Íker Casillas

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Iker Casillas
Personal information
Full name Íker Casillas Fernández
Date of birth May 20, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth    Madrid, Spain
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Nickname Ikerman
San Iker - Saint Iker
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Real Madrid
Number 1
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1999 - Real Madrid 239 (0)   
National team2
2000 - Spain 66 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of August 28, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of November 15, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Íker Casillas Fernández (born May 20, 1981 in Móstoles, Madrid) is a Spanish football goalkeeper. He is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is also the first vice-captain of Spain, as well as one of the vice-captains of Real Madrid.

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[edit] National team

Casillas was a member of the Spanish teams which won the UEFA-CAF Meridian Cup and FIFA World Youth Championship in 1999. Following his full international debut against Sweden, Casillas was an unused substitute at Euro 2000.

[edit] 2002 World Cup

He was the first choice goalkeeper at the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan later that year, and enjoyed hero status after Spain knocked out the Republic of Ireland in a penalty shoot-out to advance to the quarter-finals. After the FIFA World Cup and his performances against the Republic of Ireland and South Korea, he was finally the leading goal keeper in the national team.

[edit] Euro 2004

Casillas played in all eight Group 6 fixtures during Euro 2004 qualifying, conceding just four goals. He then kept goal in both legs of the play-off victory against Norway, keeping a clean sheet in Oslo. He then played as his country's goalkeeper at the Euro 2004 finals.

[edit] 2006 World Cup

Casillas was his country's first-choice goalkeeper during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Spain was beaten by France 3-1 which marked the end of the 2006 campaign.

[edit] Honors and awards

Domestic
Continental
International

[edit] Trivia

  • Because he was too young to have a driver's license, Casillas was the only Madrid player to use public transport to get to training sessions in the 1999/00 season.
  • He was previously dating Spanish Miss Spain 2003 and model Eva González. She came from Seville and has appeared in TV programmes and done numerous photo shoots for magazines. She was recently voted the prettiest footballers' partner in Spain. They split up in November 2006.[1]

[edit] Statistics

correct as of March 7, 2007.

Club Performance
Club Season La Liga Spanish Cup Europe Others Total
App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals
Real Madrid 2006/07 25 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 32 0
Real Madrid 2005/06 37 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 48 0
Real Madrid 2004/05 37 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 47 0
Real Madrid 2003/04 37 0 1 0 9 0 2 0 49 0
Real Madrid 2002/03 38 0 0 0 15 0 2 0 55 0
Real Madrid 2001/02 24 0 5 0 9 0 1 0 39 0
Real Madrid 2000/01 34 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 45 0
Real Madrid 1999/00 7 0 5 0 12 0 0 0 24 0
Total 239 0 15 0 79 0 5 0 339 0

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sportstar.. "On top of the stops", Hindu, 2006-14-09. Retrieved on 2006-14-09.

[edit] External link


Flag of Spain Spain squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists Flag of Spain

1 Casillas | 2 Torres | 3 Juanfran | 4 Helguera | 5 Puyol | 6 Hierro | 7 Raúl | 8 Baraja | 9 Morientes | 10 Tristán | 11 de Pedro | 12 Luque | 13 Ricardo | 14 Albelda | 15 Romero | 16 Mendieta | 17 Valerón | 18 Sergio | 19 Xavi | 20 Nadal | 21 Luis Enrique | 22 Joaquín | 23 Contreras | Coach: Camacho
Flag of Spain Spain squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup Flag of Spain

1 Casillas | 2 Salgado | 3 Pernía | 4 Marchena | 5 Puyol | 6 Albelda | 7 Raúl | 8 Xavi | 9 Torres | 10 Reyes | 11 García | 12 López | 13 Iniesta | 14 Alonso | 15 Ramos | 16 Senna | 17 Joaquín | 18 Fàbregas | 19 Cañizares | 20 Juanito | 21 Villa | 22 Pablo | 23 Reina | Coach: Aragonés
Real Madrid - Current Squad

1 Casillas | 2 Salgado | 3 Roberto Carlos | 4 Ramos | 5 Cannavaro | 6 Diarra | 7 Raúl | 8 Emerson | 10 Robinho | 11 Cicinho | 12 Marcelo | 13 López | 14 Guti | 15 Bravo | 16 Gago | 17 van Nistelrooy | 18 Cassano | 19 Reyes | 20 Higuaín | 21 Helguera | 22 Pavón | 23 Beckham | 24 Mejía | 25 Miñambres | 26 Javi García | 27 De la Red | 36 Nieto | 38 Torres | 39 Valero | Coach Capello
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