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Goalkeeper
In association football, the goalkeeper occupies a position that represents the last line of defence between the opponent's offence and his own team's goal. The primary role of the goalkeeper is to defend his team's goal and prevent the opposition from scoring a goal. The goalkeeper is the only...
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Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff (born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40.
Zoff...
Date of birth:
- Feb 28, 1942 (age 67 years)
Gordon Banks
Gordon Banks, OBE (born 30 December 1937) is a retired English footballer, elected in a poll by the IFFHS as the second best goalkeeper of the 20th Century — after Lev Yashin (1) and before Dino Zoff (3).
Banks was a member of the England national...
Date of birth:
- Dec 30, 1937 (age 72 years)
Anton Schumacher
Anton 'Toni' Schumacher (born 1 December 1938 in Bonn) is a former German football goalkeeper.
Schumacher played for 1. FC Köln since 1950, from 1963 to 1968 the team played in the Bundesliga. In 1964 he won the German Championship.
The goalkeeper...
Date of birth:
- Dec 1, 1938 (age 71 years)
Fabien Barthez
Fabien Alain Barthez (born 28 June 1971 in Lavelanet) is a former French football goalkeeper who won honours with Manchester United and the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the...
Date of birth:
- Jun 28, 1971 (age 38 years)
Peter Bonetti
Peter Phillip Bonetti (born 27 September 1941 in Putney, London of Swiss parents from Canton Ticino) is a former football goalkeeper for Chelsea, the St. Louis Stars, Dundee United and England. Bonetti was known for his safe handling, lightning...
Date of birth:
- Sep 27, 1941 (age 68 years)
Lev Yashin
Lev Ivanovich Yashin (Russian: Лев Ива́нович Я́шин)(22 October 1929 – 20 March 1990) was a Russian-Soviet football goalkeeper, considered by many to be the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the game. He was known for his superior athleticism in...
Date of birth:
- Oct 22, 1929
Date of death:
- Mar 20, 1990 (age 60 years)
David Icke
David Vaughan Icke (pronounced /aɪk/; born 29 April 1952) is an English writer and public speaker who has devoted himself since 1990 to researching what he calls "who and what is really controlling the world." Describing himself as "the most...
Date of birth:
- Apr 29, 1952 (age 57 years)
Mark Bosnich
Mark Bosnich (born 13 January 1972 in Fairfield, New South Wales), is an Australian association football player currently playing for Sydney Olympic in the NSW Premier League. He represented his country 17 times and played for English Premier League...
Date of birth:
- Jan 13, 1972 (age 37 years)
David Seaman
David Andrew Seaman MBE (born 19 September 1963 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire) is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal and most recently with Manchester City. He retired from the game on 13 January...
Date of birth:
- Sep 19, 1963 (age 46 years)
Jerzy Dudek
Jerzy "Jurek" Dudek (Polish pronunciation: [ˈjɛʐɨ ˈdudɛk]); born 23 March 1973 in Rybnik) is a Polish footballer who plays for Real Madrid in La Liga, as a goalkeeper.
With an obscure career in his country, he went on to have successful spells in...
Date of birth:
- Mar 23, 1973 (age 36 years)
José Luis Chilavert
José Luis Félix Chilavert González (born July 27, 1965 in Luque, Departamento Central) is a Paraguayan former football goalkeeper and free kick specialist. He was a three-time IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper award winner. Chilavert was also known for...
Date of birth:
- Jul 27, 1965 (age 44 years)
Rüştü Reçber
Rüştü Reçber (born 10 May 1973 in Korkuteli, Antalya) is a Turkish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Besiktas J.K.
Rüştü is his country's record international cap-holder.
He has played a key role in the success of the Turkish national...
Date of birth:
- May 10, 1973 (age 36 years)
Oliver Kahn
Oliver Rolf Kahn (born 15 June 1969) is a former German football goalkeeper. He started his career at Karlsruher SC and in 1994 was transferred to Bayern Munich, his last professional club. He is one of the most successful German players in recent...
Date of birth:
- Jun 15, 1969 (age 40 years)
Avi Ran
Avi Ran (August 25, 1963 - July 11, 1987) was a goalkeeper at the Israeli football club Maccabi Haifa. Widely considered one of the greatest football players in Israel, he had a promising future which was cut short by a fatal accident.
On 11 July...
Date of birth:
- Aug 25, 1963
Date of death:
- Jul 11, 1987 (age 23 years)
Peter Schmeichel
Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE (born 18 November 1963) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993. He is best remembered for his most successful years at...
Date of birth:
- Nov 18, 1963 (age 46 years)
Peter Shilton
Peter Leslie Shilton, OBE (born Leicester, England, 18 September 1949) is a former football goalkeeper who holds the record for playing more games for England than any other player. His international career earned him 125 caps, making him England's...
Date of birth:
- Sep 18, 1949 (age 60 years)
Marcus Hahnemann
Marcus Stephan Hahnemann (born June 15, 1972, in Seattle, Washington) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for English Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Hahnemann grew up in the Seattle area and attended...
Date of birth:
- Jun 15, 1972 (age 37 years)
Tim Howard
Timothy Matthew "Tim" Howard (born March 6, 1979, in North Brunswick Township, New Jersey) is an American soccer goalkeeper who plays for Everton of England and the United States national team.
Tim Howard was born in North Brunswick, New Jersey to...
Date of birth:
- Mar 6, 1979 (age 30 years)
Toni Turek
Toni Turek, real name Anton Turek, (18 January 1919 – 11 May 1984) was a German football goalkeeper.
Turek was born in Duisburg.
He started his career at Duisburger Sportverein, but he soon switched to TuS Duisburg 48/99. In 1950 he switched to...
Date of birth:
- Jan 18, 1919
Date of death:
- May 11, 1984 (age 65 years)
Bruce Arena
Bruce Arena (born September 21, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former professional soccer and lacrosse player. He is currently the head coach of Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer.
Arena has had a long and distinguished coaching...
Date of birth:
- Sep 21, 1951 (age 58 years)
Jimmy Glass
James "Jimmy" Glass (born 1 August 1973 in London) is a former football goalkeeper, who is remembered for scoring the last minute goal which kept Carlisle United in the Football League in 1999.
Glass had a journeyman's career in football, playing...
Date of birth:
- Aug 1, 1973 (age 36 years)
Luke McCormick
Luke Martin McCormick (born 15 August 1983 in Coventry, West Midlands) is a former English football goalkeeper. He played for Plymouth Argyle between 2003 and 2008, but his contract was cancelled by mutual consent in July 2008 after he caused a car...
Date of birth:
- Aug 15, 1983 (age 26 years)
Bob Wilson
Robert "Bob" Primrose Wilson OBE (born 30 October 1941 in Chesterfield, England) is a former Scotland international football goalkeeper and later broadcaster.
As a player, Wilson is most noted for his career at Arsenal between 1963 and 1974. He made...
Date of birth:
- Oct 30, 1941 (age 68 years)
Sepp Maier
Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier (born 28 February 1944) is a German former professional football goalkeeper.
Born in Metten, Bavaria, he spent the entirety of his professional playing career at Bayern Munich, winning the Bundesliga Championship four times...
Date of birth:
- Feb 28, 1944 (age 65 years)
Íker Casillas
Iker Casillas Fernández Spanish pronunciation: [ˈiker kaˈsiʎas]; (born 20 May 1981 in Móstoles, Madrid) is a Spanish football goalkeeper who plays for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and as captain of the Spanish national team. He is currently...
Date of birth:
- May 20, 1981 (age 28 years)
Roque Máspoli
Roque Gastón Máspoli (October 12, 1917 in Montevideo – February 22, 2004 in Montevideo) was an Uruguayan football player and coach. He was the goalkeeper for the Uruguay national team that won the 1950 World Cup.
In the final match of the 1950 World...
Date of birth:
- Oct 12, 1917
Date of death:
- Feb 22, 2004 (age 86 years)
Brad Friedel
Bradley Howard Friedel (born May 18, 1971) is an American soccer goalkeeper who plays for Aston Villa in the English Premier League. He played 82 games for the United States national team between 1992 and 2005, and represented his country at three...
Date of birth:
- May 18, 1971 (age 38 years)
Ivica Kralj
Ivica Kralj (Montenegrin: Ивица Краљ) (born 26 March 1973 in Kotor) is a former Montenegrin football goalkeeper.
He played in Arsenal Tivat, Jastrebac Niš, Partizan, Porto, Radnički Kragujevac, PSV Eindhoven, Rostov and Spartak Trnava.
In early...
Date of birth:
- Mar 26, 1973 (age 36 years)
Shay Given
Séamus John James "Shay" Given (born 20 April 1976) is an Irish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Manchester City and the Republic of Ireland. After leaving Celtic in 1994 having been deemed surplus to requirements and after just 19 starts...
Date of birth:
- Apr 20, 1976 (age 33 years)
Jean-Marie Pfaff
Jean-Marie Pfaff (born December 4, 1953 in Lebbeke) is a Belgian former football goalkeeper.
At the age of 16, Pfaff joined K.S.K. Beveren with whom he won a Belgian champions title (1979) and a Belgian Cup (1978). The same year, he received the...
Date of birth:
- Dec 4, 1953 (age 56 years)
Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon (born 28 January 1978 in Carrara), is an Italian FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper who plays for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He is widely considered by fans and experts to be one of the greatest goalkeepers...
Date of birth:
- Jan 28, 1978 (age 31 years)
Rinat Dasaev
Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev (Russian: Ринат Файзрахманович Дасаев, Tatar: Rinat Faizrahman uly Dasaev; born June 13, 1957 in Astrakhan, Russian SFSR) is a Russian former football goalkeeper of Tatar ethnicity, who played in three World Cups with...
Date of birth:
- Jun 13, 1957 (age 52 years)
Gavin Ward
Gavin John Ward (born 30 June 1970 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is a footballer who plays in the position of goalkeeper. He is currently Player/Assistant Manager at Gainsborough Trinity after leaving Zamaretto League side Hednesford Town.
Ward made...
Date of birth:
- Jun 30, 1970 (age 39 years)
Maik Taylor
Maik Stefan Taylor (born 4 September 1971) is a Northern Ireland international football goalkeeper who plays for Birmingham City. He was born in Hildesheim, Germany to an English father and a German mother. He qualified to represent Northern Ireland...
Date of birth:
- Sep 4, 1971 (age 38 years)
Andreas Isaksson
Andreas Isaksson (Swedish pronunciation: [anˈdreːas ˈɪːsaksɔn]; born 3 October 1981, in Trelleborg) is a Swedish football goalkeeper who currently plays for Dutch club PSV and for the Swedish national team.
Isaksson started his career with his...
Date of birth:
- Oct 3, 1981 (age 28 years)
Bruce Grobbelaar
Bruce David Grobbelaar (born 6 October 1957 in Durban, South Africa) is a former Rhodesian/Zimbabwean-South African-British football goalkeeper. He played for a number of clubs, most notably Liverpool F.C. during their dominant period in the 1980s....
Date of birth:
- Oct 6, 1957 (age 52 years)
Vítor Baía
Vítor Manuel Martins Baía (born 15 October 1969 in São Pedro da Afurada), is a former Portuguese international footballer, primarily for FC Porto. He is currently the club ambassador for FC Porto.
He and Italian Stefano Tacconi are the only...
Date of birth:
- Oct 15, 1969 (age 40 years)
Ola By Rise
Ola By Rise (born November 14, 1960 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is currently assistant coach of the Norwegian national football team. He played 18 seasons and 346 matches in the Norwegian Premier League. He is...
Date of birth:
- Nov 14, 1960 (age 49 years)
Ruslan Nigmatullin
Ruslan Karimovich Nigmatullin (Russian: Руслан Каримович Нигматуллин, Tatar Cyrillic: Руслан Кәрим улы Нигъмәтуллин, Latin: Ruslan Kərim ulı Niğmətullin) (born October 7, 1974 in Kazan, Tatarstan, Soviet Union) is a retired Russian football...
Date of birth:
- Oct 7, 1974 (age 35 years)
Quim
Joaquim Manuel Sampaio da Silva, OIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [kĩ]; born 13 November 1975 in Vila Nova de Famalicão), commonly known as Quim, is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays for Sport Lisboa e Benfica and the Portuguese national...
Date of birth:
- Nov 13, 1975 (age 34 years)
Richard Wright
Richard Ian Wright (born 5 November 1977) is an English goalkeeper, currently playing for Ipswich Town, his second spell with the club, after rejoining in July 2008. He has been a member of the England squad, and has two caps.
Wright was born in...
Date of birth:
- Nov 5, 1977 (age 32 years)
Edwin van der Sar
Edwin van der Sar (born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Manchester United.
Van der Sar started his senior career with Ajax and remained there for nine years before moving to Italian club Juventus and...
Date of birth:
- Oct 29, 1970 (age 39 years)
Gilmar
Gylmar dos Santos Neves (born August 22, 1930) known simply as Gilmar (with I), is a former Brazilian football goalkeeper who played for Corinthians and Santos and was a member of the Brazil national team in three World Cups. He was elected the best...
Date of birth:
- Aug 22, 1930 (age 79 years)
Sergei Ovchinnikov
Sergei Ivanovich Ovchinnikov (Russian: Сергей Иванович Овчинников) (born October 11, 1970 in Moscow) or Boss is a manager and former football goalkeeper who played for the Russian national team. Concerning his club career, he is most famous for...
Date of birth:
- Oct 11, 1970 (age 39 years)
Thomas Ravelli
Thomas Ravelli (born 13 August 1959 in Vimmerby) is a retired Swedish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper.
The twin brother of another footballer, Andreas, he played alongside him in both club and country, being ranked as the national side's all...
Date of birth:
- Aug 13, 1959 (age 50 years)
David James
David Benjamin James (born 1 August 1970 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is an English professional goalkeeper of Dominican descent who currently plays for English Premier League club Portsmouth and the England national team.
As of 14 February...
Date of birth:
- Aug 1, 1970 (age 39 years)
Stefan Klos
Stefan Klos (born 16 August 1971 in Dortmund) is a retired German football goalkeeper who played for Borussia Dortmund and Rangers during his career.
He played for Borussia Dortmund from 1991, until he moved to Glasgow on 24 December 1998.
Klos won...
Date of birth:
- Aug 16, 1971 (age 38 years)
Nir Davidovich
Nir Davidovich (Hebrew: ניר דוידוביץ'; born December 17, 1976 and also spelled Davidovitch) is an Israeli goalkeeper who plays for Maccabi Haifa football club and the Israeli national team.
Davidovich plays as the senior goalkeeper in the Israeli...
Date of birth:
- Dec 17, 1976 (age 33 years)
Jim Leighton
James "Jim" Leighton MBE (born 24 July 1958 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish former football goalkeeper. Among the clubs he played for are Aberdeen (two spells), Manchester United, Arsenal, Dundee and Hibernian.
He joined Aberdeen from non...
Date of birth:
- Jul 24, 1958 (age 51 years)
Lee Camp
Lee Michael John Camp (born 22 August 1984) is an English footballer who plays for Nottingham Forest as a goalkeeper. He has also played for the England Under 21 side.
He made his first appearance with Derby County during the 2002–03 season, and...
Date of birth:
- Aug 22, 1984 (age 25 years)
Jens Lehmann
Jens Lehmann (German pronunciation: [ˈjɛns ˈleːman]; born 10 November 1969 in Essen) is a German football goalkeeper who plays for VfB Stuttgart and recently retired from the German national team. He was voted UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for...
Date of birth:
- Nov 10, 1969 (age 40 years)
Neville Southall
Neville Southall MBE (born 16 September 1958) is a former Wales international footballer, best known for his time with Everton. He has been described as one of the best goalkeepers of his generation and won the FWA Footballer of the Year award in...
Date of birth:
- Sep 16, 1958 (age 51 years)
Kasey Keller
Kasey Keller (born November 29, 1969 in Olympia, Washington) is an American soccer player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.
He is a four time World Cup participant and was the first American goalkeeper to become a...
Date of birth:
- Nov 29, 1969 (age 40 years)
Thomas Sørensen
Thomas Løvendahl Sørensen (born 12 June 1976 in Fredericia) is a Danish professional football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Stoke City. He is the starting goalkeeper for the Danish national team, the successor to the legendary Peter Schmeichel...
Date of birth:
- Jun 12, 1976 (age 33 years)
Sander Westerveld
Sander Westerveld (born 23 October 1974 in Enschede, Netherlands) is a Dutch professional football goalkeeper. He left Sparta Rotterdam at the end of the 2007-08 Eredivise season and is currently playing for Monza.
His first professional match was...
Date of birth:
- Oct 23, 1974 (age 35 years)
Tony Meola
Antonio Michael "Tony" Meola (born February 21, 1969) is an American football goalkeeper who played for the United States national team at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, and from 1996 to 2006 played in Major League Soccer, the U.S. top soccer...
Date of birth:
- Feb 21, 1969 (age 40 years)
Jorge Campos
Jorge Francisco Campos Navarrete (nicknamed El Brody or Chiqui-Campos) (born October 15, 1966 in Acapulco) is a retired Mexican footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
One of the most notable Mexican players of the 1990s, Campos was a particularly...
Date of birth:
- Oct 15, 1966 (age 43 years)
Chris Turner
Christopher Robert "Chris" Turner (born 15 September 1958) is an English former footballer and manager. He is currently the caretaker manager at Hartlepool United and is in his second spell at the club after previously managing them in 1999. He has...
Date of birth:
- Sep 15, 1958 (age 51 years)
José Francisco Molina
José Francisco Molina Jiménez (born August 8, 1970 in Valencia) is a former Spanish football goalkeeper.
Molina started playing professionally with UD Alzira, being snapped in 1991 by local giants Valencia CF. After a loan stint with neighbours...
Date of birth:
- Aug 8, 1970 (age 39 years)
Alan Knight
Alan Edward Knight MBE (born 3 June 1961 in Balham, London) is a former English footballer. He holds the record for the most appearances for a single club by a goalkeeper, having played 683 league games (and 801 games overall) for Portsmouth between...
Date of birth:
- Jun 3, 1961 (age 48 years)
