Those who can’t do, teach. Those who can’t teach, teach gym. And those who can’t teach gym, become goalkeepers.
That’s how the saying goes…right?
Regardless, some of those people who become goalkeepers actually end up being pretty good at it. Some captain their nation to World Cup triumphs, some save penalties in Champions League finals and most have longer careers than outfield players.
So, without much further ado, here are the very best goalkeepers of all time.
In the final few years of his career he did have a rather unfortunate haircut and he always had an unfortunate surname, but despite all of this David Seaman was a bloody good goalkeeper.
Arsenal‘s shot-stopper in the ‘1-0 to the Arsenal’ days and the most trophy-laden period of Arsene Wenger’s tenure, Seaman was ever-dependable in goal for the Gunners, rarely putting a foot wrong in his 23-year career at Highbury.
He was also a more than capable replacement for Peter Shilton at international level. The highlight of his time as England’s number one was undoubtedly his penalty shootout heroics at Euro ’96 and his lowlight was undoubtedly that thing that happened against Brazil at the 2002 World Cup.
Diego Simeone once said: “We have a goalkeeper who is the best in the world, no doubt. It’s like Barcelona who have Messi. He decides games with his attacking play; Oblak resolves them with his saves.”
Jan Oblak has never garnered major recognition on the international stage, but the Slovenian has been a model of elite consistency at Atletico Madrid for the best part of a decade.
There’s a swagger about the Belgian you perhaps didn’t think he had.
Thibaut Courtois’ self-belief has seen him alienate fanbases, no more so than Chelsea’s, but such assurance in his own abilities has seen him rise to the very top.
The towering shot-stopper came close to reaching the pinnacle with Atletico Madrid in 2014 before eventually claiming his maiden Champions League crown with their crosstown rivals in 2022. Courtois’ performance in the final against Liverpool was one of the best by a goalkeeper in the competition’s history.
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