Who do you think are the Best Keepers in the World?

[mrliioadin]

I'm working on a patch for FIFA 07 and trying to learn more about the broad scope of international goalkeeping. I wanted to start by getting your oppinion on the 10 best goalkeepers in the world at the moment.

Do not exclude anyone or consider age in the equation. Just tell me who you think is the best. i'll weed through it. a 1 - 10 listing is prefered. but any information you provide will be put to use I assure you.

Thanks all who participate.

 

[$teauA]

1 - Petr Cech
2 - Edwin Van Der Sar
3 - Oliver Kahn
4 - Gianluigi Buffon
5 - Iker Casillas

Those are 5 that stand out in my mind. I think they are a class above the rest.

 

[Deisler]

2 - Edwin Van Der Sar


Those are 5 that stand out in my mind. I think they are a class above the rest.

 

[SlowSilver]

I don't know why you are suprised..Van Der Sar has been immense this season. If it weren't for him, I doubt Man Utd would be sitting 6 points clear of the Premiership.

 

[paolo-fcb]

1 - Petr Cech
2 - Edwin Van Der Sar
3 - Oliver Kahn
4 - Gianluigi Buffon
5 - Iker Casillas

Those are 5 that stand out in my mind. I think they are a class above the rest.

I agree the 1st 5, but change the order:

1 - Gianluigi Buffon
2 - Oliver Kahn
3 - Peter Cech
4 - Edwin Van Der Sar
5 - Iker Casillas

 

[PSVFOREVER]

1 Buffon
2 Cech
3 Gomes
4 Casillas
5 Van Der Sar

 

[faceNside]

Van Der Sar and Kahn over Casillas? We are in 2007, no 2000.

 

[Thelonious]

It's pretty hard to judge keepers , you might put jens lehmann in with the others that have been mentioned.

 

[Juventino]

I'd say Buffon, Casillas and Cech are the elite (alphabetic order, right? ) but it's hard to make a list from 1 to 10... It depends on other important things too. Their defenders, the style their team plays...

 

[Bonzi]

Igor Akinfeev will be in the top in a couple of years

 

[Jaboldinho]

1.Buffon
2.Cech
3.Lehmann
4.Van der Sar
5.Casillas
6.Kahn
7.Jääskeläinen
8.Reina
9.Valdes
10.Dida

But as the guys before said, it's hard to put them on a list.

 

[Moreira_Benfica]

wow, no one even mentioned Coupet?

 

[Socrates]

Van Der Sar and Kahn over Casillas? We are in 2007, no 2000.

Thank you, there's only one Casillas.

 

[Zlatan]

Petr Cech edges out Edwin just in the end.
Those two are really the best ATM.

EDIT: Oh and BTW, I think Van der Sar is better now than he was in 2000. At that time he failed at Juventus and was playing for Fulham. Nowadays he's one of the leaders of Man Utd and Oranje. Although he was at his best when he still played for us back in the mid 90's.

 

[Tosiek]

Boruc, no one is better now.

 

[Vedran-10]

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Iker Casillas
3. Petr Čech
4. Edwin Van Der Sar
5. Stipe Pletikosa

 

[mrliioadin]

Thanks for all of the responses so far... Aye I agree it is quite tough to organize them into a list but the discussion itself is very informative. The feedback has been great and extremely useful. So far the keepers mentioned for contention is:

Buffon
Casillas
Van Der Sar
Cech
Kahn
Lehmann
Jääskeläinen
Reina
Valdes
Dida
Gomes
Igor Akinfeev
Coupet
Boruc


Do you guys think anyone is missing? or maybe doesn't Belong?

 

[paolo-fcb]

Thanks for all of the responses so far... Aye I agree it is quite tough to organize them into a list but the discussion itself is very informative. The feedback has been great and extremely useful. So far the keepers mentioned for contention is:

Buffon
Casillas
Van Der Sar
Cech
Kahn
Lehmann
Jääskeläinen
Reina
Valdes
Dida
Gomes
Igor Akinfeev
Coupet
Boruc


Do you guys think anyone is missing? or maybe doesn't Belong?

Timo Hildebrand of VFB Stuttgart......

 

[shokz]

1 - Petr Cech
2 - Edwin Van Der Sar
3 - Oliver Kahn
4 - Gianluigi Buffon
5 - Iker Casillas

Those are 5 that stand out in my mind. I think they are a class above the rest.

Van der Sar gets beaten too easily by shots from outside the area.

 

[SlowSilver]

Given should definitely be in the top 10 at least.