IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
The IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper is a football award given annually since 1987 to the most outstanding goalkeeper of the year as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).[1] The votes are cast by IFFHS's editorial staff as well as experts from different continents. In 2011, Italy's Gianluigi Buffon was named the best goalkeeper of the world in the last quarter-of-a-century, 1987 to 2011.[2][3][4][5]
List of winners
The award is awarded every January. The winning goalkeeper is awarded a gold trophy at the World Football Gala. Spain's Iker Casillas has won this award five times (in a row). Italy's Gianluigi Buffon was awarded four times. Below is a list of the previous winners since the first award in 1987.[1] Bayern Munich, with a total of seven, is the team with the most wins.
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Goalkeeper of the Century
At the end of the 20th century, the IFFHS also voted on the World's Goalkeeper of the Century, won by the Soviet Union's Lev Yashin running ahead of Gordon Banks and Dino Zoff.[14][15]
| Rank | Player | Nations represented (period) | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lev Yashin |  USSR (1950–1970) |
1002 |
| 2 | Gordon Banks |  England (1963–1972) |
717 |
| 3 | Dino Zoff |  Italy (1968–1983) |
661 |
| 4 | Sepp Maier |  West Germany (1966–1979) |
456 |
| 5 | Ricardo Zamora |  Spain (1920–1936) |
443 |
| 6 | José Luis Chilavert |  Paraguay (1989–2003) |
373 |
| 7 | Peter Schmeichel |  Denmark (1987–2001) |
291 |
| 8 | Peter Shilton | England (1970–1990) |
196 |
| 9 | František Plánička |  Czechoslovakia (1926–1938) |
194 |
| 10 | Amadeo Carrizo |  Argentina (1954–1964) |
192 |
See also
- International Federation of Football History & Statistics
- IFFHS World's Best Club Coach
- Best European Goalkeeper
References
- 1 2 "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "IFFHS Name Juventus' Gianluigi Buffon As World's Best Goalkeeper". Goal.com. 19 January 2010.
- ↑ "IFFHS: Buffon best goalkeeper of the world in the last quarter-of-a-century (1987 to 2011)". Footballzz.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ "IFFHS says Abbondanzieri '10th World's best Goalkeeper of 21st century'". Buenos Aires Herald. 7 February 2012.
- ↑ "IFFHS, "Gigi" Buffon is The World's best Goalkeeper of the 1st Decade". TransferMarketWeb. 5 January 2011.
- ↑ "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ "Iker Second straight year in which the IFFHS votes for Iker Casillas – Best Goalkeeper of 2009". Real Madrid. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010.
- ↑ "Iker Casillas Named the Best Goalkeeper of 2010 by IFFHS". Bleacher Report. 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Iker Casillas wins IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper award a fourth time running". Real Madrid. 4 January 2012.
- ↑ "Iker Casillas named World's Best Goalkeeper by IFFHS". Terra Sport. 4 January 2013.
- ↑ "THE WORLD'S BEST GOALKEEPER 2013". IFFHS. 6 January 2014.
- ↑ "THE WORLD'S BEST GOALKEEPER 2014". IFFHS. 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "THE WORLD'S BEST GOALKEEPER 2015". IFFHS. 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "The World's best Goalkeeper of the Century". IFFHS.
- ↑ World - Keeper of the Century
External links
- International Federation of Football History & Statistics official website
- The World's Best Goalkeeper at IFFHS.de