Name: Jens Martin Knudsen
National Appearances: 65 (Faroe Islands)
Height: 5ft 9.5in (1.81m)
Date of Birth: 11 June 1967, Saltangara, Faroe Islands
Biography
Jens Martin Knudsen is best known for his woolly white bobble hat. Long before Gianluigi Buffon began donning woolens and other interesting attire, Mr Knudsen was wearing his woolly white hat at the Euro ‘92 tournament (and before then). (more…)
Name: Peter Boleslaw Schmeichel MBE
Club Appearances: 645 (Gladsaxe, Hvidovre IF, Brondby, Manchester United, Sporting CP, Aston Villa, Manchester City)
National Appearances: 129 (Denmark)
Height: 6ft 4in (1.93m)
Date of Birth: November 18 1963, Gladsaxe, Denmark
Biography
To be completed. In the meantime, enjoy the following saves by Peter Schmeichel:
Check back here soon for the full Schmeichel profile.
Full Name: Lev Ivanovich Yashin
Club Appearances: 326 (Dynamo Moscow) - 1949-1971
National Appearances: 78 (USSR)
Height: 6ft 2.5in
Date of Birth: 22/10/1929, Moscow, USSR
Biography
Having been born and raised in Moscow, Lev Yashin spent his entire goalkeeping career at Dynamo Moscow, and enjoyed a tremendous period as national keeper of the USSR team.
Ice cold
Despite going on to be voted the World’s Best Goalkeeper a record six times (a record which still stands to this day) Yashin failed to be selected for the Dynamo Moscow football team on (more…)
Name: David Andrew Seaman MBE
Club Appearances: 954 (563 for Arsenal)
National Appearances: 75 (England)
Height: 6ft 4in
Date of Birth: 19/09/1963, Rotheram, England
Biography
David Seaman finished his career as the second most capped English goalkeeper (behind Peter Shilton); as one of the most decorated as a club player with Arsenal; and, notably, with an MBE from the Queen, for his services to English sport.
‘Safe Hands’
Seaman grew to become an extremely strong and capable goalkeeper, who was feared and respected by many in the tough climate of the English top division of the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. His natural ball handling skill and assured nature earned him the nickname ’safe hands’ from his Arsenal and England teammates.
This would also later become the title of Seaman’s autobiography. (more…)
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. From his early years with his native Leicester City, to the twilight of his career in the 1990 World Cup, Shilton was perceived as a driven and serious soul. It was this drive, dedication and ambition, coupled with a fair amount of natural talent that saw Peter Shilton surpass all appearance records, both national and international. (more…)
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 play a friendly. Renat Dasaev’s performance that day was good enough to persuade Spartak Moscow to sign him immiediately; had it not been for that chance friendly, Dasaev’s talents may have run their course in that desolate outpost. (more…)
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 him infrequently during his first two years at the club due to the dominance of Gerd Welz. When the latter was injured in 1976, Schumacher was forced into the breach; initially, his performances were at times inspired, but predominantly inconsistent, earning him the inglorious nickname of ‘the fidget’. (more…)
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 Final, which Spain lost 2-0 to France following Arconada’s error (see story and video below)
Aside from this error, Arconada was one of the greatest ever goalkeepers, and he was a key figure in Real Sociedad reaching the European Cup Semi Final in 1983. Arconada was also captain of Spain on a number of occasions. (more…)
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 - though he achieved great things with Bayen, winning the Bundesliga four times, and the European Cup three times. (more…)
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
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 City … with a broken neck. (more…)
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