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In 1993, The Football Association (The FA) switched to persistent squad numbers, abandoning the mandatory use of 1–11 for the starting line-up. The first league event to feature this was the 1993 Football League Cup Final between Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday, and it became standard in the FA Premier League the following season, along with names printed above the numbers. [6]
Pages in category "Men's association football goalkeepers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 17,644 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Giggs is also one of only two players (alongside James Milner) to play in 22 successive Premier League seasons, and the only player to score in 21 successive Premier League seasons. Giggs won 34 trophies during his career with Manchester United.
Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, [4] [5] [6] he is known for his reflexes, acrobatic saves, and command of the penalty area. [7] [8] [9] Courtois began his career with Genk and made his senior debut in 2009, at age 16; he went on to establish himself as the club's starting goalkeeper and won the Belgian Pro League.
Václav Hladký (born 14 November 1990) is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship side Burnley.He has previously played for Zbrojovka Brno and Slovan Liberec in his homeland, St Mirren in Scotland, Salford City and Ipswich Town in England.
Dida is the first notable Afro-Brazilian goalkeeper to play for club and country since Moacir Barbosa, who had starred for Vasco da Gama and earned seventeen caps for Brazil, but bore the blame for Uruguay's winning goal in the 1950 World Cup final, which resulted thereafter in discrimination against black goalkeepers in Brazilian football. [25 ...
Squad number, as depicted on an association football jersey. In team sports, the number, often referred to as the uniform number, squad number, jersey number, shirt number, sweater number, or similar (with such naming differences varying by sport and region) is the number worn on a player's uniform, to identify and distinguish each player (and sometimes others, such as coaches and officials ...
Record for a goalkeeper, [1] [10] record number of free kicks (59), record number of penalties (69), record number of total goals (131). Scored 14 goals (six free kicks and eight penalties) in Copa Libertadores and 65 (26 free kicks, one indirect free kick [11] and 38 penalties) in Brazilian League. [12] Had five matches with two goals. José ...