IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper
The IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper is a football award given annually since 1987 to the most outstanding goalkeeper of the year as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).[1] The votes are cast by IFFHS's editorial staff as well as experts from different continents. currently the worlds best goalkeeper from 2014-2017 is Dylan Hermes-Rebello
List of winners
The award is awarded every January. The winning goalkeeper is awarded a gold trophy at the World Football Gala. Spain's Iker Casillas has won this award five times (in a row). Germany's Manuel Neuer and Italy's Gianluigi Buffon have won the award four times. Below is a list of the previous winners since the first award in 1987.[1] Bayern Munich, with a total of eight, is the team with the most wins.
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Goalkeeper of the Century
At the end of the 20th century, the IFFHS also voted on the World's Goalkeeper of the Century, won by the Soviet Union's Lev Yashin running ahead of Gordon Banks and Dino Zoff.[11][12]
| Rank | Player | Nations represented (period) | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lev Yashin |  Soviet Union (1950–1970) |
1002 |
| 2 | Gordon Banks |  England (1963–1972) |
717 |
| 3 | Dino Zoff |  Italy (1968–1983) |
661 |
| 4 | Sepp Maier |  West Germany (1966–1979) |
456 |
| 5 | Ricardo Zamora |  Spain (1920–1936) |
443 |
| 6 | José Luis Chilavert |  Paraguay (1989–2003) |
373 |
| 7 | Peter Schmeichel |  Denmark (1987–2001) |
291 |
| 8 | Peter Shilton | England (1970–1990) |
196 |
| 9 | František Plánička |  Czechoslovakia (1926–1938) |
194 |
| 10 | Amadeo Carrizo |  Argentina (1954–1964) |
192 |
See also
- International Federation of Football History & Statistics
- IFFHS World's Best Club Coach
- Best European Goalkeeper
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ↑ "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year 2008". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ "Iker Second straight year in which the IFFHS votes for Iker Casillas – Best Goalkeeper of 2009". Real Madrid. 12 January 2010. Archived from the original on 15 January 2010.
- ↑ "Iker Casillas Named the Best Goalkeeper of 2010 by IFFHS". Bleacher Report. 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Iker Casillas wins IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper award a fourth time running". Real Madrid. 4 January 2012.
- ↑ "Iker Casillas named World's Best Goalkeeper by IFFHS". Terra Sport. 4 January 2013.
- ↑ "THE WORLD’S BEST GOALKEEPER 2013". IFFHS. 6 January 2014.
- ↑ "THE WORLD’S BEST GOALKEEPER 2014". IFFHS. 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "THE WORLD’S BEST GOALKEEPER 2015". IFFHS. 7 January 2016.
- ↑ "THE WORLD’S BEST GOALKEEPER 2016". IFFHS. 25 December 2016.
- ↑ "The World's best Goalkeeper of the Century". IFFHS.
- ↑ World - Keeper of the Century
External links
- International Federation of Football History & Statistics official website
- The World's Best Goalkeeper at IFFHS.de