The World's Best Goalkeeper of the 20th Century

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The following are the top 20 goalkeepers on the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) poll for The World's Best Goalkeeper of the 20th Century:

  1. 22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png
    Lev Yashin
  2. 22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png
    Gordon Banks
  3. 22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png
    Dino Zoff
  4. 22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png
    Sepp Maier
  5. 22px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785-1873_and_1875-1931%29.svg.png
    Ricardo Zamora
  6. 22px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png
    Jos Luis Chilavert
  7. 22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png
    Peter Schmeichel
  8. 22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png
    Peter Shilton
  9. 22px-Flag_of_Czechoslovakia.svg.png
    Frantiek Plnička
  10. 22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png
    Amadeo Carrizo
  11. 22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png
    Gilmar dos Santos Neves
  12. 22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png
    Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
  13. 22px-Ulster_banner.svg.png
    Pat Jennings
  14. 22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png
    Ubaldo Fillol
  15. 22px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png
    Antonio Carbajal
  16. 22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png
    Jean-Marie Pfaff
  17. 22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png
    Rinat Dasaev
  18. 22px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281957-1989%29.svg.png
    Gyula Grosics
  19. 22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png
    Thomas Ravelli
  20. 22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png
    Walter Zenga
Who do you rate as the World's best 20th Century goalkeeper? For me, it's Peter Schmeichel, strong influence on my goalkeeping when I was younger and always had presence on the field, made some spectacular saves and was always looking to close down the ball. Think he scored 11/12/13 goals in his career to, which is quite impressive.
 
Funnily enough, my brother asked me to pick a premiership XI earlier and Schmeichel was my number one.

The Great Dane was at times, nigh on unbeatable - I really wouldn't want to go up against him in a fight!
 
I think Bruce Grobbelar deserves a shout. As well as Neville Southall, but playing for Zimbabwe and the Taffs they arent gonna get the international recognition they deserve.
 
The following are the top 20 goalkeepers on the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) poll for The World's Best Goalkeeper of the 20th Century:

  1. 22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png
    Lev Yashin
  2. 22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png
    Gordon Banks
  3. 22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png
    Dino Zoff
  4. 22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png
    Sepp Maier
  5. 22px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785-1873_and_1875-1931%29.svg.png
    Ricardo Zamora
  6. 22px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png
    Jos Luis Chilavert
  7. 22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png
    Peter Schmeichel
  8. 22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png
    Peter Shilton
  9. 22px-Flag_of_Czechoslovakia.svg.png
    Frantiek Plnička
  10. 22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png
    Amadeo Carrizo
  11. 22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png
    Gilmar dos Santos Neves
  12. 22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png
    Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
  13. 22px-Ulster_banner.svg.png
    Pat Jennings
  14. 22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png
    Ubaldo Fillol
  15. 22px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png
    Antonio Carbajal
  16. 22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png
    Jean-Marie Pfaff
  17. 22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png
    Rinat Dasaev
  18. 22px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281957-1989%29.svg.png
    Gyula Grosics
  19. 22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png
    Thomas Ravelli
  20. 22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png
    Walter Zenga
Who do you rate as the World's best 20th Century goalkeeper? For me, it's Peter Schmeichel, strong influence on my goalkeeping when I was younger and always had presence on the field, made some spectacular saves and was always looking to close down the ball. Think he scored 11/12/13 goals in his career to, which is quite impressive.

Hibs put 5 past the number 3 on that list in one game!
 
Rogrio Ceni

He's played half of his career in the 20th Century so I suppose this counts..

Did you know he is recognised as the leading goalscorer for a goalkeeper? Scoring no less than 89 goals!
I thought Schmeichel scored a lot but that's just unbelievable.
 
I'm torn between 2 here...

Peter Shilton, Great keeper who had a career which lasted an eternity.

Or,

Pat Jennings...
 
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The following are the top 20 goalkeepers on the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) poll for The World's Best Goalkeeper of the 20th Century:

  1. 22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png
    Lev Yashin
  2. 22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png
    Gordon Banks
  3. 22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png
    Dino Zoff
  4. 22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png
    Sepp Maier
  5. 22px-Flag_of_Spain_%281785-1873_and_1875-1931%29.svg.png
    Ricardo Zamora
  6. 22px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png
    Jos Luis Chilavert
  7. 22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png
    Peter Schmeichel
  8. 22px-Flag_of_England.svg.png
    Peter Shilton
  9. 22px-Flag_of_Czechoslovakia.svg.png
    Frantiek Plnička
  10. 22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png
    Amadeo Carrizo
  11. 22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png
    Gilmar dos Santos Neves
  12. 22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png
    Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
  13. 22px-Ulster_banner.svg.png
    Pat Jennings
  14. 22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png
    Ubaldo Fillol
  15. 22px-Flag_of_Mexico_%281934-1968%29.svg.png
    Antonio Carbajal
  16. 22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png
    Jean-Marie Pfaff
  17. 22px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png
    Rinat Dasaev
  18. 22px-Flag_of_Hungary_%281957-1989%29.svg.png
    Gyula Grosics
  19. 22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png
    Thomas Ravelli
  20. 22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png
    Walter Zenga
Who do you rate as the World's best 20th Century goalkeeper? For me, it's Peter Schmeichel, strong influence on my goalkeeping when I was younger and always had presence on the field, made some spectacular saves and was always looking to close down the ball. Think he scored 11/12/13 goals in his career to, which is quite impressive.


It's all about opinions isn't it. Some deserve to be on the list some don't. Here are another 10 that aint even on the original list;
Oliver Kahn
Neville Southall
Zubizarreta
Andy Goram
Claudio Taffarel
Vitor Baia
Rustu
Shay Given
Fabien Bartez
Not forgeting the best of the lot in Jim Leighton, legend. IN fact there are loads of goalkeepers who you could consider deserve to be in the top 20 list.
 
It's all about opinions isn't it. Some deserve to be on the list some don't. Here are another 10 that aint even on the original list;
Oliver Kahn
Neville Southall
Zubizarreta
Andy Goram
Claudio Taffarel
Vitor Baia
Rustu
Shay Given
Fabien Bartez
Not forgeting the best of the lot in Jim Leighton, legend. IN fact there are loads of goalkeepers who you could consider deserve to be in the top 20 list.

It is the largest statistics poll made for 'The Best Goalkeeper of the 20th Century' so I imagine its of the majority of people's opinions. Never heard of a few of them myself. I'd say Kahn's, Given's and Barthez's peaks were definitely 21st Century but that's just my opinion.. :g: