ブッフォンが２１世紀最高のゴールキーパーに！！

Buffon, the best of the century(Juventus Official Website)

Gigi Buffon is the best goalkeeper of the 21st century. The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) has handed this particular accolade to the Bianconeri shot-stopper following a vote conducted by specialists from around the world.

The table sees Buffon occupy top spot on 199 points, two ahead of nearest rival Iker Casillas. Chelsea’s Petr Cech sits in third position.

The IFFHS’ top ten goalkeepers of the 21st century are as follows:

1. Gianluigi Buffon
2. Iker Casillas
3. Petr Cech
4. Edwin van der Sar
5. Oliver Kahn
6. Nelson Dida
7. Victor Valdes
8. Julio Cesar
9. Jens Lehmann
10. Roberto Carlos

The World‘s best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century(IFFHS)

Establishing The World‘s best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century can only be done on the basis of the annual world vote (by the IFFHS). Each year many different jurors (countries) have taken part in the vote and, in the early years the jurors voted for the top three places (3 points to 1 point), and only later for the top four places (4 points to 1 point). So it would not be possible to simply add the points awarded in the annual votes.

The IFFHS has devised an equitable method for determining The World‘s best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century. From the annual ranking of the goalkeepers (as a result of the world vote) the IFFHS will take into consideration the "Top 20" for each year and allocate points to each place. So the first-placed receives 20 points, the second-placed 19 points, the third-placed 18 points ... and a point for twentieth place. If the annual world ranking comprises more than 20 goalkeepers, then the goalkeepers from 21st place onwards receive no points. If the annual world ranking comprises fewer than 20 goalkeepers (based on the fixed rules), no points will be awarded for the unoccupied palces.
From the addition of the points received in the single years produces the world ranking list of the 21st century, which widens of a year every year in January. Each first-placed goalkeeper of this world ranking list is the leading World’s best Referee of the 21st Century to date.

Gianluigi Buffon ahead of Iker Casillas by a hair

After 11 years, Italian "Gigi" Buffon leads the ranking list with only two points ahead of Spaniard Iker Casillas and is therefore the leading World’s best Goalkeeper of the 21st Century - up to now. Both of them have been World’s best Goalkeeper of the Year four times. Should the Spaniard rank three places ahead of "Gigi" Buffon in the "Top 20" in the 2012 world election, he would take the lead in this world ranking list. With the still active Czech Petr Čech and Oliver Kahn (3x), further former World’s best Goalkeeper follow in the "Top 5", but a considerable part of the career of the German goalkeeper took place already in the 20th century.

South America‘s leading goalkeeper of the 21st century is at the moment »Dida«, ahead of his Brazilian countryman Júlio César. However, should the goalkeeper of FC Internazionale Milano place among the "Top 6" in the 2012 world election, he would become South America’s new no.1 in the 21st century. Among the "Top 10" there are six goalkeepers who never became World’s best Goalkeeper of the Year, but provided world-class performances over more than a decade.

Ranking (2001-2011):

Goalkeeper Nationality 2001-2011

1. Gianluigi Buffon Italia 199
2. Iker Casillas España 197
3. Petr Čech Česká Republika 154
4. Edwin van der Sar Nederland 116
5. Oliver Kahn Deutschland 99
6. Nélson de Jesus e Silva »Dida« Brasil 90
7. Victor Valdes España 82
8. Júlio César Soãres Espíndola Brasil 76
9. Jens Lehmann Deutschland 72
10. Roberto Carlos Abbondanzieri Argentina 68
11. Fabien Barthez France 55
12. José Manuel Reina España 54
13. Rogério Ceni Brasil 53
14. Francesco Toldo Italia 52
15. Igor Akinfeev Russia 47
16. Jerzy Dudek Polska 42
17. Timothy Matthew Howard USA 36

Manuel Neuer Deutschland 36
19. Santiago Cañizares España 35
20. Justo Wilmar Villar Paraguay 34
21. Fernando Néstor Muslera Uruguay 29
22. Grégory Coupet France 28
23. Rüstü Reçber Türkiye 27
24. José Luis Félix Chilavert Paraguay 26

Maarten Stekelenburg Nederland 26
26. José Francisco Cevallos Ecuador 25

Hugo Lloris France 25
28. Andonios Nikopolidis Hellas 24
29. René Adler Deutschland 23
30. Bradlay Howard Friedel USA 21
31. Oscar Eduardo Córdoba Colombia 19
32. Séamus John James Given Ireland 17

Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis Brasil 17

Francisco Guillermo Ochoa México 17

Andrés Palop España 17
36. Vítor Manuel Martins Baía Portugal 16

Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Portugal 16
38. Heurelho da Silva Gomes Brasil 15

Timo Hildebrand Deutschland 15
40. Charles Joseph John Hart England 14
41. Juan Carlos Henao Colombia 13

Woon-Jae Lee Korea (S) 13
43. Oswaldo Sánchez México 12

Mark Schwarzer Australia 12
45. Ruslan Nigmatullin Russia 11
46. Carlo Cudicini Italia 10

Doniéber Alexander Marangon »Doni« Brasil 10

Vincent Enyeama Nigeria 10

Samir Handanović Slovenija 10

Andreas Isaksson Sverige 10

Ivan Pellizzoli Italia 10

Óscar Pérez México 10

Peter Schmeichel Danmark 10
54. Christian Abbiati Italia 9

Eduardo dos Reis Carvalho Portugal 9

Richard Paul Franck Kingson Ghana 9
57. Magnus Hedman Sverige 8

Ricardo Javier Tavarelli Paraguay 8

Pascal Zuberbühler Schweiz 8
60. Mohamed Saqr Ahmed Qatar 7

Jhonny Cristian Herrera Chile 7

Nigel Martyn England 7

Sergey Ovchinnikov Russia 7
64. Roberto Óscar Bonano Argentina 6

Agustín Julio Colombia 6

Vyacheslav Malafeev Russia 6

David Seaman England 6

Tony Mario Sylva Sénégal 6
69. Artur Boruc Polska 5

Héctor Fabián Carini Uruguay 5

Carlos Fernando Navarro Montoya Argentina 5

Diego Sebastián Saja Argentina 5

Sander Westerveld Nederland 5
74. José María Buljabasich Argentina 4

Germán Adrian Burgos Argentina 4

David De Gea España 4

Manuel Almunia Rivero España 4
78. Thomas Sørensen Danmark 3
79. Grégory Wimbée France 2
80. Carlos Idriss Kameni Cameroun 1

IFFHSが行った２１世紀最高のゴールキーパーを選ぶ投票で、ユベントスのジャンルイジ・ブッフォンがレアル・マドリーのイケル・カシージャスをわずか２票上回って栄誉を獲得した。

ブッフォン、カシージャス、ツェフ、ファン・デル・サール、カーン、ジダ、バルデス、ジュリオ・セザル、レーマン、アボンダンシエリと続く。発表されている８０人に日本人は入っていなかった。

ユベントスのオフィシャルで１０位はロベルト・カルロスで切ってあるからレフトバック？と思ったけれども、アボンダンシエリなんだね。彼はロベルト・カルロスで登録されていたのかな。アボンダンシエリまで書くのが面倒だったから？

いずれにしてもブッフォンの復活が認められたわけで、うれしいね。