Best Goalkeeper in the World 2008

Iker Casillas received the award from the the IFFHS

Iker Casillas was voted as the Best Goalkeeper in the World of 2008 by the IFFHS, defeating Juventus' Gianluigi Buffon and Manchester United's Edwin van der Sar, who came in second and third, respectively. The Real Madrid goalkeeper received the award in Valdebebas this morning.

Casillas received 249 votes from 85 experts in five continents. Each voter had to choose four goalkeepers, granting his favourite four points and the fourth just one. Buffon earned 170 points and Van der Sar got 143. Chelsea's Peter Cech came in fourth with 108 votes.

Player	Team	Country	Votes
Casillas	Real Madrid	Spain	249
Buffon	Juventus	Italy	170
Van der Sar	Manchester United	Netherlands	143
Cech	Chelsea	Czech Republic	108
Akinfeev	CSKA Moscow	Russia	23
Cevallos	LDU Quito	Ecuador	21
Julio Cesar	Inter Milan	Brazil	18
Reina	Liverpool	Spain	15
Lehmann	Stuttgart	Germany	13
Justo Villar	Valladolid	Paraguay	12

“I hope this isn’t the last time I receive this award. I’ve come close to winning it several times unsuccessfully. I think the 2008 season was fabulous for Real Madrid both on an individual and collective level. A player always wins awards when he wins important titles. I will always try to do my job as best as I can to win more titles.”

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