Friday 4 March 2011

19. Iker CASILLAS

Club: Real Madrid
Nationality: Spain
D.O.B: 20 May 1981
Position: Goalkeeper

Undoubtedly the best goalkeeper in the world presently.

Featured between the sticks for Spain in their World Cup winning side and had a great tournament which saw him win the Best Goalkeeping honour at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Also starred for Real Madrid in another Barcelona dominated season, which was one of the club's few positives.

Won several awards between late 09 and the present:
- FIFA World Cup Winning Player and Captain
- UEFA Team of the Year 2010
- FIFA World XI 2010
- FIFpro World Best Keeper 2010
- IFFHS Best Goalkeeper 2010
- FIFA World Cup Golden Glove 2010
- FIFA World Cup All-Star Team 2010

Thursday 3 March 2011

20. Diego MILITO

Club: Inter Milan
Nationality: Argentina
D.O.B: 12 June 1979
Position: Striker

What a great season for the 31 year old.

His consistentcy for 2009/10 was great, after making the move from Genoa in early 2009.
He scored the only goal in the Coppa Italia final against Roma in the first Italian Treble, which saw them win the Serie A, Champions League and the Coppa Italia.

He scored 36 goals for Milan during 2010 and 2011 in all forms.

Milito's performances have won him a number of awards over the last 2 seasons (since 2010)
- 2010 UEFA Champions League Final- Man of the Match
- UEFA Club Footballer of the Year 2009/10
- UEFA Club Forward of the Year 2009/10
- Serie A Footballer of the Year 2009/10
- Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year 2009/10

The Countdown: 20 to 1

This should be fun.. will try (my very hardest) to get up 2 per day (possibly more), and feel free to discuss my choices, let me know if you agree or not as well!

We start at number 20..

DIEGO MILITO