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Name: František Plánička DOB: 02/06/1904 Prague, Austria-Hungary Height: 5ft 8 Inches / 1.72m Clubs: SK Slavia Prague (1923-39) – 969 Apps Years Active: 1923-39 Club Appearances: 969 International Appearances: (Czechoslovakia) 76 František Plánička Profile If František Plánička came into football in the modern era, there is every chance he would be turned away for being [...]

Name: Ricardo Zamora DOB: 21/01/1901 Barcelona, Spain Height: 6ft 4.5 Inches / 1.94m Clubs: Espanol (1916-19) Barcelona (1919-1922) Espanol (1922-30) Real Madrid (1930-36) Nice (1936-38) Years Active: 1916-1938 Club Appearances: ? International Appearances: (Spain) 46 Ricardo Zamora was a big, tall, controversial goalkeeper who enjoyed great success with a number of clubs in a country [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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: 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 [...]