Best European Goalkeeper
Annual award given to the best goalkeeper of a season of Champions League
The Best European Goalkeeper award is a football award given annually since 1990 to the most outstanding Goalkeeper in Europe, as voted by the UEFA magazine, in 2009 the ESM become the donor of the award.[1]
From 1998 to 2009 the Best European Goalkeeper was awarded to the same goalkeepers that won the Best Goalkeeper within the UEFA Club Football Awards.[2]
List of winners
- 1990 – Walter Zenga
- 1991 – Bodo Illgner
- 1992 – Peter Schmeichel
- 1993 – Peter Schmeichel
- 1994 – Michel Preud'homme
- 1995 – Edwin van der Sar
- 1996 – Andreas Köpke
- 1997 – Jens Lehmann
- 1998 – Peter Schmeichel
- 1999 – Oliver Kahn
- 2000 – Oliver Kahn
- 2001 – Oliver Kahn
- 2002 – Oliver Kahn
- 2003 – Gianluigi Buffon
- 2004 – Vítor Baía
- 2005 – Petr Čech
- 2006 – Jens Lehmann
- 2007 – Petr Čech
- 2008 – Petr Čech
- 2009 – Edwin van der Sar
- 2010 – Iker Casillas
- 2011 – Manuel Neuer
- 2012 – Petr Čech
- 2013 – Manuel Neuer
- 2014 – Manuel Neuer
- 2015 – Manuel Neuer
- 2016 – Gianluigi Buffon
- 2017 – Gianluigi Buffon
- 2018 – Keylor Navas
- 2019 – Alisson
- 2020 – Manuel Neuer
- 2021 – Édouard Mendy
- 2022 – Thibaut Courtois
Wins by country
Country | Players | Total |
---|---|---|
Germany | 5 | 13 |
Czech Republic | 1 | 4 |
Denmark | 1 | 3 |
Italy | 2 | 4 |
Netherlands | 1 | 2 |
Belgium | 1 | 1 |
Portugal | 1 | 1 |
Spain | 1 | 1 |
Costa Rica | 1 | 1 |
Brazil | 1 | 1 |
Senegal | 1 | 1 |
Wins by club
Club | Players | Total |
---|---|---|
Bayern Munich | 2 | 8 |
Chelsea | 2 | 5 |
Manchester United | 2 | 4 |
Juventus | 1 | 3 |
Schalke 04 | 2 | 2 |
Real Madrid | 2 | 2 |
1. FC Köln | 1 | 1 |
Mechelen | 1 | 1 |
Ajax | 1 | 1 |
Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | 1 |
Porto | 1 | 1 |
Arsenal | 1 | 1 |
Liverpool | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
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Best European Goalkeeper
- 1990: Zenga
- 1991: Illgner
- 1992: Schmeichel
- 1993: Schmeichel
- 1994: Preud'homme
- 1995: Van der Sar
- 1996: Köpke
- 1997: Lehmann
- 1998: Schmeichel
- 1999: Kahn
- 2000: Kahn
- 2001: Kahn
- 2002: Kahn
- 2003: Buffon
- 2004: Baía
- 2005: Čech
- 2006: Lehmann
- 2007: Čech
- 2008: Čech
- 2009: Van der Sar
- 2010: Casillas
- 2011: Neuer
- 2012: Čech
- 2013: Neuer
- 2014: Neuer
- 2015: Neuer
- 2016: Buffon
- 2017: Buffon
- 2018: Navas
- 2019: Alisson
- 2020: Neuer
- 2021: Mendy
- 2022: Courtois