alongside Buffon and Yashin for his impecable career. No one was ever perfect , they all had their flaws.
I’d not decide the entire performance from a random clip since I watched Schmeichel and Casillas played more than the random set of video clips. Casillas didn’t dominate the defensive line as Schmeichel did. I never saw Casillas save the high ball direct to the top corner and his conceding goal to South Africa at the 2009 Confederation Cup is proved that he is not good enough.
DeleteThat wasn't just a ranom clip tough. If you really seen him regularly than you know he had a huge flaw getting lobbed... So I don't know why Casillas having a flaw makes him an inferior keeper when he pretty much has a more outstanding career otherwise.
DeleteI’m not sure if you understand the word “Random”. Casillas played several hundred games in his entire career and you refer to Videos that collected only sampling of his great scenes. I’d not make a further discussion as long as you still just based on Videos sampling.
DeleteThose videos are of Schmeichel getting lobed , not great scenes of Casillas.
DeleteActually Schmeichel’s mistake has been well-known and not need to access to Videos but I think Casillas also made many mistakes.
DeleteNo further toughts on this?
ReplyDeleteSorry, recently quite busy, I'll reply you tomorrow.
DeleteNeuer has to be Queen Gold Class.
ReplyDeleteEmerson Leão from Brazil played 4 World Cups and his position is 41?
ReplyDeleteMichel Preud Homme his position 25 ?
Ubaldo Fillol 11?
Do you know about Rodolfo Rodriguez from Uruguai and Santos F.C?
And Zetti goalkeeper fron Brazil and twice World Champion by São Paulo F.C?
Do you know about Raul Plassmann Goalkeeper from Flamengo World Champion in 1981?
Please correct your list, is too wrong.
Do you think that Buffon will surpass Zoff if he plays until the 2018 World Cup?
ReplyDeleteIt is depend on his performance. If any more international-class season would be achievable, he will surpass by then.
DeleteGreat ranking but i think you got it wrong with buffon, im sure you seen him at his prime and his peak was higher than any other goalkeeper ever.
ReplyDeleteIm absolutely sure you are one of the few in the World who thinks zoff was better
Birthdate for Heinrich Stuhlfauth is wrong. Should be 1896, not 1986.
ReplyDeleteBuffon is two times in the list. Please fix that.
ReplyDeleteThe Highest Goalkeeper's Peaks of All-Time list is flawed I think.
ReplyDeleteWhy is Trautman above Khan when the later was ranked 3rd and 2nd at the Ballon d'Or in 2 consecutive years and is the noly keeper in history to be World Cup MVP.
Why is Zamora above Buffon? What more should have Buffon done to be considered the best since Yashin? Many experts describe him as the perfect goalkeeper.
Most importantly, what is Beara doing in the ranking. I assume it is mostly because Yashin praised him(same with Trautman probably), but Beara's peak is genereally agreed to be 1952 when he reached the Olympic Games Final in Finland. In that tournament, Romanian goalkeeper Ion Voinescu was praised by the Finish press as "The World's best goalkeeper", and he isn't even ranked in your top 100 if I remember corectly. I think you should include him btw.
Instead of Beara, Iker Casillas should be named in since he is the most consecutive times named best in the world in the position and was one of the highest players of his generation at the ballon d'or rankings despite being a goalkeeper.
OK the list of highest peak has not been developed well so the debate is highly opened.
DeleteI agree Trautmann is overrated since he has never played in international football and I have replaced him by Neuer.
Beara was not in his peak during 1952 but his peak is known as an phenomenon save. I'll keep Voinescu for further study.
Buffon should be first in this list, it´s obvious you are and expert of football so you know he deserved ballon d,or in 2006.
ReplyDeleteHes the most complete and consistent goalkeeper ever & in his prime he was a monster, the greatest footballers to ever play vs him, rank him as the best they have faced(roberto carlos, zidane, ibrahimovic, ronaldinho, ronaldo nazario, etc) and they are not italians.
Dino Zoff is considered the 2nd best goalkeeper of the pat century, buffon is universally seen as better than zoff, so i dont really see how lev yashin was better in any way.
Buffon without doubt didn't deserved to be even in top 3 in 2006. Cannavaro, Ronaldinho and Henry were all clearly better. Others had as good a case as him like Zidane, Pirlo, Eto, Kaka just to name a few.
DeleteBuffon is rated in dbscalcio at only 6.08 in avearage of 2005 to 2006 season when he played only 18 games.
DeleteYashin is also consistent through his domestic career although his longevity is shorter. Yashin is slightly inferior to Buffon in reading the game but the shot-saving is not even comparable, possessing a higher jump and handling ability and well-known for his usual phenomenon saves. Buffon has a problem to save a high ball direct to the top corner where he never reached if not just close to his position because of his limited jumping ability.
ReplyDeleteI totally respect your opinion and your list because for what i seen here, you totally know what you're talking about but i'll give you some points.
ReplyDelete1-Buffon played at a way better league than Yashin, URSS was a great national team in the mids of the last century but the league has been always average.
2-Actually buffon was able to save a ball right to the corner when he was young, specially in his parma days, if you doubt it, check this out.
https://youtu.be/1S1iZSdDEM8
3-Buffon keeps getting individual awards as the best in the world even in his 40's(in fact you need to add them to his profile by the way)
In this case, I think USSR league standard during Yashin era is not the case of Yashin performance. Lower league standard still allow goalkeeper to have a difficult task.
DeleteThe video clip is really enjoyable. Let me questionable why he was declined in this characteristic performance later. In this scene, his jump is still not as high as Yashin.
I'm not understand the relation between the 1940s and Buffon ?
Serie A is one of the best and most difficult leagues to play the game.
DeleteMost of ballon D´Or winners have came from there and even though Spain has been dominating the football for almost a decade, Italy is atleast the 3rd best league currently.
Of course it has a lot to do where you play to rate your level and value as a footballer, in that case, we would have this raking full of unknown footballers scoring 100 goals by year in Qatar or egyptian goalkeepers being first choice at their national teams at the age of 44.
If Gianluigi Buffon moved to a russian team, he could play until his 50s.
About his Diving,I think buffon didn,t decline that much in that characteristic, he jsut changed his way to play, less scenic but more effective thats why you wont see anyone scoring a savable goal right to the corner to him, when he needs to fly, he do it, just look at him saving a ball right to the corner in this short clips.
He was almost 31 years old here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBvSl2Q23AY
32 years old here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nVDFwieGz4
Almost 37 years old here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkMtlzK-wWo
What i meant in my last post about "buffon in his 40s"
is that even though he is turning 40 years old, he still gets the most important individual awards as the best in the world you need to update your rating and add them to his profile.
Finally, i think yashin is a legend and one of the best ever, probably this wont change your mind and im not trying to do that but im showing you how yashin was not superior to buffon in any way, so you can get your conclusions.
Cheers and well done, you have a cool website.
Recently I have watched many important full-games of Lev Yashin and I affirm Yashin is clearly better. He is superb in anticipating the direction of the shot ball, making some phenomenon saves.
DeleteYou gotta add all the new individual honours Buffon won during 2017.
DeleteOK I will.
DeleteWhere is Barthez?
ReplyDeleteDo you think than Buffon can be the number one in this list in the future? Or at least be in the king silver class like Yashin?
ReplyDeleteNow he is clearly to end his career soon so what I expect about him ? He is too far to reach Yashin level.
DeleteLol it´s respected if you think the russian is better than buffon but you sound like a fanboy when you say "he is too far too reach yashin´s level"
Deleteobviously you have in a pedestal someone who played 50 years ago with semiprofesional footballers and from who you didn´t even watch a single complete game but ok this is your website, say whatever you want.
Actually I have been doing the skill evaluation project where I watched around 4 full-matches of Lev Yashin. You can read about my impression on him and the progression of project in http://xtraimmortal.blogspot.com/2014/02/Skill-Evaluation.html
DeleteWhat do you think about Yashin's performances in World Cup tournaments? I've heard that he wasn't usually at this best then, especially in 1962.
ReplyDeleteI watched him and I never saw his mistake in world cup. In 1966, He even made a miracle save stopping Seeler shot in match against Germany.
DeleteOk. He usually gets blamed for the two Chile goals in their 2-1 loss in the 1962 quarterfinals. Though the second one seems harsh to blame on the keeper.
DeleteAlso sometimes gets faulted for conceding directly from a corner kick in that 4-4 vs Colombia though watching the video clearly shows that it's completely the defender's fault.
Oliver Kahn was individually brillant, and I think that's what those lists should reflect. Since we all know how Buffon is rated, this site being no exception, and I sure as hell remember and still know that Kahn was the better one, I put Kahn at 2nd place in my all time goalkeeper list (because overwhelming Yashin perception as number one seems not to need much opposition for now).
ReplyDeleteI genuinely think Kahn should've won Ballon d'Or in 2001. You look at all this Figos, Rauls, Zidanes and what not, but you have to ask yourself a question - where are the players from the team that actually won the double that season in all those shortlists? Were they that much of extremely good collective that we shouldn't even consider one of the players for individual win? I think not, you can clearly see it when you look at their team then - Kahn, Effenberg, Elber and Scholl. Latter two being good players, but by no means regarded as highly as some competition from the time. Besides that some dependable well regarded players of Andersson caliber etc. So why did they win the freakin double? Well, someone must be "responsible" for this result.
If it had happened (Kahn winning the ballon dor), he propably would be regarded higher now, but these awards like always skew public perception and write false history of the sport. I suspect that "circular reporting" problem connected with Ballon dor throughout the years (especially early ones due to lack of footage) is the biggest problem of them all in player evaluation like the one presented on your blog.
Kahn's peak is very competitive among legendary group. Unfortunately, he inconsistently participated with Germany as the existence of comtemporary world-class German keepers, Kopke. If consider only Peak, you can see I name him in top 10. I think Buffon is almost perfect in reading the game. Kahn is very good but not close to Buffon level.
DeletePhrasing it "not close" just screams ingorance to me. That is not true, I watched them back to back in early 2000's and it's simply jarring to dismiss it like that
DeleteAnd for Kopke: so what? Kahn was better at the turn of the century than Kopke ever was anyway. In peak you name him even further than in general list, and it doesn't make any sense to me. Do you honestly think that Mazurkiewicz and Beara are better than Kahn in 2000-2002? I highly doubt that
I think the peak of Mazurkiewicz and Beara is slightly superior to Kahn. Both are much more agile and better in reflex saving although Kahn is more reliable in reading the game. For me, I think Buffon is almost perfect in anticipation and the to cut the ball and superb hanral handling ability. As I saw Kahn in several scenes, he more often choosed to stay on the goal line instead of deciding to leave the area.
DeleteNeuer has to be in the Queen Gold Class now.
ReplyDeleteVan Beveren on 39 spot? Give me a break...
ReplyDeleteFabien Barthez ladies and gentleman.
17 appearances at the World Cup (French NT highest) with 10 clean sheets
European Championship 2000, World Cup 98 winner and silver medal in 2006, almost one decade as a first choice for France. Isn't it enough in comparision to Van Beveren for esample?
I think it is simple to understand clean sheet of Barthez is highly attributable to world-class french defenders. As football allows only one goalkeeper for a team on the pitch, I think limitation of opportunity in international games mustbe taken into account. That's why Van Baveren who is far better than Barthez in domestic football, could be rated higher than Barthez.
DeleteVan Beveren is considered the best keeper of the Netherlands ever. Top players who played against him in that time said they never seen any better. Barthez is nowhere near his quality.
DeleteHe won the Champions League with Marseille, was champion with ManUtd, Marseille, Monaco, best goalkeeper of the year in 2000 according to IFFHS, best goalkeeper of a World Cup (1998).
DeleteVitor Baia, is the Goalkeeper with more titles in football history, and the only goalkeeper that won all UEFA international competitions Champions League, Cup Winners Cui, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Supercup and Intercontinental UEFA/CONNMBOL Cup. At his time with was a record transfer for goalkeeper from FCPORTO to FC BARCELONA. Have Record more then 300 clean sheets, 1192min without suffering goals in a row, and is not in Top 50 !!! Maybe you should watch football instead of blog about football.
ReplyDeleteYou have to study and found that there many others better record than Baia but they are just average goalkeeper because their team's defensive ability and/or ball possession dominated. The best example might be Sabastiano Rossi.
DeleteBarthez : world cup 1998, euro 2000, champions league 1993.....where is Barthez?
ReplyDeleteHe played well in these tournaments but his club career is far from bein recognized as a legend.
DeleteI don´t see how Yashin could be better than Buffon.
ReplyDeleteBuffon played in a more competitive football, better league, 25 years at the elite, more individual awards and he was world champion being the best of his team.
It´s pretty reckless to rate Yashin as the best goalkeeper of the history only despite you can´t even find 5 full games of him, while you can rate Buffon watching more than 1000 full games.
neur just won a champions league same as lewandowski
ReplyDeleteThe numbers of yashin are very liar
ReplyDelete420 games he saved 150 penalties?
There's no video proving it, it's a lie
Neur is the best of all times he revolutionized football and the way goalkeepers play today
Neuer revolutionized nothing, the sweeper keeper role is not his creation nor did he perfect it. FIFA official website re-enforce the 150 penalty save stament it is true you just choose to remain ignorant.
DeleteThis is maybe the position where the competitveness of the period is probably not an argument.
ReplyDeleteAt the time of Yashin there were much more goals and he had a lot to do and the fact he had been able to be that good and clean in this period is absolutely comparable to nowadays keeper.
Nevertheless even if he was one of the first keeper to be decent with ball on feet owe can not say on this part he was as good as Neuer on this part.
Barthez deserves to be there in my opinion, he was great in nearly every tournament for France (ask Brazilians Ronaldo..) . He also proved he could be the keeper of a club like united after his success in france. If a player like him is not in top 50...
ReplyDeleteTotally agreed.
Deletehello!
ReplyDeleteI would like to add that Peter Schmeichel was not only Goalkeeper of the tournament in euro1992, but he was Player of the tournament, which is a huge award for a GK, only achieved by him and Donnarumma. Considering the amazing players that were playing in euro1992, like Gullit, Rijkaard, Van Basten, Matthaus etc, this award is magnificent.
Donnarumma won the player of the tournament award for euro2021,
ReplyDeleteif he gets a high place in the ballon d'or '21, will it be enough to enter the top100 of goalkeepers?
Modern goalkeeper with long consistent world class performances are underrated. Too few modern keepers in this list. De Gea, Oblak, Handanovic and Julio Cesar Soares should be in the top 50. They are comparable to Ravelli, Kopke etc.
ReplyDeleteCould you give me the sources where you get this information? Like where did you get that Shilton was the best European goalkeeper of 89 and Dasayev the best European goalkeeper of 82, 83, 85 and 88?
ReplyDeleteDo you know other tops that are just as good as the ones you make? the only top that is up to the ones you do and that is not updated is the one from Glavisted that is in Spanish
ReplyDeletehttp://glavisted.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-50-de-arqueros.html?m=1
Do you know other tops that are just as good as the ones you make? the only top that is up to the ones you do and that is not updated is the one from Glavisted that is in Spanish
ReplyDeleteHere is the link
http://glavisted.blogspot.com/2010/10/top-50-de-arqueros.html?m=1
I think that Valdes is better than Zubizareta and Ramallets. He is the best goalkeeper in Barcelona's history. Ramallets and Zubizarreta they had their mistakes just like Valdes, but Valdes has more titles than those two and was just as important for Barcelona. The only one who could be above Valdes would be Ramallets, since he had a great World Cup in 1950 and the performance in the national team has a plus, but I am sure that if Valdes had not been born in the time of Casillas and had had the opportunity to demonstrate his level in the national team, he would be above Ramallets. I think that above Zubizarreta is something that has no discussion.
ReplyDeleteNeuer ist the greatest of all time.
ReplyDeleteWhy?
DeleteNeuer has surpassed all frauds ahead of him
ReplyDeleteNeuer has surpassed all frauds ahead of him.
ReplyDeleteAccording to your rankings in " The 9X100 Positional Ranking" and "The Player Performance Evaluation ", Neuer has to be in the 4th spot now.
ReplyDeleteSuper découverte. Bravo. J'ai fait une étude similaire de mon côté, certes moins fouillée que la vôtre dans ses considérations statistiques. Je reviendrai très vite vers vous pour vous partager quelques unes de mes réflexions et si vous validez mon initiative, vous proposer quelques contributions. A très bientôt.
ReplyDeletehow about a section under greatest goalkeeper peaks, with top10 legendary greatest goalkeeper performances? which is the best performance of a goalkeeper in a match?
ReplyDeleteLloris must be rated in my opinion. Same for Barthez that has always been great when it counted.
ReplyDeleteNeuer is by far better than the other frauds
ReplyDeletePlease update Neuer's trophies and individual awards. He has won the IFFHS World GK of the Year award 5 times, not 4. Also he has won more league titles and DFB Pokals by now.
ReplyDeleteNeuer is in the 5th position here, but according to your rankings has to be in the 4th position.
ReplyDeleteI think Edwin Van Der Sar is a much better keeper than that. I think he should be in the top ten at least
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