The last man standing

Do you like to play football? What..no...then dont read below. If your answer is yes, am sure u like to dribble past few players and score at the back of the net.

Yes football is a game for goal scorers, and usually forwards does the scoring work. But i personally feel that toughest job in football is the job of defenders. A forward can miss a chance, but all his misses wil be played down with a huge exuberant gesture once he scores a goal. But on the other hand if a defender makes a miss, its fatal and some times he may endup loosing his life. Dont forget about Escobar, who paid his life for his miss, a self goal.

Am here to tell you about another category, which is also less noticed like the earlier mentioned category. The Last man standing between the Ball and the Goal. The Last line of Defence, the Goal Keepers. When we think of football many names comes into our mind and if you recollect them you may not even find a single Goal Keeping Legend. If you sit back, make your mind and try to recollect some goal keepers names from Higuitta to Chilaverst comes into mind.

I request your attention to these Goal Keeping Superstars.

Lev Yashin - Russia

Considered as the Greatest Goal Keepers in the history. In 1994, FIFA established the Lev Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper at the World Cup finals

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Yashin

Gordon Banks - England

famous for "The 1970 save against Pelé" . Do read the description and see the picture describing the save in the wiki link.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Banks#

Jose Rene Higuita - Colombia

Famous for his scorpion kicks

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Higuita

Peter Shilton - England

Record for the most World Cup finals clean sheets. Was manning the england goal when maradona scored the controversial "Hand of God"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shilton#

Sergio Javier Goycochea - Argentina

Best known for his penalty kick saves.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Goycochea

Jose Luis Chilavert - Paraguay

Chilavert was also known for his skills as a free kick specialist, and often took penalties. He is often referred as goal scoring goalie.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Chilavert

Claudio Taffarel - Brazil

was member of the 1994 worldcup winning brazil team, when the last penalty kick from Baggio flew over the post.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A1udio_Taffarel

Michel Preud'homme - Belgium

first winner of the Yashin Award as the best goalkeeper at the 1994 World Cup.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Preud%27homme

Fabien Barthez - France

He shares the record for the most World Cup finals clean sheets with Peter Shilton

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabien_Barthez

Oliver Kahn - Germany

Kahn is nicknamed "King Kahn" and is the only goalkeeper in the history of football to win the FIFA World Cup Golden Ball (in World Cup 2002).

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Kahn

Gianluigi Buffon - Italy

Buffon was declared by Pelé to be one of the 125 greatest living footballers in the world. During the 2006 World Cup finals, Buffon was in stunning form, as he

conceded just two goals and kept five clean sheets, in addition to a 453-minute scoreless streak

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluigi_Buffon

There are many more names like Jens Lehmann(Germany), Emerson Leao(Brazil), Sepp Maier(Germany), Dino Zoff(Italy) and many more but just mentioned a few who came into mind first.