IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper

Iker Casillas, a record 5 times winner of the Trophy

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

Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff was the first ever winner of the award, in 1987.

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.

Year Player Club
1987 Belgium Jean-Marie Pfaff Germany Bayern Munich
1988 Soviet Union Rinat Dasayev Soviet Union Spartak Moscow
1989 Italy Walter Zenga Italy Internazionale
1990 Italy Walter Zenga Italy Internazionale
1991 Italy Walter Zenga Italy Internazionale
1992 Denmark Peter Schmeichel England Manchester United
1993 Denmark Peter Schmeichel England Manchester United
1994 Belgium Michel Preud'homme Belgium Mechelen
Portugal Benfica
1995 Paraguay José Luis Chilavert Argentina Vélez Sársfield
1996 Germany Andreas Köpke France Marseille
1997 Paraguay José Luis Chilavert Argentina Vélez Sársfield
1998 Paraguay José Luis Chilavert Argentina Vélez Sársfield
1999 Germany Oliver Kahn Germany Bayern Munich
2000 France Fabien Barthez England Manchester United
2001 Germany Oliver Kahn Germany Bayern Munich
2002 Germany Oliver Kahn Germany Bayern Munich
2003 Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus
2004 Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus
2005 Czech Republic Petr Čech England Chelsea
2006 Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus
2007 Italy Gianluigi Buffon Italy Juventus
2008[6] Spain Iker Casillas Spain Real Madrid
2009[7] Spain Iker Casillas Spain Real Madrid
2010[8] Spain Iker Casillas Spain Real Madrid
2011[9] Spain Iker Casillas Spain Real Madrid
2012[10] Spain Iker Casillas Spain Real Madrid
2013[11] Germany Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich
2014[12] Germany Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich
2015[13] Germany Manuel Neuer Germany Bayern Munich

Goalkeeper of the Century

At the end of the 20th Century, Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin was named World's Goalkeeper of the Century by IFFHS.

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 Soviet Union USSR (1950–1970) 1002
2 Gordon Banks England England (1963–1972) 717
3 Dino Zoff Italy Italy (1968–1983) 661
4 Sepp Maier West Germany West Germany (1966–1979) 456
5 Ricardo Zamora Spain Spain (1920–1936) 443
6 José Luis Chilavert Paraguay Paraguay (1989–2003) 373
7 Peter Schmeichel Denmark Denmark (1987–2001) 291
8 Peter Shilton England England (1970–1990) 196
9 František Plánička Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (1926–1938) 194
10 Amadeo Carrizo Argentina Argentina (1954–1964) 192

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