10 Of The Most Memorable Goals Scored By Goalkeepers
Producer: Siddarth Sriram
Oscarine Masuluke
Masuluke’s effort was nominated for the Puskas Award, which instead went to Olivier Giroud, a player whose actual job is to score goals.
2016 (vs Orlando Pirates)
Martin Hansen
Accidental hoofs from 90 yards seem barely worth mentioning when you see goals like this from Den Haag’s Danish keeper Martin Hansen, formerly on the books at Liverpool.
2015 (vs PSV)
Jose Luis Chilavert
Paraguayan goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert also had a knack for dead-ball situations. So much so, in fact, that he once scored a hat-trick of spot-kicks for Velez Sarsfield against Ferro Carril Oeste. Madness.
1999 (vs Ferro Carrill Oeste)
Rogerio Ceni
Brazilian goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni, the highest-scoring keeper in football history, retired in 2015 with 132 goals to his name. This beauty for Sao Paulo against Corinthians was the 100th of his career.
2011 (vs Corinthians)
Jimmy Glass
Undoubtedly one of the most significant goals scored by goalkeepers, this legendary Jimmy Glass strike against Plymouth kept Carlisle in the Football League in 1999, prompting a mass pitch invasion.
1999 (vs Plymouth)
MART POOM
The Estonian stopper scored this absolute bullet of a header against Derby, where he was celebrated as a club icon, grabbing a late equaliser for Sunderland at the start of the 2003/04 season.
2003 (vs Derby)
Rene Higuita
Many consider Higuita to be something of a comedy figure thanks to his demeanor. But. the technique for this free kick for Atletico Nacional against River Plate seems all kinds of wrong, but that just makes it all the more impressive, really.
1995 (vs River Plate)
Ali Ahamada
The 95th minute is just about the right time for a goalkeeper goal, a fact demonstrated by Toulouse keeper Ali Ahamada, whose dramatic equaliser with the back of his head against Rennes made Javier Hernandez look like an amateur.
2012 (vs Rennes)
Peter Schmeichel
The great Dane’s effort for Aston Villa against Everton might not have prevented a Villa defeat back in 2001, but the Di Canio-esque volley is the Premier League’s finest goalkeeper goal.
2001 (vs Everton)
Alberto Brignoli
New to the division, Italian Serie A minnows Benevento finally ended their 13-game losing run with a dramatic 2-2 draw against Milan. And the scorer of their injury-time equaliser was none other than goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli. Brilliant.