Closer To The World Cup Clean Sheet Record Holders: Peter Shilton And Fabien Barthez

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JAKARTA - The Qatar World Cup is only a few months away. As in previous editions of the World Cup, there are always new records being created. This time, we will highlight the clean sheet record held by two goalkeepers at once; Peter Shilton (England) and Fabien Barthez (France).

Both goalkeepers have a record of 10 games without conceding a goal in their career World Cup finals. To commemorate their greatness, VOI prepared brief profiles and their achievements, which were compiled from various sources.

Peter Shilton

Peter Leslie Shilton, thus his full name, was born September 18, 1949. His 30-year career included playing for 11 clubs and he has played more than 1,000 league games, including over 100 for each of the five different clubs.

During his time at Nottingham Forest, Shilton won numerous honors, including two European Cups, a UEFA Super Cup, a First Division championship and a League Cup.

Shilton represented England at the FIFA World Cups in 1982, 1986 (where Diego Maradona scored two famous goals against him) and 1990, and the European Championships in 1980 and 1988.

Despite not making his World Cup final debut until the age of 32, Shilton has played in 17 finals, and shares a record 10 clean sheets in World Cup finals with Fabien Barthez.

He holds the all-time record for most competitive appearances in world football with 1,390 appearances. With 125 caps, Shilton is also the player with the most caps in the England national team.

IFFHS (International Federation of Football History & Statistics, FIFA's recognized organization for recording the histories of football in the world) ranked Shilton among the ten best goalkeepers of the 20th century in 2000.

Fabien Barthez

Fabien Alain Barthez was born 28 June 1971. At club level, he played football in France and England with Toulouse, Marseille, AS Monaco, Manchester United and Nantes. At international level, he represented the French national team, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 2000, and the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Barthez represented his country in a total of three editions of the FIFA World Cup and European Championship; he also reached the final of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, after which he retired from international football.

Nicknamed Le Divin Chauve ("The Divine Bald One"), due to his characteristic bald head, Barthez is the French player with the most FIFA World Cup appearances, with 17 appearances in finals and sharing the record for most World Cup final clean sheets with Peter Shilton. , ten times.

In club football, he won the UEFA Champions League with Olympique Marseille in 1993 as well as several Ligue 1 and Premier League titles. After retiring from football in 2007, Barthez started his career in motorsport in 2008.

🧤 Fabien Barthez shares the #WorldCup records for clean sheets & fewest goals conceded by a champion keeper ️ He was also a champion motorsport driver We hope the recipient of the World Cup's most famous kiss feels the love on his birthday pic .twitter.com/l8K025Bfz3

— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 28, 2020

Will this record be broken in Qatar? Difficult does not mean impossible. The holder of the closest number of clean sheets still actively playing is Manuel Neuer with seven clean sheets. If Germany is able to talk a lot and the defenders of Der Panzer are able to help Neuer's goal not concede, the goalkeeper's chances of equaling or even surpassing Shilton and Barthez's records are quite open.

The Qatar World Cup will be held from November 21 to December 18. We still have to be patient waiting for new records to be created at the most famous football party on planet earth.