Football's 20 greatest goalkeepers of all time

12) Amadeo Carrizo

Clubs: River Plate, Millonarios

Country: Argentina

Amadeo Carrizo is arguably the greatest South American goalkeeper of all-time. Carrizo was a pioneer in the position and he was the first goalkeeper to start wearing gloves.

Before Carrizo, goalkeepers usually were stationed in the penalty-box all the time, mostly getting involved in the game only when the ball reached the six-yard box. Carrizo changed all that by getting himself involved in the game, getting out of his box to initiate counter-attacks, changing the dynamics of a goalkeeper’s role in a team.

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11) Oliver Kahn

Clubs: Karlsruher SC, Bayern Munich

Country: Germany

Most of the goalkeepers on this list have put in magnificent performances at the World Cup but none of them went on to win the tournament’s Golden Ball apart from a certain Oliver Rolf Kahn.

Kahn carried a German team who came into the tournament with low expectations into the final almost single-handedly. Despite an injury bothering him, Kahn played in the final which turned out to be a bad move as he spilt a Rivaldo shot that allowed Ronaldo to tap in an easy goal and break German hearts.

He was also vital in Bayern Munich’s European triumph in 2001 as he saved three penalties in the shoot-out to consign Valencia to their second consecutive loss in a Champions League final.

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10) Frantisek Planicka

Club: Slavia Prague

Country: Czechoslovakia

Along with Ricardo Zamora and Giampiero Combi, Frantisek Planicka was one of the great goalkeepers of the pre-war era. He captained Czechoslovakia to the final of the 1934 World Cup, where they were beaten by an Italian team captained by Giampiero Combi.

Despite that, Planicka ended the tournament with his reputation enhanced. He was a one-club man who spent his entire career with Slavia Prague, winning seven league titles. Along with being a great player, Planicka was renowned for his fair play and he was never cautioned or sent off in his entire career.

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9) Peter Shilton

Clubs: Leicester City, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Plymouth, Bolton Wanderers, Leyton Orient

Country: England

Peter Shilton had a much-decorated career, especially at Nottingham Forest where he won one league title and two European Cups in Brian Clough’s regime. Shilton is perhaps most famous for being the goalkeeper at the receiving end of Diego Maradona’s Hand of God, where El Diego leapt and scored with his hand.

Shilton had a fabulous international career, especially at Italia ’90 where, at the age of 40, he performed heroics to help England to their best performance in a World Cup since 1966. He called time on his international career after the tournament, finishing with 125 caps, a record for an English footballer.