Top 5 Best International Goalkeepers in the History of Football
5) Édouard Mendy –
Édouard Osoque Mendy was born on 1 March 1992 and is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League Club Chelsea and the Senegal National side. He started his career in his native France, Mendy played in the Le Havry academy before signing professional terms with third division Cherbourg in 2011. Mendy was released in 2014, after which he almost quit football, before getting an opportunity with Marseilles reserves. He established himself as a regular in the following seasons at Reims and Rennes.
He signed for Chelsea in 2020 and immediately broke into the starting line-up, becoming the first African goalkeeper to play for the club’s senior team, and keeping sixteen clean sheets in the Premier League. Mendy also equalled the record for the cleanest sheets in a UEFA Champions League season with nine and kept another clean sheet in the final to help Chelsea win their second title. He was also awarded both the UEFA Goalkeeper of the year and The Best FIFA Goalkeeper of 2021, becoming the first African goalkeeper in football’s history to win both awards.
