Top 5 Greatest Soccer Goalkeepers (all time)
Published:A great goalkeeper can be a difference-maker for an entire team all by himself, and goalkeeping is without a doubt the most nerve-wracking position on the pitch, with high tension penalty shots and powerful strikes coming at them from all angles! Check out our Top 5 All-Time Greatest Soccer Goalkeepers and discover who tended their goals better than anyone else!
1) Peter Schmeichel
- Won four league titles and a Danish Cup with Brondby
- Earned international acclaim leading the Danes to the 1992 Euro Championship title
- With Manchester United, he won five Premier League titles, three FA Cups, a League Cup, and a Champions League title
- Won the ‘99 Champions League in his last match with United
- Twice named as the World's Best Goalkeeper by IFFHS
2) Lev Yashin
- Amazing reflexes and jaw-dropping athleticism
- Saved over 150 penalties and kept just under 500 clean sheets in only 812 games
- Only goalkeeper to have been named the European Footballer of the Year
- Named as the greatest goalkeeper of the 20th century in a poll conducted by IFFHS
- Won 1956 Olympic Gold medal with USSR
3) Dino Zoff
- Oldest player to have ever won a World Cup (40 years old)
- Went 1142 minutes without conceding a goal in international tourneys, a record which still stands
- 112 Italian caps (3rd most all-time)
- Won six Serie A titles, two Italian Cups and one UEFA Cup
- Named as the best Italian player of the last 50 years by IFFHS
4) Sepp Maier
- Won the Bundesliga and the German Cup four times each, a Cup Winners' Cup, and three consecutive European Cups
- 95 National caps for Germany (World Cup Winner; 1974)
- Won the West German Footballer of the Year award three times
- Between 1966 and 1977 he played 422 matches in a row
- One of the most decorated players of his era
5) Oliver Kahn
- Won eight Bundesliga titles, six German Cups, six League Cups, a UEFA Cup, and a Champions League
- 86 National caps for Germany (won Euro ‘96 title)
- Named German Footballer of the Year twice
- Named IFFHS Best Goalkeeper three times
- Named Best Bundesliga Goalkeeper seven times
