Goalkeeper Nations (1 Viewer)

bigjesus · Dec 11, 2005

Which countries do have great goalkeepers for many years ?

Italy and Germany have had great keepers in the last decades. But Germany is going to break that great reputation of having superior keepers. I don't have a keeper in my mind which can replace a Kahn after his end.

Italy is also a great. Buffon in form is one of the best on this planet. A non keeper nation is England. Last but not least France. Barthez's great time is over but with Cupet the have a one of the best too.

Henry · Dec 11, 2005

what about Brazil, with Dida and Toldo?

Bjerknes · Dec 11, 2005

The United States has always had some great keepers, perhaps our only secure position on the pitch for decades. Tony Meola was a stalwart during the 90's in which he was solid for most of the time. After 1998 Brad Freidal become our #1 and was goalkeeper of the year in 2003 for the EPL if I remember correctly. He was one of the goalkeepers in Korea and Japan during the World Cup in 2002. We also have Casey Keller who has been at Tottenham in the past and is now one of the better keepers in the Bundisliga. Don't forget about Howard at United who Sir Alex still has faith in..

It's because of our backround in several different sports that allows us have a real glut for goalkeepers. Sports such as American football and basketball really give our athletes an edge in eye-hand coordination that is ultimately the key element in goalkeeping.

Bjerknes · Dec 11, 2005

HWIENIAWSKI said:

Toldo is Italian and Brazil has never really been a powerhouse for goalkeepers...think of somebody other than Taffarel..

Zé Tahir · Dec 11, 2005

Italy

Zlatan · Dec 11, 2005

Yugoslavia.

Henry · Dec 11, 2005

RochemBeck said:

shit...confusing hom with someone....Cesar?

Zé Tahir · Dec 11, 2005

RochemBeck said:

The United States has always had some great keepers, perhaps our only secure position on the pitch for decades. Tony Meola was a stalwart during the 90's in which he was solid for most of the time. After 1998 Brad Freidal become our #1 and was goalkeeper of the year in 2003 for the EPL if I remember correctly. He was one of the goalkeepers in Korea and Japan during the World Cup in 2002. We also have Casey Keller who has been at Tottenham in the past and is now one of the better keepers in the Bundisliga. Don't forget about Howard at United who Sir Alex still has faith in..

It's because of our backround in several different sports that allows us have a real glut for goalkeepers. Sports such as American football and basketball really give our athletes an edge in eye-hand coordination that is ultimately the key element in goalkeeping.

maybe also the fact that the team is a mixture of all kinds of guys of different origins

JCK · Dec 11, 2005

Russia.

Azzurri7 · Dec 11, 2005

Lebanon:dontcare:

sallyinzaghi · Dec 12, 2005

HWIENIAWSKI said:

cesar has been crap for inter this season from what I've seen

Tino · Dec 12, 2005

whats with germany???

at this point we have 6 very could when not world class keeper!

Lehmann
Kahn
Hildebrand
Enke
Weidenfeller
Rost

All top candidats for the place in the national-team-goal for the next years!!

Eddy · Dec 12, 2005

Azzurri7 said:

loyada · Dec 12, 2005

petr cech

Tom · Dec 12, 2005

RochemBeck said:

Hate to burst your bubble but last season Fergie persevered in the majority of games with the calamity-prone Roy Carroll over Howard. Carroll refused to sign a new deal when it became apparent that VDS was going to be the number 1 keeper for the forseeable future. Howard stayed by default.

Broadly speaking though I agree with your point about US keepers, its certainly the standout department in your "soccer" history as far as I'm concerned - Friedel is one of the most consistent EPL keepers and Keller I've always rated as a very good shotstopper.

mikhail · Dec 12, 2005

bigjesus said:

Not true. Sure, they've had no luck with them recently, but from Frank Swift in the 1930s, through Gordon Banks, Peter Shilton, Ray Clemence and David Seaman, they used to be a real powerhouse.

Tom said:

I never rated Keller, but Friedel was an excellent keeper. Howard is hard to judge given how little playing time he's had at Man Utd, but is certainly talented.

Bjerknes · Dec 12, 2005

Tom said:

There were also rumors that Howard was going to leave as well, however stayed for one reason or another. And I remember seeing an interview with Sir Alex in early 2005 IIRC in which he said he still has faith in Howard for the future...it's just that Tim is not ready yet.

Don't worry, you can say football.

peckface · Dec 12, 2005

First team that comes to mind is Italy, second Brazil.

As for us, Ravelli was great, Isaksson could become the best. Don't really know before that though, and I'm not exactly a fan of Hedman.

Slagathor · Dec 12, 2005

Jeeks said:

I disagree. The greatest keeper of all time is definitely Russian but they hardly have a long standing tradition of good keepers...

"The Spider" is a legend tho

/usr/bin · Dec 12, 2005

Call me biased if you want, but I think that Ali Hassan (Bahrain's GK) is a very good goalkeeper... Too bad he's a bit on the short side, though..

..and those in the Gulf Region might remember Bahraini legendary GK Hmood Sultan..

Amazing player..

..but I wouldn't call us a Goalkeeper nation... :biggrin:

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