Whom was the best of these legendary goalkeepers ?

Question

1) Sepp Maier..Germany
2) Jan Tomotszewski(spelling?)..Poland
3)Gordon Banks..England
4)Dino Zoff...Italy
5) Lev Yashin..Soviet Union
6)Zubizarreta..Spain

Yes I did Dr zizou, please except my apologies.. Shilton was very good also.

Answer 1

Shep Messing

Answer 2

Hi andygurl, I would have to go with Lev Yashin of Soviet Union.
Lev Yashin is the only goalkeeper ever to win the European Footballer of the Year Award in 1963. He is also believed to have blocked around 150 penalty kicks during his career; far more than any other goalkeeper in history.
My favorite is Dino Zoff!!

Answer 3

Lev Yashin wasn't called the Black Octopus (or Black Spider) for nothing. It was as if he had 8 arms to block every shot at the goal. He is FIFA's "World Keeper of the Century".

Dino Zoff is a very, very close second, having established a Guinness Record for logging the longest number of minutes without conceding a goal.

I salute these great goalkeepers of all time!

Answer 4

Lev Yashin was and will always be the Legend. He is the greatest keeper. My 2nd favorite is Peter Schmeichel - Danish Goal Keeper. He used to play for MU.

Answer 5

Lev Yashin definetely cuz he was the hero of Soviet Union (where actually i lived,i mean the homeland of all ma' family)
he saved a lot of penalties...more than everyone

Answer 6

LevYashin is probably the best keeper out of all of them. Plus, they have a trophy named after him, kind of like the Cy Young Award for goalies.
My favorite though would have to be Zoff because he is Italian.

Answer 7

Dino Zoff! But I personally think Gianluigi Buffon is better then him

Answer 8

Lev Yashin of SOVIET UNION is the all time greatest goalkeeper in the world.

Answer 9

Lev Yashin da best!

Answer 10

Lev Yashin because
* 812 career games played
* 326 games played for Dynamo Moscow main line-up (soccer team)
* 78 caps for the USSR national team (70 goals conceded)
* 13 caps at the World Cup (4 clean sheets)
* 2 FIFA 'Best of the World XI' appearances (1963-vs England,1968- vs Brazil)
* FIFA testimonial match (1971)
* 480 career clean sheets
* 150 career penalty kick saves

* 812 career games played
* 326 games played for Dynamo Moscow main line-up (soccer team)
* 78 caps for the USSR national team (70 goals conceded)
* 13 caps at the World Cup (4 clean sheets)
* 2 FIFA 'Best of the World XI' appearances (1963-vs England,1968- vs Brazil)
* FIFA testimonial match (1971)
* 480 career clean sheets
* 150 career penalty kick saves

[edit] Awards

[edit] Domestic

* 1 gold medal for the USSR ice hockey championship
* 5 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze medals for the USSR championships (soccer)
* 3 times USSR Cup winner



* 1 Olympic gold medal
* 1 gold medal as the European Championship winner
* 1 silver medal as the European Championship runner-up



* European Footballer of the Year "Golden Ball" Award (1963)
* 4th place in the World Cup finals (1966)
* 3 times The Best Goalkeeper of the USSR (1960,1963,1966)
* 22 official seasons with the same club (1950-1970)
* Order of Lenin (1967)
* Olympic Order (1986)
* FIFA Golden Order for Merits (1988)
* Golden medal of 'Hammer and Sickle' (star) of Hero of Socialist Labor with Order of Lenin (equals to military award of Hero of the Soviet Union) (1989)
* FIFA 'World-Keeper of the Century' title and FIFA 'Century XI' team membership (2000)
* The Golden Player of Russia by the Football Union of Russia as their most outstanding player of the past 50 years (November 2003, to celebrate UEFA's Jubilee)[2]