Even though goalkeepers are the toughest position in football, they are the least praised for their efforts. When goal scorers get all the credit in a football game, it’s hard to be praised as a goalkeeper.
But still, they have the capability of deciding match results. And football has seen a lot of legends in this position. From Lev Yashin to Manuel Nuer, we witnessed spectacular goalies’ performances in football. A clean sheet is the best award to get for a goalkeeper in a football match.
So here we are discussing the top 5 Goal keepers who has the most Clean Sheets in football history.
6- Pepe Reina
The Spanish professional Goalkeeper Pepe Reina is sixth in this list with 359 clean sheets from 956 appearances. he has played in several top clubs in his career.
He started his career with Fc Barcelona. He also played for Villarreal, SSC Napoli, Lazio ,Aston Villa, AC Milan and Liverpool. He is currently played for Spanish club Villarreal.
He has played the most in his career for Liverpool. He won 3 Premier League golden gloves in the span with Liverpool.
The Spaniard has also in the team which won the world cup in 2010.he also won 12 collective trophies in his remarkable career.
5- Manuel Neuer
German international goalkeeper Manuel Neuer is fifth in this list with 376 clean sheets from 847 appearances. He also hold the records for most clean sheets in the Bundesliga history.
Manuel Neuer is the only one in this list who currently playing professional football. The Bayern Munich captain also played for Schalke in his career.
he has 224 cleans sheets in Bundesliga and he also has the most clean sheets for Bayern with a whopping 245 clean sheets from 522 appearances.
He was awarded the Best European Goalkeeper a record five times, and the IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper a joint-record five times, alongside Gianluigi Buffon and Iker Casillas. He was also named the Best FIFA Goalkeeper in 2020.
4- Petr Çech
Czech former professional goal keeper Petr Çech is 4th in this list with 397 clean sheets from 810 appearances. He also hold the records for most clean sheets in the Premier League history.
The Czech international played for 5 clubs in his football career. Čech began his senior career at Czech football club Chmel Blšany and played 2 season with them.
His other clubs were Sparta Prague, Rennes, Arsenal and Chelsea Fc. He holds the record for most clean sheets at Chelsea football club.
Čech holds a number of goalkeeping records, including the Premier League record for fewest appearances required to reach 100 clean sheets, having done so in 180 appearances, the most clean sheets in a season (24), as well as the record only goalkeeper to have won the Premier League Golden Glove with two separate clubs.
3 – Iker Casillas
The Spaniard played for Real Madrid and Porto in his career. Apart from clean sheets record in Champions League , he also hold the record for First goalkeeper to win 100 UEFA Champions League matches and Most penalty kicks saved in the UEFA Champions League history with 23 saves.
At the national level, Casillas is arguably the best goalkeeper in history. He won 1 world cup and Euro cups with Spain national team. he has the Most international clean sheets with 123 Clean sheets and Most appearances by a goalkeeper in the FIFPro World XI with 5 appearances.
2- Edwin Wan Der Sar
The former Manchester United legend Edwin Wan Der Sar is 2nd most clean sheets in football history with 440 clean sheets. The Dutch International played for 5 club in his career.
He played for Manchester United, Juventus ,Fulham, Ajax and Dutch club VV Noord Wijk .He was the oldest player to win the premier league in 2011 with Manchester United. He also set a world record by not conceding a league goal for 1,311 minutes.
He played the most matches for his first club Ajax, where he has 139 clean sheets from 259 appearances. Van der Sar has won several individual awards, including Best European Goalkeeper in 1995 and 2009, and UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year in 2009.
1- Gianluigi Buffon
The Italian legend Gianluigi Buffon has the most clean sheets in football history, with 501 clean sheets from 1103 appearances. He also holds the record for the most appearances in Serie A history.
Gianluigi Buffon started his career in Parma. Then he joined Juventus for the record fee for a goalkeeper at that time. He was the first goalkeeper to win the Serie A Footballer of the Year award, and was named Serie A Goalkeeper of the Year a record twelve times. Buffon also played for PSG in his club career.
At the national level, with 176 international caps, Buffon is the most-capped goalkeeper of all time. He was the starting goalkeeper of the Italian squad that won the 2006 World Cup, being awarded the Golden Glove as the competition’s best goalkeeper.
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