Goalkeeping Museum

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 – [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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:

Peter Schmeichel Great Saves Video;
Peter Schmeichel – Liverpool [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]