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A List of the Top 5 Male Goalkeepers in FIFA – Records and Statistics

An international jury made up of the most outstanding goalkeepers in men’s football selects the winner of the Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper Award.

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A goalkeeper is a player specifically assigned to the task of preventing goals from being scored by the opposing team by stopping or deflecting shots on the goal. The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper nominees have been announced by FIFA, and Gianluigi Donnarumma will compete against Edouard Mendy, Alisson Becker, Kasper Schmeichel, and Manuel Neuer. A winner will be announced on January 17 after being evaluated by an international jury made up of managers, international captains, and a specialist journalist from each territory.

The Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper 

Here is the list of first, second, third rank holders of goalkeepers of different years.

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year Rank Player Team(s)
2017 1st Gianluigi Buffon Juventus
2nd Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich
3rd Keylor Navas Real Madrid
2018 1st Thibaut Courtois Chelsea

 Real Madrid

2nd Hugo Lloris Tottenham Hotspur
3rd Kasper Schmeichel Leicester City
2019 1st Alisson Liverpool
2nd Marc-André ter Stegen Barcelona
3rd Ederson Manchester City
2020 1st Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich
2nd Alisson Liverpool
3rd Jan Oblak Atlético Madrid
2021 1st Édouard Mendy Chelsea
2nd Gianluigi Donnarumma Milan

 Paris Saint-Germain

3rd Manuel Neuer Bayern Munich

 

A goalkeeper is a player specifically assigned to the task of preventing goals from being scored by the opposing team by stopping or deflecting shots on the goal. Four goalkeepers have received the Best FIFA Men’s Goalkeeper honor, including Manuel Neuer, Gianluigi Buffon, Alisson Becker, Gianluigi Donnarumma. The award’s most recent winner was the keeper for Germany and Bayern Munich. In more than 50 games across competitions, the 35-year-old was instrumental in the Bavarian giants’ second continental victory in 2019–20, recording 22 clean sheets.

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