Goalkeepers seldom find themselves in the limelight - unless they make superlative saves like Belgium's Thibaut Courtois at the World Cup in Russia, or commit glaring mistakes like Liverpool's Loris Karius in the Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid last season.
It is also worth noting that no goalkeeper has been voted the best player on the planet while only one, Russian legend Lev Yashin in 1963, has won the European accolade.
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