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Everybody says you've got to be a bit crazy to wear the number one jersey.

But there is no doubting it is one of the most important jobs on the football pitch.

You need agility and bravery to be a keeper.

And you are allowed to handle the ball, but only in the penalty box.

It can get lonely between the sticks.

You need to be always ready and alert for that crucial save - especially if you have not had much to do during the game.

Now that goalkeepers can no longer pick up backpasses, there is more emphasis on the control and kicking skills of a keeper.

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The World's Best Goalkeeper of the 20th Century

0. Lev Yashin
0. Gordon Banks
0. Dino Zoff
0. Sepp Maier
0. Ricardo Zamora
0. José Luis Chilavert
0. Peter Schmeichel
0. Peter Shilton
0. František Plánička
0. Amadeo Carrizo
0. Gilmar dos Santos Neves
0. Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
0. Pat Jennings
0. Ubaldo Fillol
0. Antonio Carbajal
0. Jean-Marie Pfaff
0. Rinat Dasaev
0. Gyula Grosics
0. Thomas Ravelli
0. Walter Zenga

World's Best Goalkeeper of the Year

The following is a list of goalkeepers selected by the IFFHS every year since 1987 as The World's Best Goalkeeper