Best European Goalkeeper

The Best European Goalkeeper award (also known as UEFA Goalkeeper of the Season award) is a football award given to the best goalkeeper in Europe as voted by the UEFA's panel of judges.

It has been awarded every year since 1990. From 1998 to 2009, the winners of this award were the same as those of UEFA goalkeeper of the season award but in 2009, ESM became the giver of the award and the two awards were given separately until 2016. Since 2016, both the awards have been re-merged into one.

 Procedure of selecting the winner 
The award is given to the best goalkeeper in Europe based on the votes by the UEFA's group of judges. The group is made up of the coaches of all of the 32 teams which played in the group stages of the same UEFA Champions League season and 55 journalists selected by the European Sports Media (ESM) group, standing for each of UEFA's member associations. Coaches are not allowed to vote for the players of their own teams.

The judges choose their top three goalkeepers of the season. The first ranked goalkeeper in a judge's list receives 5 points, the second ranked gets 3 points and the third ranked gets 1 point. The goalkeeper who receives the combined highest points is named the winner.

List of winners
Source: 
 1990 –  Walter Zenga
 1991 –  Bodo Illgner
 1992 –  Peter Schmeichel
 1993 –  Peter Schmeichel
 1994 –  Michel Preud'homme
 1995 –  Edwin van der Sar
 1996 –  Andreas Köpke
 1997 –  Jens Lehmann
 1998 –  Peter Schmeichel
 1999 –  Oliver Kahn
 2000 –  Oliver Kahn
 2001 –  Oliver Kahn
 2002 –  Oliver Kahn
 2003 –  Gianluigi Buffon
 2004 –  Vítor Baía
 2005 –  Petr Čech
 2006 –  Jens Lehmann
 2007 –  Petr Čech
 2008 –  Petr Čech
 2009 –  Edwin van der Sar
 2010 –  Iker Casillas
 2011 –  Manuel Neuer
 2012 –  Petr Čech
 2013 –  Manuel Neuer
 2014 –  Manuel Neuer
 2015 –  Manuel Neuer
 2016 –  Gianluigi Buffon
 2017 –  Gianluigi Buffon
 2018 –  Keylor Navas
 2019 –  Alisson
 2020 -  Manuel Neuer

 Awards by country 

Germany  - 13 
Italy  - 4 
Czech Republic  - 4 
Denmark  - 3 
Netherlands  - 2
Spain  - 1 
Portugal  - 1
Belgium  - 1 
Brazil  - 1
Costa Rica  - 1

 References 

Category:European footballers
Category:UEFA