Date Of Birth : 7 June 1929
Nation : Mexico
Height : 180 cm
Major Club : Leon
Caps. : 48 Games
World Cup Participation: 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966 (11 Games)
Club Honours : 2 Times Mexico Champions
1 Time Mexico Cup
International Honours : None
Individual Achievement :1999 IFFHS Mexico Goalkeeper of The Century
"El Cinco Copas", One of the greatest players of all time to come from Mexico. He and Lothar Matthaus hold the record most tournament participation with five. Nonetheless, He played in world cup just 11 matches because Mexico never reach further than first round. Carbajal is known as beautiful jumping goalkeeper. He made his international debut in the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on June 24, 1950 against World Cup hosts Brazil. He was the youngest goalkeeper to play in that tournament, where he saw action in Mexico's three matches. He appeared in one match at the 1954 World Cup and in three at the 1958 tournament; at the 1962 World Cup in Chile, He helped his team win its first ever World Cup match, when they defeated Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the first round. He was voted as CONCACAF’s best goalkeeper and 15th World’s best GK of the century by IFFHS’s poll.
28. Edwin Van Der Sar
Date Of Birth : 29 October 1970
Nation : Holland
Height : 197 cm
Major Club : Ajax Amsterdam, Manchester United
Caps : 130 cm
World Cup Participation : 1994, 1998, 2006 (11 Games)
Club Honours : 3 Times Dutch Champions
3 Times KNVB Cup
3 Time Premier League
1 Time League Cup
1 Time UEFA Cup
2 Times UEFA Champion League (1995, 2008)
2 Times UEFA Champion League Runner-Up (1996, 2009)
1 Time FIFA Club World Cup
1 Time Intercontinental Cup
International Honours : None
Individual Achievement : 4 Times Dutch Goalkeeper Of The Year
1998 Dutch Golden Shoe
2 Times UEFA Club Goalkeeper Of The Year (1995, 2009)
2 Times Third Place IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper of The Year (1998, 2008)
2009 Barclays Golden Gloves
2 Times PFA Team Of The Year (2007,2009)
Edwin Van Der Sar is widely regarded by many as the greatest goalkeeper Netherlands has ever produced and among the best goalkeeper during lately 1990s to 2000s. He started well-known when he showed high performance helping Ajax Amsterdam won UEFA Champion League. On the other hand, His career was disadvantage after he was transferred from Juventus to Fulham where he stayed for 4 years. He could back his great with Manchester United. Aside from reaching 2 UEFA Champion League Final, He set a new club and Premier League record for 11 games and 1,032 minutes consecutive clean sheets. Van Der Sar is also an all-time Netherlands’s most capped player with 130 and kept very impressive 71 clean sheets and concede only 89 goals. He holds the record with other five players most EURO tournaments play with 4.
27. Gyula Grosics
Date Of Birth : 4 February 1926
Nation : Hungary
Height : 180 cm
Major Club : Budapest Honved, Tatabanya
Caps : 86
World Cup Participation : 1954, 1962, 1966 (9 Games)
Club Honours : 4 Times Hungarian League
International Honours : 1954 FIFA World Cup Runner-Up
Individual Achievement : 1954 FIFA World Cup Best Goalkeeper
“The Black Panther” Gyula Grosics is very credited with developing sweeper-keeper style of play. He was overshadowed player but being the unmistakable last line of defense of famous legendary “Mighty Magyars” Hungarian Golden Team. He help Hungary had gone almost four years and played 33 games without tasting defeat. An Athletic, Imposing figure, Grosics made very important role as the last sweeper to clear the ball several times from opponent’s counter-attack game which is effected from the extremely attacking game. He is rated as the best goalkeeper in history of Hungarian football. Grosics totally made 26 clean sheets for Hungary national team.
26. Rudolph Hiden
Date Of Birth : 9 March 1909
Height : 189 cm
Nation : Austria
Major Club : Wienner AC, RC Paris
Caps. : 20 Games
World Cup Participation: None
Club Honours : 1 Time French League
3 Time French Cup
International Honours : None
Individual Achievement : 1999 IFFHS Austria Goalkeeper of The Century
an Austrian–French football goalkeeper and one of the great goalkeeper of the world during 30s. He is known as the greatest goalkeeper in history of Austrian football. Born in Austria and nicknamed Rudi, he was a successful Austrian international and in 1930 Herbert Chapman's Arsenal tried to sign him, but the Players Union and the Football League in England prevented him from doing so.[1] He moved to France in 1933 to play for RC Paris alongside Auguste Jordan and later gained French nationality. Goalkeeper of the Austrian Wunderteam, he was also capped once for France.
25. Giampiero Combi
Date Of Birth : 20 November 1902
Nation : Italy
Height : 174 cm
Major Club : Juventus
Caps : 47
World Cup Participation : 1934 (5 Games)
Club Honours : 5 Times Italian Series A
International Honours : 1934 FIFA World Cup Champion
2 Times Central European International Cup
Individual Achievement : None
Combi is regarded as one of the best Italian goalkeeper of all-time and one of the best goalkeeper in the world during 1930s alongside Ricardo Zamora and Frantisek Planicka. Combi is one of the mail pillar of the great Juventus team which is known as “The Golden Quinquennium”. He kept a clean sheet for 934 consecutive miniutes in 1925-1926 season which is the best record in Italian series A beat Sebastino Rossi from AC Milan just 5 minutes. This record is more credited than any record in recent decade because it is supposed to know there are a lot more scoring in the 30’s. Combi is rated from many journalists in www.channel4.com as the third best goalkeeper ever to play for Italian series A only to Dino Zoff and Gigi Buffon.
24. Jan Tomaszewski
Date Of Birth : 9 January 1948
Nation : Poland
Height : 193 cm
Major Club : LKS Lodz
Caps : 59 Games
World Cup Participation : 1974, 1978 (11 Games)
Club Honours : 1 Time Belgium Cup
International Honours : 1974 FIFA World Cup Third Place
1976 Silver Medal Olympic Game
Individual Achievement : 1974 FIFA World Cup Best Goalkeeper
1974 European Goalkeeper Of The Year
1999 IFFHS Poland Goalkeeper of The Century
“Tomek” Jan Tomaszewski is the legendary goalkeeper of Poland national team, is best remembered for his performance in world cup 1974 qualifying match Poland against England. He finally ended up with man of the match and helping Poland qualified for world cup and led his country win to qualify. Moreover, He saved two penalties in world cup 1974 and made five clean sheets from 11 matches in two world cup final. Tomaszewski was known for his fantastic save especially important matches. In middle of the 70’s, He is regarded as the best goalkeeper of the world even more outstanding than the great like Dino Zoff and Sepp Maier. He won 21 clean sheets in international competition.
23. Walter Zenga
Date Of Birth : 28 April 1960
Nation : Italy
Height : 188 cm
Major Club : Inter Milan
Caps : 58
World Cup Participation : 1986, 1990 (7 Games)
Club Honours : 1 Time Italian Series A
2 Times UEFA Cup
International Honours : 1990 FIFA World Cup Third Place
Individual Achievement : 1987 Guerin Italian Series A Footballer Of The Year
1990 UEFA Club Goalkeeper Of The Year
1990 European Goalkeeper Of The Year
3 Times IFFHS World Best Goalkeeper (1989, 1990, 1991)
2 Times Third Place IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper of The Year (1987, 1988)
“The Spider Man” Walter Zenga set a record without conceding a goal in consecutive 5 games and 518 minutes but most credit was attributed to world-class defender like Baresi, Maldini, Bergomi, etc. As well as his clean sheets with 38 for Italy, This is best record ever in percent. He could not reach the best goalkeeper of tournament both EURO 88 and World Cup 1990. Plus, He was capped for Italy just 7 years only. However, He was still a great goalkeeper for his agility and keeping skills and certainly one of the best goalkeeper in the world between 1989 -1991. He was rated by many journalists as the best goalkeeper ever to play for Inter Milan and the fifth best goalkeeper of all-time for Italian series A.
22. Jurgen Croy
Date Of Birth : 19 October 1946
Nation : East Germany
Height : 190 cm
Major Club : Sachsenring Zwickau
Caps : 86 Games
World Cup Participation : 1974 ( Games)
Club Honours : 2 Times East German Cup
International Honours : 1976 Gold Medal Olympic Game
Individual Achievement : 3 Times German Footballer Of The Year (1972, 1976, 1978)
1999 IFFHS East Germany Goalkeeper of The Century
One of the most underrated goalkeeper in history of the game. Croy was an outstanding shot-stopper capable of amazing reflexes on his line. Combined with an excellent command of his penalty area, first-rate ball-handling skills, and above-average consistency, this quality made Croy one of the best goalkeepers of his time and arguably one of the best ever. East and West German media alike often placed him on an equal footing with his contemporaries Sepp Maier and Dino Zoff, two of the game's all-time legends. Croy is generally regarded as the greatest footballer ever to play for East Germany. He won 36 clean sheets for East Germany national team.
21. Michel Preud’Homme
Date Of Birth : 24 January 1959
Nation : Belgium
Height : 183 cm
Major Club : Standard Liege, Mechelen, Benfica
Caps : 58
World Cup Participation : 1990, 1994 (8 Games)
Club Honours : 3 Times Belgian League
1 Time Belgian Cup
1 Time Portuguese Cup
1 Time UEFA Cup Winner’s Cup
International Honours : None
Individual Achievement : 1994 FIFA World Cup Yashin Award
2 Times Belgian Golden Shoe (1987,1989)
4 Times Belgian Goalkeeper Of The Year
1994 UEFA Club Goalkeeper Of The Year
2 Times Second Place IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper of The Year (1989, 1990)
1994 IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper
Preud’homme is the successor of Jean-Marie Pfaff in Belgium national team. He is one of the best goalkeepers in the world in early 90’s only to Peter Schmeichel. He was very reliable and toughness goalkeeper. He retired as a player in 1999, aged 40. Despite Belgium was eliminated just second round in world cup 1994, He still won the Lev Yashin award beat high performance keeper like Thomas Ravelli. He almost kept every clean sheet in world cup 1994 first round but he reputably conceded one of the best goals in world cup history from Saeed Owairan. He was the first winner of the Yashin Awards in that tournament.
20. Amadeo Carrizo
Date Of Birth : 12 June 1926
Nation : Argentina
Height : 188 cm
Major Club : River Plate
Caps : 20 Games
World Cup Participation : 1958 (3 Games)
Club Honours : 5 Times Argentina Champions
International Honours : None
Individual Achievement : 1999 IFFHS Argentina Goalkeeper of The Century
“The Tarzan” Carrizo was pioneer helping to innovate techniques and strategies for goalkeepers. He was the first goalkeeper to wear gloves, the first one to leave the penalty area to defend his goal and the first one to use goal kicks as a strategy to start counter attacks. He played for “La Maquina” which was one of the best south American ‘s club team of all-time. His way of playing has been imitated by many famous South American keepers, most notably Hugo Orlando Gatti, René Higuita, and José Luis Chilavert. He established the best record consecutive matches without conceding any goal with 8. He is regarded by some as the best Argentinean goalkeeper of all-time hold with Ubaldo Fillol. But still, Carrizo was voted as the greatest goalkeeper ever of South America and 10th All-Time best goalkeeper in the world.
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