The goalkeeper is a position in association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport. The goalkeeper's main role is to stop the opposing team from scoring a "goal". This is accomplis
Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois making a save during the FIFA World Cup quarter-final match against Brazil on 6 July 2018.
Non spherical reflex ball used in goalkeeper training
A goalkeeper (left, wearing a white shirt) being charged by a rival player (1905)
Maksym Koval (left) closes down Luis Suárez.
Lev Yashin
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Lev Ivanovich Yashin was a Soviet professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time and the best goalkeeper in the history of the sport
Goalkeeper (association football)
…who have been labelled "sweeper-keepers" in the media include Marc-André ter Stegen of FC Barcelona and Germany, Spaniard Víctor Valdés, and the late Lev Yashin, the latter of whom is often cited by pundits as one of the goalkeepers who pioneered the role of the sweeper-keeper. Sweeper-keepers have been popularised…
Yashin in 1965
Yashin's Dynamo Moscow jersey (middle), next to that of Michel Platini (left) and Oliver Kahn (right) in the San Siro museum
Yashin in 1960
Yashin on a 2016 Russian stamp from the series "Football Legends"