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
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