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Iker Casillas Fernandez Professional soccer goalkeeper Plays with Athletico Real Madrid and Spain national team
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Iker Casillas FernandezProfessional soccer goalkeeper
Plays with Athletico Real Madrid and Spain national team
Early carrer
cassilas in his debut
Casillas started his career in Real Madrid's youth system during the 1990–91 season. On 27 November 1997 at age 16 but it wasn't until the 1998–99 season that he debuted in the senior side, substituting By the next season, he relegated Illgner to the bench and became first-choice In 2000, he became the youngest ever goalkeeper to play in a Champions League final when Real Madrid defeated Valencia 3–0, just four days after his nineteenth birthday
Achievements
Considered to be one of the finest goalkeepers of all time, Casillas was nominated for the European Footballer of the Year award in 2008, ranking fourth overall At the end of 2012 he was voted into the UEFA Team of the Year for the sixth consecutive time.
As of 2011 Casillas is one of a very select group of players who have won all major club and national championship titles. In 2010, he was awarded with the Sports Prince of Asturias Award. On 19 October 2010 Casillas became the most capped goalkeeper of all time in the UEFA Champions League and in November 2011, he became the most capped player of all time for the Spanish national team.
Casillas became the most capped goalkeeper of all time in the UEFA Champions League and in November 2011, he became the most capped player of all time for the Spanish national team.
South Africa 2010 world cup
On 11 July 2010, he captained Spain to their first ever World Cup title with a 1–0 win against the Netherlands In doing so he became the third ever goalkeeper to captain a World Cup winning side He was voted the tournament's best goalkeeper and awarded the Golden Glove. In the course of the finals in South Africa he kept five clean sheets, conceded two goals, and saved a penalty in the quarter final against Paraguay. In the final, he made two crucial stops from Netherlands' Arjen Robben with the score at 0–0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpZn5lZo0gc
Bibliography • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpZn5lZo0gc
• Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iker_Casillas
