Goalkeeping Museum

The Museum of Goalkeeping - created by keepers & goalkeeping enthusiasts to celebrate the Art of Goalkeeping throughout the history of football!

Watch this excellent save made by Doni of Brazil in their Copa Anmerica final against arch rivals Argentina. Riquelme gets plenty behind his drive for the top-right corner of Doni’s goal, but the keeper is up to the task of saving it.

Another Brazilian to look out for plying [...]

In the international between Ghana and Australia at Loftus Road on November 14 2006, Autralia led 1-0 and had this corner.

Richard Kingson (AKA Faruk Gürsoy) pulled off this incredible save from the header. The game eventually finished 1-1 – thanks in no small part to the athletic actions [...]

In Chelsea’s Premier League match against Portsmouth in the 2006/07 season, Chelsea led 1-0 and a great cross was met by the head of veteran goal-scorer Andrew Cole. Unfortunately for Cole, Petr Cech, the Chelsea goalkeeper, performed an extraordinary reflex save to his left to deny Cole.

Polish Cech, [...]

Have a look at former Brøndby goalkeeper Mogens Krogh saving from Steffen Højer of Viborg. This overhead volley looked destined to be a great goal, but the keeper had other ideas!

As a keeper, you know you’ve done well when the man you just saved from congratulates you – [...]

Watch this great save from Nelson Dida at point blank range for Milan in their Champion’s League match versus Ajax.

Technically, it would appear as though Dida has taken the logical assumption that this is where the shot was likely – rather than being a purely ‘reaction’ save – [...]

We found this footage of a great Angelo Peruzzi penalty save from 1988/89 Serie A season from Italy where Roma took on Atalanta. With the Romans leading 2-0, they looked good for victory, until a penalty was awarded to Atalanta. Angelo Peruzzi, who would later enjoy a long period as Italian first choice goal keeper, [...]

The second choice goalkeeper for Bahrain Under 23s in their match against Qatar (which they lost 0-4) showed just what you have to do to recover from an error. After a horrible clearance went straight to the opposition center forward, leaving him effectively stranded, he sprinted back to produce a last ditch save of the [...]

It’s Gianuigi Buffon again! This time, watch as he dives low to his right to save a Figo penalty for Juventus in their Champions League match against Real Madrid.

There could well be an entire category here devoted to Buffon by the time he retires!

Peter Schemichel, having enjoyed a long period with Man Utd, moved to their arch rivals, Manchester City to see out his career (having spent a year at Sporting Lisbon, and a brief spell at Aston Villa). Despite his age, in this game against Liverpool, Schmeichel shows us the reflexes that made him one of the [...]

As we were researching a profile of Peter Schmeichel (as we believe he is one of the greatest keepers of all time), we discovered this nice compilation of great saves made by the big Dane. Schmeichel enjoyed tremendous success with Manchester United, and Man Utd enjoyed great success with Schmeichel – he was a linchpin [...]