Keeper Profiles


Wolfgang Kleff

Wolfgang Kleff

Name: Wolfgang Kleff
DOB: 16/11/1946, Schwerte, Germany
Height: 5ft11in 180cms
Clubs:

Borussia Monchengladbach (1968-79, 1980-82)
Herta BSC Berlin (1979-80)
Fortuna Dusseldorf (1982-84)
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (1984-85)
VfL Bochum (1985-86)
FSV Salmrohr (1986-87)

Years Active: 1968-1987

Wolfgang “Otto” Kleff
Wolfgang Kleff was a great keeper who amassed a great collection of domestic and European winners medals during his time at Borussia Munchengladbach, yet failed to make much of an [...]

Neville Southall

Neville Southall

Neville Southall MBE (Wales)
Height: 6ft1in (185cms)
DOB: 16 September 1958
Clubs:

Port Vale 1980-81
Everton 1981-1998
Port Vale (loan) 1983
Sheffield United (loan) 1997-98
Stoke City (loan) 1998
Stoke City 1998
Torquay United 1998-2000
Huddersfield Town (loan)  1999
Bradford City 2000
York City 2001
Rhyl 2001
Shrewsbury Town 2001
Dover Athletic 2001
Shrewsbury Town 2001-2002
Dagenham & Redbridge 2002

Years Active: 1980-2002

Neville Southall was one of the finest goalkeepers of the 1980s and [...]

Peter Shilton

Peter Leslie Shilton(England) D.OB - 18/09/1949
International Appearances - 125
Clubs - Leicester, Stoke, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Derby County, Plymouth Argyle, Leyton Orient, Coventry City.
Years Acitve - 1965-1996
Born and brought up in post-war Leicester, Peter Shilton’s sole ambition was always to be the best goalkeeper in the world, and he achieved this, perhaps for many consecutive years. [...]

Harald ‘Toni’ Schumacher

Harald ‘Toni’ Schumacher(West Germany)
D.O.B - 06/03/1954. Clubs - 1.FC Koln, Schalke, Fenerbahce, Bayern Munchen, Borussia Dortmund(1973-1996)
A goalkeeper who will ultimately bremembered for one moment of madness instead of many moments of greatness. Born in Duren, not far from Cologne, Schumacher joined his boyhood idols 1.FC after serving his apprenticeship as a boiler maker. Cologne used [...]

Renat Dasaev

Renat Dasaev(Soviet Union)
Full Name: Rinat Fayzrakhmanovich Dasayev
D.O.B - 13/6/1957. Astrakhan
Clubs - Spartak Moscow, Sevilla(1979-1991)
Height - 1.87(6′2″)
Renat Dasaev, described by many as the finest goalkeeper of the 1980’s, was born in Astrakhan, on the Caspian Sea and played for his home town club until the age of 21, until the day Spartak Moscow arrived to [...]

Luis Arconada

Name: Luis Miguel Arconada Etxarri
Club Appearences: 551 - Real Sociedad - 1973-1989
National Appearences: 68 - Spain
Biography:
Luis Arconada was a fine exponent of goalkeeping, who chalked up many club and international appearances in his 16 year keeping career.
He played in the 78 and 82 World Cups for Spain, as well as the now infamous Euro 84 [...]

Sepp Maier

Name: Josef “Sepp” Maier
Club Appearences: 536 - Bayern Munich 1965-1980
National Appearences: 95 - West Germany - 1966-1979
Biography:
Sepp Maier was one of the greatest keepers during a period which saw many great goalkeepers rise to prominence, particularly in Europe.
He spent his entire playing career at Bayern Munich - which is an achievement in itself - [...]

Bert Trautmann

Bert Trautmann

Name: Bernhard “Bert” Carl Trautmann
Club Appearances: 590 (545 Manchester City, 43 St Helens town, 2 Wellington town)

Height: 6ft 2in - 189.5cm

Date of Birth: 22/10/1922 Bremen, Germany

Biography
Bert Trautmann had a quite remarkable goalkeeping career which began in a prisoner of war camp in Ashton-in-Makerfield and ended, long after, having lifted the FA Cup for Manchester [...]

Bodo Illgner

Name: Bodo Illgner
Club Appearances: 417 (326 for 1.FC Koln; 91 for Real Madrid)

National Appearances: 54 (Germany)
Height: 6ft 1in - 187cm

Date of Birth: 07/04/1967, Koblenz, West Germany

Biography
Bodo Illgner was the vociferous shot-stopping goalkeeper who achieved great things for club and country, winning the FIFA World Cup (1990, Germany), the European Champions League twice (1998, 2000, [...]

John Thomson - “The Prince of Goalkeepers”

There are few figures from the history of goalkeeping who generate such resounding applause and respect from those who witnessed him play as John Thomson, of Glasgow Celtic, who lost his life on the pitch, making a one-on-one save against arch rivals Glasgow Rangers.
On September 5, 1931, John Thomson played his last ever game of [...]