Goalkeeping Museum

Name: Walter Zenga
DOB: 20/04/1960
Height: 6ft 2in (1.88m)
Clubs:

Salernitana (1978-79)
Savona (1979-80)
Sambenedetesse (1980-82)
Internazionale (1982-94)
Sampdoria (1994-96)
Padova (1996-97)
New England Revolution (1997-99)

Years Active: 1978-1999
Club Appearances: 530
International Appearances: (Italy) 58

Walter Zenga, for a number of years at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s was widely regarded as the best goalkeeper in the world, in the middle part of a successful [...]

As the 21st Century dawned, the IFFHS voted for the Goalkeeper of the Century, awarding the top prize to Lev Yashin. Here is their Top Ten (where appropriate, we have added links to their player profile within Goalkeeping Museum for more information, stats and videos on each player!):

Lev Yashin
Gordon Banks
Dino Zoff
Sepp Maier
Ricardo Zamora
José Luis Chilavert
Peter [...]

Name: Dino Zoff
DOB: 28/02/1942, Mariano del Friuli, Italy
Height: 6ft / 1.83m
Clubs:

Udinese (1961–1963)
Mantova (1963–1967)
Napoli (1967–1972)
Juventus (1972–1983)

Years Active: 1968-1987
Club Appearances: 642
International Appearances: (Italy) 112

Dino Zoff
Dino Zoff was arguably the best goalkeeper of his generation – many still claim he is the best they have ever seen – who’s introduction to the world of Serie A clubs was [...]

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 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 [...]

Name: Peter Leslie Shilton(England)
DOB: 18/09/1949
International Appearances: 125
Clubs: Leicester, Stoke, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Derby County, Plymouth Argyle, Leyton Orient, Coventry City.
Years Active: 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. From his early years [...]

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(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 [...]

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 [...]

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 – [...]