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#7 Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas began his distinguished career at Real Madrid, harbouring the Madrid goalpost for 16 long years from 1999-2015, raising eyebrows and dropping jaws with his dazzling saves and scintillating performances. A Madrid man through and through, Casillas also played for and captained the Spanish national team, for whom he featured 167 times.
Casillas is one of that ultra rare breed of footballers who have won pretty much everything there is to win with both club and country. Under his captaincy, La Roja won their maiden FIFA World Cup in 2010, thanks in no small part, to his astounding heroics between the sticks, as well as two Euro Cups.
Over at Madrid, he won three UEFA Champions Leagues including the famed La Decima in 2014, along with 5 La Liga trophies and more.
Individually, Casillas was named the World's Best Goalkeeper by IFFHS for five consecutive years (2008-2012). Additionally, he clinched the FIFA World Cup Golden Glove in 2010 as well as the Golden Foot in 2017. Sadly, for all his achievements in the game, Casillas never came close to winning the Ballon d'Or, a lamentable tragedy.
