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Former Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas – the first goalkeeper ever to keep one hundred international clean sheets (UEFA Euro 2012) The goalkeeper (sometimes written as goal-keeper, abbreviated as GK, keeper, keeps, or goalie) is a position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. [1]
The goalkeeper was allowed to advance up to 6 yards (5.5 m) from the goal-line. The world's first penalty kick was awarded just 5 days after the change had been approved and introduced to the rules of the game by the Scottish Football Association.
A player doing a keepie-uppie Association football (more commonly known as football or soccer) was first codified in 1863 in England, although games that involved the kicking of a ball were evident considerably earlier. A large number of football-related terms have since emerged to describe various aspects of the sport and its culture. The evolution of the sport has been mirrored by changes in ...
Other occasions where goalkeepers sometimes score include set pieces where a goalkeeper joins an attack when a team desperately needs a goal to win or prevent a defeat, or from goal kicks or otherwise regular clearances which travel the length of the pitch into the opposite goal. These types of instances are generally extremely rare and when ...
The Yashin Trophy is an association football award presented annually by France Football to the best performing goalkeeper. The award is named after former Soviet Union goalkeeper Lev Yashin , and the winner is selected by former Ballon d'Or winners since its creation in 2019.
Bruce David Grobbelaar (born 6 October 1957) is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for English team Liverpool between 1981 and 1994, and for the Zimbabwean national team.
Casillas was also selected in the FIFPro World XI a record five times for a goalkeeper, and was named as the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper a record five times, alongside Gianluigi Buffon and Manuel Neuer. He was named as the second-best goalkeeper of the 21st century, behind Gigi Buffon, and the second-best goalkeeper of the past 25 years by ...
In May 2018, he was named in Iran's preliminary squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [45] In Iran's last match of the 2018 World Cup, Beiranvand saved a penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo, as Iran drew 1–1 with Portugal. [46] [47] Beiranvand was the starting goalkeeper of the Iran squad at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.