Iker Casillas
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Full name | Iker Casillas Fernández[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 20 May 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Móstoles, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1998 | Real Madrid | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–1999 | Real Madrid C | 26 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | Real Madrid B | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2015 | Real Madrid | 510 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2020 | Porto | 116 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 656 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996 | Spain U15 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1996–1998 | Spain U16 | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1999 | Spain U17 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | Spain U18 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | Spain U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2000 | Spain U21 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2016 |
Spain | 167 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Iker Casillas Fernández (Spanish pronunciation: .
At club level, Casillas started his career with the Real Madrid youth team, eventually gaining promotion to the main team in 1999, where he became the youngest goalkeeper to play in the final of the Champions League, and to win the title, at 19 years and four days. Casillas became the first choice goalkeeper at Real Madrid, winning two Champions Leagues and La Liga titles in his first three seasons, establishing himself as one of the best goalkeepers in the world. During his highly successful career in Madrid, Casillas won all major club titles, including five La Liga titles, four Supercopa de España titles, two Copa del Rey titles, three UEFA Champions Leagues, two UEFA Super Cups, two Intercontinental Cups and the FIFA Club World Cup. After 25 years with Real Madrid, Casillas joined FC Porto in 2015 on a free transfer, where he won the Primeira Liga and a Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira title. While at Porto, he broke the record for most consecutive seasons played in the UEFA Champions League (20) and amassed the most appearances in the competition (177). He ended his playing career in February 2020, after almost a year on the sidelines following a heart attack he suffered during a training session with Porto in May 2019.
With 167 international caps, Casillas has the second most appearances for the Spain national team, making him the joint tenth-
In 2008, Casillas placed fourth overall in the
Early life
Casillas was born on 20 May 1981 in
Casillas has a brother, seven years younger, named Unai, who used to play as a central midfielder for CD Móstoles.[4] The brothers' forenames are of Basque origin due to a family connection to the region: their paternal grandfather – an officer in the Civil Guard – was posted to Bilbao and settled in the city, their father grew up there as a result and Iker also lived in the area as a small child before the family relocated to Madrid.[5]
On one occasion as a young child, when he was seven or eight,[6] Casillas forgot to post his father's football predictions for the weekend; his father had correctly predicted all 15 results, and the family lost out on an estimated €1.2 million (£1 million).[7][6]
Club career
Real Madrid
Early years
Casillas began his career in
2001–2010
Casillas lost his place in the side to backup
The
In February 2009, Casillas equalled Paco Buyo's record of 454 matches played for a goalkeeper and has since surpassed it to become Real Madrid's most-capped goalkeeper of all time at only 27 years old.[17] During the 2009 summer transfer window, some Spanish media reported that Manchester City had launched a record £129 million bid for the goalkeeper. The club denied the rumours, however, saying that no such offer had been made. Manchester United had been rumoured to have enquired about him, but no price was announced.[18] He had been linked with other Premier League clubs before[19] but Casillas himself stated that he "had no intention of leaving" his boyhood club.
During the
2010–2015
During the
During the 2011–12 season, Casillas won the IFFHS Best Goalkeeper award, making him only the second goalkeeper behind Gianluigi Buffon to win it four times and the only goalkeeper to win the award four times in a row. Casillas played his 600th match for Real Madrid on 22 January 2012 in a 4–1 win against Athletic Bilbao. On 2 May 2012, Casillas clinched his fifth La Liga title and his first as a captain of Real Madrid, with a 3–0 win in Bilbao.
On 22 December 2012, Casillas was dropped by
In January 2013, after a serious injury to Casillas, Mourinho signed
In the middle of 2013, it was announced that
Following the Champions League win, the
Porto
2015–2019
"You've always been a Real Madrid icon, but above all you've been one of the best representatives of our position on the pitch. Good luck in your new adventure, it'll be strange to see you in another shirt from now on. Go Iker!"
—Juventus and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon on Casillas following his transfer to Porto in July 2015.[40]
After much speculation about his future, on 11 July 2015 Casillas signed with Portuguese Primeira Liga side Porto on a two-year deal with the option of a one-year extension.[41][42][43] Real Madrid's conduct in his exit was criticised, with Casillas' parents claiming that he was being forced out of the club by president Florentino Pérez, who received calls to quit from fans. Former international teammate Xavi, who earlier that summer left Barcelona after a similarly long and successful career, claimed that Real Madrid were ungrateful of Casillas' service to the club.[44]
Casillas made his Primeira Liga debut on 15 August, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 win over Vitória de Guimarães at the Estádio do Dragão.[45] On 29 September 2015, he overtook Xavi to become the player with the most appearances in the Champions League, making his record 152nd Champions League appearance in a 2–1 home win over Chelsea. That season, Casillas also broke Edwin van der Sar's record for the most clean sheets in Champions League history, keeping his 51st clean sheet in the competition on 20 October 2015, in a 2–0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv, as his team climbed top of Champions League Group G.[46][47] In January 2016, he was blamed for the away loss at Vitória de Guimarães (1–0) in the league, following a high-profile error.[48]
On 11 March 2017, Casillas set a new personal record for clean sheets in a single season with his sixteenth clean sheet in a 4–0 away win over Arouca.[49][50] On 14 March, Casillas made his 175th appearance in UEFA club competitions in a 1–0 away defeat to Juventus in the second leg of the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League, overtaking Paolo Maldini as the player with the most appearances in European club matches.[51]
On 13 September, Casillas equalled
On 4 August, Casillas started in Porto's 3–1 victory over
2019–2020
In July 2019, following his heart attack two months earlier, Casillas returned for pre-season training.[64] Later that month, Porto announced that he had been given a role with the club's coaching staff as he continued his recovery.[62] In August, he was named in Porto's squad for the 2019–20 season.[65] In September, he shared the results of his medical tests on social media;[66] at the end of the month, he stated that he would wait until March of the following year to see how he is progressing with his recovery before deciding whether to return to playing or retire. In October, he posted a photo of himself working out in the club's gym on Instagram.[67] He resumed training on 4 November.[68]
Retirement
On 4 August 2020, Casillas officially announced his retirement from professional football.[69] In July, he was reported to have returned to Real Madrid to work as an advisor for Florentino Pérez.[70] In December 2020, he was appointed as the deputy to the Real Madrid Foundation CEO.[71]
International career
Youth career
Casillas debuted for Spain at the under-17 level. At age 16, he was the youngest player in the Spanish squad that placed third at the 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Egypt. He was later made captain of the U17s. Two years later, he went on to win the FIFA World Youth Championship and the UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup that same year. Initially second-choice, he soon worked his way up to first-choice and eventually earned his first senior cap following some brilliant performances at club level.
Senior debut, Euro 2000 and 2002 World Cup
Casillas is currently the second most capped player in the history of the
Euro 2004 and 2006 World Cup
Casillas played in all eight Group six fixtures during Euro 2004 qualifying, conceding just four goals. He kept a clean sheet in the second leg victory of the playoff against Norway which ended 3–0 in Oslo, and started all of Spain's Euro 2004 matches. He was the first choice for the 2006 World Cup, captaining the team twice, but could not prevent La Roja from losing 3–1 to a Zinedine Zidane-inspired France in the Round of 16.[78]
Euro 2008
With the exclusion of his Real Madrid teammate
In October 2008, Casillas and back-up Pepe Reina broke the national record for the longest time spent without conceding a goal. The pair went unbeaten for 710 minutes, longer than Spain's longest-serving goalkeeper
Casillas was the highest-ranked goalkeeper (fourth place) in the 2008 Ballon d'Or, behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and national teammate Fernando Torres. Also in 2008, Casillas was named the world's best goalkeeper by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).[81] He also came in third place in the best goalkeepers of all time ranking, beating Oliver Kahn.[81]
2009 Confederations Cup and 2010 World Cup
Casillas was Spain's starting goalkeeper during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa, making four appearances as Spain finished the tournament in third place. On 5 September 2009, after a 5–0 win over Belgium in a qualifying match for the World Cup, Casillas equalled Andoni Zubizarreta's national record of 56 clean sheets, and during the team's next match, against Estonia on 9 September 2009, he surpassed Zubizarreta as the record holder for the most Spanish international clean sheets (this being achieved in Casillas' 98th appearance for the national team, while Zubizarreta made 126 before his retirement).[82] Two months later, Casillas made his 100th appearance for Spain in its friendly win over Argentina, making him only the third player in history of Spanish football to ever reach this far internationally.[83]
Although Casillas committed an error which led to a goal in Spain's 1–0 defeat to Switzerland in their opening match of the
"From when I was small, I saw Matthäus lift it. I saw Dunga lift it, I saw Deschamps lift it, I saw Cafu lift it, Cannavaro... so to watch me lift it, I could watch it tomorrow, I could watch it within 10 years and it will always make me emotional because it's incomparable."[87]
On 15 November 2011, Casillas became Spain's most capped player, breaking Andoni Zubizarreta's record after starting for Spain in their 2–2 draw against Costa Rica.[88] On 29 February 2012, in Spain's 5–0 win over Venezuela, Casillas equalled Edwin van der Sar's record of 72 international clean sheets. On 30 May, in Spain's 4–1 win over South Korea, Casillas came on for Pepe Reina on the 82nd minute mark. This set the record for most international victories with 95 giving Casillas yet another record to his name. On 6 June, In Spain's 1–0 win over China PR, Casillas set the record for most international clean sheets with 74.[89]
Euro 2012
Prior to
2013 Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup
In June 2013, Casillas represented Spain at the
In June 2014, Casillas was selected to represent Spain in his fourth
Euro 2016
On 5 September 2015, Casillas kept a clean sheet in his 100th game as Spain's captain, a 2–0 Euro 2016 qualifying win over Slovakia at the Estadio Carlos Tartiere in Oviedo.[104] On 13 November, Casillas kept his 100th international clean sheet with Spain in a 2–0 friendly win over England, in Alicante, becoming the first goalkeeper ever – male or female – to reach this landmark.[105] He equalled the Latvian Vitālijs Astafjevs' European record of 166 caps on 27 March 2016 by playing in a friendly against Romania.[106]
On 31 May, Casillas was named to Vicente del Bosque's final 23-man Spain squad for Euro 2016.[107] The following day, he became the most-capped European player by earning his 167th cap in a 6–1 friendly win over South Korea in Salzburg in a pre-tournament warm-up match; he was later replaced by debutant Sergio Rico in the second half. This was his final international appearance.[108][109] During the tournament, he was the second-choice goalkeeper behind David de Gea; Casillas did not make an appearance during the tournament as Spain was eliminated in the Round of 16 following a 2–0 defeat to Italy.[110]
2018 World Cup
On 21 May 2018, Casillas was left out of
Style of play and recognition
"Honestly, I don't have to use up many words to say how good he is, the results are there for all to see. He has won everything there is to win and has been on the same great level for so many years now, which is possibly hardest of all for a goalkeeper. Spain almost never concede goals and Casillas is the main reason for that."
— Juventus and Italy goalkeeperUEFA Euro 2012 Final.[90]
Widely considered by pundits, as well as both former and current goalkeeping colleagues, as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time,[114][115][116][117][118] Casillas was given the nickname "San Iker" ("Saint Iker") throughout his career, for his precocious performances as a youngster, and due to his ability to produce acrobatic and decisive saves. In his prime, he was a spectacular, well-rounded, and athletic keeper, who was known in particular for his outstanding agility, reflexes, consistency and shot-stopping, as well as his foot-work, positioning between the posts, concentration, and speed when rushing off his line in one on one situations;[12][115][119][120][121][122][123][124] he has also stood out for his penalty-saving abilities.[125][126] In spite of his reserved character, he has been highly regarded for his strong personality, calm composure under pressure, ability to organise his defence, and leadership from the back throughout his career, as well as his reading of the game.[12][122][124][127][128] Gianluigi Buffon described Casillas as the best goalkeeper of his era with his hands.[129][130] He was also known for his ability to save the ball with his feet, with former goalkeeper Manuel Almunia likening him to compatriot Luis Arconada, who also served as an inspiration to Casillas, and to whom he was often compared throughout his career, due to his quick reactions, movement, and excellent footwork. Regarding Casillas's playing style and goalkeeping ability, Almunia commented in 2017: "Iker's a strong goalkeeper, leaps well, good diving in either direction... between the posts he moves like a cat."[122][131][132][133] In 2016, Casillas was named the fourth greatest goalkeeper in history by France Football.[134]
A precocious talent in his youth, Casillas has drawn praise for his longevity and consistency at the top level,[114][115][119][122] as well as his discipline in training;[90] despite his reputation and goalkeeping ability, however, due to his lack of notable height and strong physical attributes, he has been criticised at times by pundits for struggling to command his area, in particular against aerial threats, and for his unsteady handling and indecisiveness when coming out to claim crosses, as he often preferred to punch the ball away. He also received criticism in the media for a series of errors and less consistent performances in his later career, as he lost some of his speed and mobility with age due to his physical decline.[12][135][136][137][138][139] Although he has occasionally been criticised by pundits for his limited skills with the ball at his feet in comparison to other Spanish goalkeepers, Casillas's distribution with both his hands and feet has generally been reliable throughout his career, and he is capable of sending the ball into deep areas of the pitch with his long throws and kicks with his left foot.[114][124][136][140]
Sponsorship
In January 2012, Casillas agreed a sponsorship deal with Adidas to wear their Response goalkeeping gloves and Predator football boots.[141] The move to Adidas ended a long running association for Casillas with Reebok, which started in 2004. In February 2005, Casillas was the football face of Reebok's "I Am What I Am" global integrated advertising campaign that linked all the brand's marketing efforts under one umbrella.[142] Adidas has been the parent company of Reebok since 2005.
Outside football
Personal life
Between 2004 and 2008, Casillas dated beauty pageant winner Eva González.[143]
Casillas was in a relationship with sports journalist Sara Carbonero from 2009 to 2021.[144] Their son Martín was born on 3 January 2014 in Madrid.[145][146] In November 2015, the couple announced they were expecting their second child. On 20 March 2016, the couple married. On 2 June 2016, Sara gave birth to the couple's second child, Lucas.[147]
On 1 May 2019, during Porto's morning training session, Casillas was rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack at the club's training ground, where his situation was stabilized.[61][148] Later that evening, Casillas, whose situation had improved, published a statement on Twitter with a picture of himself giving the thumbs up signal in which he thanked the people for the moral support they gave him.[149] Later that month, it was announced that his wife was suffering from cancer.[150] On 12 March 2021, Casillas and Carbonero announced their decision to separate.[151]
In 2013, a street in the Móstoles municipality of Madrid was renamed Avenida de Iker Casillas in his honour.[152]
On 17 February 2020, Casillas confirmed his intention to stand as a candidate in the
Charity
In 2011, Casillas was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme's Millennium Development Goals.[154][155]
He has his own charitable foundation, the Fundación Iker Casillas.[156]
In 2018, he attended the international social Football for Friendship forum in Moscow.[157]
Career statistics
Club
Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Real Madrid C | 1998–99 | Tercera División | 26 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | |||
Real Madrid B | 1999–2000 | Segunda División B | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Real Madrid | 1999–2000 | La Liga | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12[b] | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 47 | 0 |
2000–01 | La Liga | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11[b] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
2001–02 | La Liga | 25 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9[b] | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
2002–03 | La Liga | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15[b] | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 55 | 0 | |
2003–04 | La Liga | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9[b] | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 50 | 0 | |
2004–05 | La Liga | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[f] | 0 | — | 47 | 0 | ||
2005–06 | La Liga | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | ||
2006–07 | La Liga | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | ||
2007–08 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
2008–09 | La Liga | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7[b] | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
2009–10 | La Liga | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[b] | 0 | — | 46 | 0 | ||
2010–11 | La Liga | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11[b] | 0 | — | 54 | 0 | ||
2011–12 | La Liga | 37 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 53 | 0 | |
2012–13 | La Liga | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
2013–14 | La Liga | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 13[b] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | La Liga | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | 5[g] | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
Total | 510 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 152 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 725 | 0 | ||
Porto | 2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[h] | 0 | — | 40 | 0 | |
2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[i] | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Primeira Liga | 20 | 0 | 8[j] | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Primeira Liga | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10[b] | 0 | 1[k] | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 116 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 156 | 0 | ||
Career total | 656 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 183 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 911 | 0 |
- ^ Includes Copa del Rey, Taça de Portugal and Taça da Liga
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearance(s) in FIFA Club World Championship
- ^ a b One appearance in UEFA Super Cup and one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
- ^ a b c d e f Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League (includes two appearances in qualifying rounds)
- ^ Two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup and two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League and two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League (includes two appearances in qualifying rounds)
- ^ Five appearances in Taça de Portugal and three appearances in Taça da Liga
- ^ Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Spain
|
2000 | 6 | 0 |
2001 | 5 | 0 | |
2002 | 11 | 0 | |
2003 | 11 | 0 | |
2004 | 12 | 0 | |
2005 | 10 | 0 | |
2006 | 10 | 0 | |
2007 | 8 | 0 | |
2008 | 15 | 0 | |
2009 | 13 | 0 | |
2010 | 15 | 0 | |
2011 | 11 | 0 | |
2012 | 16 | 0 | |
2013 | 9 | 0 | |
2014 | 8 | 0 | |
2015 | 5 | 0 | |
2016 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 167 | 0 |
Honours
Real Madrid C
- Tercera División: 1998–99 (Group VII)
- La Liga: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11, 2013–14
- Supercopa de España: 2001, 2003, 2008, 2012
- UEFA Champions League: 1999–2000, 2001–02, 2013–14
- UEFA Super Cup: 2002, 2014
- 2014
- Intercontinental Cup: 2002
Porto
Spain U16
Spain U18
Spain U20
Spain
Individual
- Bravo Award: 2000[165]
- La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2000
- La Liga Zamora Trophy: 2007–08
- 2012
- 2012–13
- Primeira Liga Fair Play Award: 2017–18[166]
- MARCA Fair Play Award – MARCA's 80th Anniversary: 2018[167]
- Dragões de Ouro Award – Porto Athlete of the Year: 2018[168]
- Primeira Liga Goalkeeper of the Month: October/November 2018
- Primeira Liga Best Goalkeeper: 2018–19[169]
- Primeira Liga Team of the Year: 2018–19[169]
- Quinas de Ouro Award – Primeira Liga Best XI: 2018–19[170]
- Best European Goalkeeper: 2010
- IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012[171]
- IFFHS Best Goalkeeper of the Decade 2001–2010: 2nd[172]
- IFFHS Best Goalkeeper of the Past 25 Years 1987–2012: 2nd[173][174]
- FIFA World Cup Dream Team: 2010[84]
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- 2008
- UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year (published 2019)[175]
- Golden Foot: 2017[176]
- World XI: Team of the 21st Century[177]
- Globe Soccer Awards – Player Career Award: 2020[178]
- 11Leyendas Jornal AS: 2021[179]
Records
- Second-most appearances in the UEFA Champions League: 177 (behind Cristiano Ronaldo) (excluding 4 appearances in the qualifying rounds)[180]
- Third-most victories in the UEFA Champions League: 101 (behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Thomas Müller)[60]
- Most clean sheets in the UEFA Champions League: 57 (excluding 2 in the qualifying rounds) (alongside Manuel Neuer)[13]
- Most consecutive seasons in the UEFA Champions League: 20[181]
- First player in UEFA Champions League history to reach the knockout phase 19 times[180]
- First goalkeeper to win 100 UEFA Champions League matches[182]
- Youngest goalkeeper to play in a UEFA Champions League final: 19 years and 4 days[12][13]
- Youngest goalkeeper to win a UEFA Champions League final: 19 years and 4 days[12][13]
- Most penalty kicks saved in the UEFA Champions League (excluding shoot-outs): 7 out of 23[183]
- Second-most UEFA Champions League titles won by a goalkeeper: 3 (behind Juan Alonso) (alongside Ray Clemence, Sepp Maier, Keylor Navas, Heinz Stuy, Víctor Valdés and Kiko Casilla)[13]
- Most appearances for Real Madrid in UEFA club competitions: 155[184]
- Most IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper Awards: 5 (alongside Gianluigi Buffon and Manuel Neuer)[171]
- Most appearances by a goalkeeper in the FIFPro World XI: 5
- Most appearances by a goalkeeper in the UEFA Team of the Year: 6[175]
- Second-most appearances for the Spain national team: 167 (behind Sergio Ramos)[185][186]
- Most international clean sheets: 102[89][105]
- Third-most international victories: 121[89][186] (behind Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo)[187]
- Fewest goals conceded by a FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper in a single edition of the tournament: 2 goals in 7 appearances (in 2010, alongside Gianluigi Buffon in 2006 and Fabien Barthez in 1998)[188]
- Most clean sheets in a single edition of the FIFA World Cup: 5 (in 2010, alongside Gianluigi Buffon, Pascal Zuberbühler, Oliver Kahn, Fabien Barthez and Walter Zenga)[189]
- Most FIFA World Cup tournaments played for Spain: 4 (alongside Xavi, Andoni Zubizarreta, Fernando Hierro, Andrés Iniesta, Sergio Ramos and Sergio Busquets)
- Longest unbeaten run at the UEFA European Championship: 509 minutes[92]
- Most clean sheets at the UEFA European Championship: 9 (alongside Edwin van der Sar)
- Most clean sheets in a single edition of UEFA European Championship: 5 (in 2012, alongside Jordan Pickford in 2020)
- Fewest goals conceded in a single edition of the UEFA European Championship: 1 (in 2012, alongside Gianluigi Buffon, Thomas Myhre, and Dino Zoff)
- Most penalty kicks saved in penalty shoot-outs at the UEFA European Championship: 3 (alongside Gianluigi Buffon)
- Only goalkeeper to stop penalties in two different editions of the FIFA World Cup (excluding shoot-outs): 2002 (vs Ireland), 2010 (vs Paraguay)[73]
Decorations
Decoration | Year Decorated |
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Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit | 2009[190] |
Favourite son of Navalacruz | 2010[191] |
Favourite son of Móstoles | 2010[192] |
Royal Order of Sports Merit Cross | 2015[193][194] |
See also
- List of footballers with 100 or more UEFA Champions League appearances
- List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
- List of men's footballers with the most official appearances
- List of Real Madrid CF records and statistics
- List of La Liga players(400+ appearances)
Notes
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- "Top five: Greatest goalkeepers of all-time | GiveMeSport". 7 May 2015. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- "Campioni ai Raggi X: Iker Casillas, il capitano perfetto" [Champions X-rayed: Iker Casillas, the perfect captain] (in Italian). Calcio Mercato. 7 May 2012. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- "Iker Casillas – Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- Morgan, Richard. "25 Greatest Goalkeepers in Football History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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External links
- Iker Casillas at FIFA (archived)
- Iker Casillas at UEFA
- Iker Casillas at BDFutbol
- Iker Casillas at EU-Football.info
- Iker Casillas at FBref.com
- Iker Casillas at FootballDatabase.eu
- Iker Casillas at Fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Iker Casillas at L'Équipe (in French)
- Iker Casillas at National-Football-Teams.com
- Iker Casillas at Soccerway.com
- Profile on Real Madrid official website