IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper

IFFHS World's Best Man Goalkeeper
SportAssociation football
Awarded forBest performing man goalkeeper of the calendar year
Presented byInternational Federation of Football History & Statistics
History
First award1987
Editions37
First winnerBelgium Jean-Marie Pfaff
Most winsItaly Gianluigi Buffon
Spain Iker Casillas
Germany Manuel Neuer
(5 awards each)
Most recentBrazil Ederson (1st award)
Websitewww.iffhs.com
Belgian goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff was the first ever winner of the award, in 1987.

The IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper is a football award given annually since 1987 to the best goalkeeper of the year as voted by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS). The votes are cast by IFFHS's editorial staff as well as experts from different continents.

The winner is announced at the end of the year. The winning goalkeeper is awarded a gold trophy at the World Football Gala. Italy's Gianluigi Buffon, Spain's Iker Casillas and Germany's Manuel Neuer have each won the award a record five times; Casillas won the award for five consecutive years between 2008 and 2012. Below is a list of the previous winners since the first award in 1987, which was won by Belgium's Jean-Marie Pfaff.[1] Bayern Munich is the team with the most wins, with a total of nine.

  1. ^ "IFFHS' World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 February 2013.