Goalkeeping Museum

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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 [...]

For many years, goalkeepers had to content themselves with either a lonesome solitary (or small group) training session on their own, or with the outfield players, followed by some shooting practice or a small match.
These days, goalkeepers have their own coaches – usually ex-keepers themselves – who provide specific drills aimed solely at perfecting the [...]

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, [...]