Goalkeeping Museum

Name: Walter Zenga DOB: 20/04/1960 Height: 6ft 2in (1.88m) Clubs: Salernitana (1978-79) Savona (1979-80) Sambenedetesse (1980-82) Internazionale (1982-94) Sampdoria (1994-96) Padova (1996-97) New England Revolution (1997-99) Years Active: 1978-1999 Club Appearances: 530 International Appearances: (Italy) 58 Walter Zenga, for a number of years at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s was widely regarded [...]

As the 21st Century dawned, the IFFHS voted for the Goalkeeper of the Century, awarding the top prize to Lev Yashin. Here is their Top Ten (where appropriate, we have added links to their player profile within Goalkeeping Museum for more information, stats and videos on each player!): Lev Yashin Gordon Banks Dino Zoff Sepp [...]

Name: Dino Zoff DOB: 28/02/1942, Mariano del Friuli, Italy Height: 6ft / 1.83m Clubs: Udinese (1961–1963) Mantova (1963–1967) Napoli (1967–1972) Juventus (1972–1983) Years Active: 1968-1987 Club Appearances: 642 International Appearances: (Italy) 112 Dino Zoff Dino Zoff was arguably the best goalkeeper of his generation – many still claim he is the best they have ever [...]

Name: Wolfgang Kleff DOB: 16/11/1946, Schwerte, Germany Height: 5ft11in 180cms Clubs: Borussia Monchengladbach (1968-79, 1980-82) Herta BSC Berlin (1979-80) Fortuna Dusseldorf (1982-84) Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (1984-85) VfL Bochum (1985-86) FSV Salmrohr (1986-87) Years Active: 1968-1987 Wolfgang “Otto” Kleff Wolfgang Kleff was a great keeper who amassed a great collection of domestic and European winners medals during [...]

Neville Southall MBE (Wales) Height: 6ft1in (185cms) DOB: 16 September 1958 Clubs: Port Vale 1980-81 Everton 1981-1998 Port Vale (loan) 1983 Sheffield United (loan) 1997-98 Stoke City (loan) 1998 Stoke City 1998 Torquay United 1998-2000 Huddersfield Town (loan)  1999 Bradford City 2000 York City 2001 Rhyl 2001 Shrewsbury Town 2001 Dover Athletic 2001 Shrewsbury Town [...]

Name: Peter Leslie Shilton(England) DOB: 18/09/1949 International Appearances: 125 Clubs: Leicester, Stoke, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Derby County, Plymouth Argyle, Leyton Orient, Coventry City. Years Active: 1965-1996 Born and brought up in post-war Leicester, Peter Shilton’s sole ambition was always to be the best goalkeeper in the world, and he achieved this, perhaps for many consecutive [...]