Iker Casillas scooped the Best Goalkeeper in the World award for the fifth time by the International Federation of History and Statistics of Football (IFFHS). From a shortlist composed by journalists from five continents, Casillas accumulated 224 points, ahead of Italian Gianluigi Buffon, who totalled 128.

Czech keeper Petr Cech (Chelsea) came third with 92 points; German Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich) came fourth with 85 points; Englishman Joe Hart (Manchester City) finished fifth on 26 points and another Spaniard, Victor Valdés (Barcelona), came sixth with 15 points.

It is the fifth consecutive time that 31-year-old Casillas has won the award after he came second, third and fourth on two occasions between 2003 and 2007.