All-Time World Goalkeeper Ranking (1987-2009) Blue coloured: still active
Ideally, the question of who were the world‘s all-time best goalkeepers can only be answered in three-parts: - The official voting for the "The World‘s best Goalkeeper of the Century" has long been carried out through the participation of selected jurors (editorial staff) from almost all countries. This was done by means of a list of candidates who had qualified beforehand through the votes from the six football continents of Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, Oceania, North and Central America/Caribbean. At the continental votings - the jurors were only entitled to vote for goalkeepers from their own continents. The votings for the goalkeepers of the century from the individual football continents and of the world, as well as their honours take into consideration the period 1900 to 1999 and are published on the web site www.IFFHS.de - chapter VII and IX. - The introduction of the annual voting for the "The World‘s best Goalkeeper" (by the IFFHS) created the objective conditions for determining an all-time world ranking of the best goalkeepers. Consequently, the best goalkeepers in the world can only be determined completely objectively from 1987. To do that, regard will be had to the annual "Top 10", with each goalkeeper awarded the number of points appropriate to his place in the rankings. The first receives ten points, down to the 10th who gets one point; the total points will give the All-Time World Goalkeeper Ranking since 1987. This world ranking of goalkeepers is now available and covers 23 years. It will be updated annually in January, with each additional year. The IFFHS plans a Gala in 2012 to mark "25 Years World Goalkeepers", to which will be invited and honoured all of the annual winners and the "Top ten" in the overall placings. - The goalkeepers for the period 1872-1899, as well as generally up to the present, will also be considered by the IFFHS using a different methodology: by having regard to the goalkeepers in the full "A" internationals, analogous Olympic matches, national cup finals, national championships and continental club competitions. The various rankings of the goalkeepers will be determined chronologically and published (including text and photos) step-by-step on the IFFHS website. Those world rankings for the 19th century have already been published in the chapters I, IV and V and will extend to 1910 in 2008/2009. In the national championships (chapter IV), some categories of goalkeepers up to the present have already been published and will be updated regularly. IFFHS |
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