Top 10 girlish goalkeepers to view out for in Europe

These youngish shot-stoppers have been larceny the public eye with their splendid performances.

Gianluigi Donnarumma won UEFA’s Best Player of the Tourney at Euro 2020. In doing so, the 22-year-old became only the indorsement goalkeeper to win the prize after Simon peter Schmeichel in 1992. This has upside-down the world’s aid towards undeveloped goalkeepers who can enrapture audiences similarly.

A few of these keepers have already contributed to their teams with great separate performances. Illan Meslier and Christianly Fruchtl are some of the more familiar with names, but who else makes the cut? Find out for yourself in this list of the top 10 early goalkeepers in the world:

10. Gabriel Brazao (Inter Milan)

Internazionale minor Gabriel has been subordinate the tutorship of seasoned police chief Samir Handanovic for a piece now. Disdain not having made any appearances for the Nerazzurri, he cadaver an stimulating goalkeeper to look out for.

He had a good time of year with Segunda Section side Albacete in 2019-20, as he made 15 saves and had a save per centum of 75% in only five appearances. Only time will tell if he can duplicate this form at the highest level.

9. Manuel Gasparini (Legnago)

Gasparini stony-broke direct the ranks at Udinese Calcio and currently plies his swap at Serie C club Legnago. Since his superior professional person first appearance in the 2017/18 time of year of the Coppa Primavera, he has kept 10 clean-sheets across 57 appearances.

Additionally, he has managed a clean-sheet in a mere five appearances for Legnago in 2021/22. If he keeps up this level, Udinese mightiness look to rope him back in for the No. 1 spot.

8. Stefan Bajic (AS Holy man Etienne)

Bajic has been a true Sainté Les Verts player, as he has married the first-team directly from their academy. The 20-year-old Frenchman has made heptad starts with Holy man Etienne this season, but has failing to keep a clean-sheet. However, his hang of advent off his line often conjugate with his facility in glade unreal balls is commendable.

He motionless has a long way to go as Canonize Etienne sit 20th in the Ligue 1 table. Carry him to ameliorate his 1.4 saves interior the box (per game) that he has managed in only VII starts this season.

7. Dogan Alemdar (Stade Rennais)

The 19-year-old Kayserispor alumnus has started off a potentially lively vocation with his move to French side, Stade Rennais. His only starting time of the crusade came in Rennais’ loss to AS Nancy in the Coupe de France.

With the inclusion body of U-21 and U-19 games, Dogan has conspicuous for Kayserispor 69 times. Last season, he massed a whole of nine clean-sheets in 28 appearances for the State kit in the Superintendent Lig. His stupefying 3.2 saves per cope with are surely worthy following, as they signalise a intelligent goalkeeper in the making.

6. Christianly Fruchtl (Bayern Munich)

One of the top new goalkeepers to keep an eye on is Christian Fruchtl of Bayern Munich. The 21-year-old Fruchtl has been playacting as an alternate to Bayern’s known Manuel Neuer so far. Though he has not played with the inaugural team, Bayern Muenchen faculty have been holding a immediate eye on his performances.

In 2019/20, Fruchtl played 27 matches with the Bavarians’ third base naval division side, Bayern Munich II and helped them win the league. He generated 28 saves and kept five clean-sheets, patc also redeeming a penalty. One can await him to excel, should he characteristic for the Buns des Sudens in the future.

5. Konstantinos Tzolakis (Olympiacos)

At only 19 age of age, Tzolakis has already gotten his men on silverware thrice with Olympiacos. He was part of the squads that won the Balkan state Cup (2020) and the Grecian league twice (2020, 2021). With 55 appearances so far, he has gotten 17 clean-sheets.

More impressively, two of those clean-sheets came in four appearances during the UEFA Champions League modification stages. Having managed a upstanding ternary clean-sheets in five league appearances this season, Tzolakis is superficial to fly high.

4. Maarten Vandevoordt (Genk)

Genk’s European country goalkeeper has go a lax in their start XI after his 10 dazzling starts last season. He has a disk of 93 saves from a impressive 136 shots faced, patc guardianship six clean-sheets. Vandevoordt ranks in the 95th and 98th centile for protective actions open-air the punishment area and normal outstrip of antisubmarine actions from goal, respectively.

This suggests how homely he is patc performin in a sweeper-keeper role. At such a inexperient age, his dedication is large and sufficient to make him a sure last line of defensive measure for any team.

3. Gavin Bazunu (Portsmouth)

The 19-year-old Irish shot-stopper is at Portsmouth this season, on loan from Manchester City. Portsmouth used the chance to snap him up after his least sandpiper with Rochdale saw him make a walloping 85 saves. The Oxalis acetosella Rovers postgraduate has already repaid the religion of Pompey, by amelioratory his preceding disc (seven) and acquiring nine clean-sheets this season.

A unconditional of 13 clean-sheets from 49 appearances and 142 saves from 217 shots visaged are milestones by themselves. City keepers mightiness be aflutter to see him brandish and the likes of Ederson and Zack Steffen may want him to get wind from them.

2. Kjell Scherpen (Brighton and Hove Albion)

The Seagulls’ fashionable enro has an efficacious CV and has already made his mark in Premier League 2. Scherpen won the Dutch league twice and the Dutch Cup once with Ajax. In his opening flavour in the Eredivisie, he managed 34 appearances and followed it up with five clean-sheets and 48 saves from 14 games in the Eerste Divisie.

This season, he has kept one clean-sheet in his six appearances for the Brighton U-23 team. Scherpen’s 61 saves last mollify attained him his transfer to Brighton, where he can easily strain to be one of the best.

1. Illan Meslier (Leeds United)

Most populate will call in Meslier from his prodigious far-right saves against Sheffield United, Arsenal and Everton last season. The Frenchwoman has been one-handed the spot for protrusive goalkeeper by Leeds tactician Marcelo Bielsa. Scorn Leeds’ 5-1 debacle on orifice day by Manchester United this season, he has managed triad clean-sheets in 19 appearances.

Additionally, he has also followed up last season’s 134 saves with 63 so far. Bielsa’s dynamic stigmatise of football has seen him get in the 88th centile for touches (on the ball per 90) as he has an ordinary of 42.78 touches. He is most operational aerially as his inclusion body in the 99th centile with 13.4% crosses stopped-up (per 90 minutes), suggests. Performin in arguably the hardest of all top five leagues, Meslier has generated some attractive saves and is believable to extend doing the same.