Goalkeeping Museum

Saving a penalty is a fine moment for any goalkeeper, at any time. Saving a penalty in a fierce local derby, when your side carries a slender one goal advantage in the third minute of injury time is the stuff of dreams and legend. Colin Doyle, of Birmingham City, had the great fortune of diving [...]

We found this footage of a great Angelo Peruzzi penalty save from 1988/89 Serie A season from Italy where Roma took on Atalanta. With the Romans leading 2-0, they looked good for victory, until a penalty was awarded to Atalanta. Angelo Peruzzi, who would later enjoy a long period as Italian first choice goal keeper, [...]

It’s Gianuigi Buffon again! This time, watch as he dives low to his right to save a Figo penalty for Juventus in their Champions League match against Real Madrid.

There could well be an entire category here devoted to Buffon by the time he retires!

Penalty shootouts provide goalkeepers with their opportunity to make a direct influence on a match – or tournament – it is the keepers moment to shine. Oliver Kahn and Santiago Canizares shared the limelight in the world’s biggest stage in the 2001 Champions League Final, as the match between Kahn’s FC Bayern Munich and Canizares’ [...]

In the context of a match, a penalty awarded with the scores at 1-1 in the 70th minute is going to be a pivotal moment. In the context of football in London, when this happens in an Arsenal v Spurs match at these scores, it doesn’t get any bigger than this. This was the situation [...]

Jussi Jaaskelainen of Bolton Wanderers had an incredible 2 and a half minutes in their game against Blackburn rovers in October 2006. Bolton, 1-0 up away from home were precariously poised to take the match, when Blackburn were awarded a penalty.