Name: Michel Preud’homme DOB: 24/01/1959 Height: 6ft 0in (1.83m) Clubs: Standard Liege (1977-86) KV Mechelen (1986-94) Benfica (1994-99) Years Active: 1977-1999 Club Appearances: 649 International Appearances: (Belgium) 58 Michel Preud’homme was the first ever winner of the Yashin Award for best goalkeeper in a World Cup in the USA 1994 tournament, which was a fitting [...]
Goalkeeping Museum
The Art of Goalkeeping through the history of football
Walter Zenga
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 [...]
Jim Montgomery – Sunderland v Leeds FA Cup Final 1973 Double Save
This save is probably one of the most perfect moments captured on film for any goalkeeper: Scottish stopper, Jim Montgomery pulled off the perfect double save at the perfect moment during the 1973 FA Cup Final for Sunderland against Leeds. Watch the save on video above. That this save happened in an FA Cup Final [...]
Colin Doyle Penalty Save – Birmingham v Wolves
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 [...]
IFFHS All Time World Goalkeeper Ranking
The IFFHS have an “All Time World Goalkeeper Ranking” which is based upon statistics, such as honours won, matches played and such like. They do not take into account technical ability (save where this has a bearing on the above!) and therefore do not necessarily reflect this tremendously well: many great goalkeepers toiled for teams [...]
IFFHS Goalkeeper of the 20th Century
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 [...]
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