So weโve circled around Europe, and with 20 days to go till the WorldCup in Qatar ๐ถ๐ฆ we move on to our favourite topic: Scoring Goalkeepers ๐
And wouldnโt it be great would if a goalkeeper would score during the #WorldCup2022 ๐.
281. Milan Borjan ๐จ๐ฆ. The goalkeeper was born in Serbia ๐ท๐ธ but moved to #Canada as a young teenager, and is the starting goalkeeper for Canada at the WorldCup. In 2022, #Borjan scored a penalty for #RedStarBelgrade against #Vozdovac, as the club clinched their 5th straight title
280. Alfredo Talavera ๐ฒ๐ฝ. The goalkeeper is included in the WorldCup squad of #Mexico, most likely as backup behind #Ochoa. In 2013 he scored a penalty for #Toluca against #Puebla. Aged 40, #Talavera will be the oldest player selected at the #FIFAWorldCup 2022 in Qatar ๐ถ๐ฆ
279. Danny Vukovic ๐ฆ๐บ. The goalkeeper from #Australia is the only goalkeeper to have scored in the #ALeague. He did so when he converted a penalty for #WellingtonPhoenix in 2011 against #NorthQueenslandFury. #Vukovic played in ๐ฏ๐ต๐น๐ท๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฑ and is included in the WorldCup squad of ๐ฆ๐บ
278. Sinan Bolat ๐น๐ท. The goalkeeper from #Turkey scored a header for #StandardLiege against AZ ๐ณ๐ฑ in the #EuropaLeague in 2009, allowing the club from #Belgium to advance to the next round. #Bolat spent the majority of his career in ๐ง๐ช but also played for #FCPorto & #Galatasaray
276. Jesse Joronen ๐ซ๐ฎ. The goalkeeper from #Finland scored for #Stevenahe ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ with a long-range clearance in a match against Wycombe Wanderers in 2015. #Joronen played in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐น, and played for #Brescia in the #SerieA. He played 15 times for his country in the last 10 years.
275. Andrew Lonergan ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ. The represented #Ireland U16 and England U20. He scored for #PrestonNorthEnd in 2004 after his long kick bounced over #Leicester goalkeeper Kevin #Pressman. Since 2019 he was at #Liverpool, #Stoke, #WBA and #Everton, but only played 1 match for Stoke.
274. Alberto Brignoli ๐ฎ๐น. The goalkeeper from #Italy scored a 95th-minute equaliser with a header in a 2โ2 home draw against Milan in 2017, becoming the 3rd goalkeeper to score in open play in the #SerieA after #Rampulla and #Taibi. Currently #Brignoli plays for #Panathinaikos ๐ฌ๐ท
273. Sebastien Viera ๐บ๐พ. The goalkeeper from #Uruguay takes penalties for #AtleticoJunior ๐จ๐ด. Yesterday he converted another penalty, the equaliser in injury time against Deportivo Pereira. To celebrate he took off his shirt, got a second yellow and Deportivo scored the winner ๐คจ
272. Kennedy Mweene ๐ฟ๐ฒ. Not only did the goalkeeper score for his previous club #FreeStateStars ๐ฟ๐ฆ, he also scored twice for #Zambia. He won the African Cup of Nations in 2012, and plays for #MamelodiSundowns since 2013. With them #Mweene won the League of #SouthAfrica 6 times
271. Etrit Berisha ๐ฆ๐ฑ. The goalkeeper from #Albania took penalties while he was playing for #Kalmar ๐ธ๐ช, and scored 4 goals. Since he moved to Italy ๐ฎ๐น, he hasnโt done than anymore. He has played in the #SerieA for #Lazio, #Atalanta, #Spal and most recently #Torino
270. Jo Coppens ๐ง๐ช. The goalkeeper from #Belgium scored a goal from 80 metres for #CarlZeissJena ๐ฉ๐ช against #Werder Bremen II in 2018. He has also played in ๐ณ๐ฑ and ๐ณ๐ด, but since this year #Coppens is back in Belgium, played for #SintTruiden in the #JupilerProLeague ๐บ
269. Cristian Alvarez ๐ฆ๐ท. Another goalkeeper from #Argentina that has scored a goal. Alvarez scored a header for #RealZaragoza ๐ช๐ธ against #CDLugo in 2021. He also played in Paraguay ๐ต๐พ for Cerro Porteno. Aged 36, will he still score more goals ๐ ๐
268. Christian #Lucchetti ๐ฆ๐ท. The goalkeeper from #Argentina is not only 44 years old and still playing for #GimnasiaJujuy , but also a great penalty-taker. He has scored over 20 goals in his career, including 16 for #Banfield, with whom he also won the #PrimeraDivision in 2009.
267. Martin Hansen ๐ฉ๐ฐ. The goalkeeper from #Denmark scored a dramatic backheel equaliser for #ADODenHaag ๐ณ๐ฑ against #PSV in 2015. He played in the youth academy of #Liverpool, played a handful of matches for #Bradford and has since played in ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ช ๐จ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ด and is now at #Odense
266.Mark #Travers ๐ฎ๐ช. The goalkeeper from #Ireland joined #Weymouth on loan from #Bournemouth, scoring the winning goal on his debut. When he made his debut for Bournemouth ๐ aged 19, he became the first teenage goalkeeper since Joe Hart in 2006 to start a #PremierLeague match
265:Tom King ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ. The goalkeeper who was called-up for #Wales in 2019, scored with a goal kick for #Newport against #Cheltenham in 2021. It was later confirmed he broke the record for longest football goal, a record previously held by Asmir #Begovic ๐ง๐ฆ. King now plays for #Salford
264. Kieffer Moore ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ. The striker scored for #Wales against ๐จ๐ญ at #Euro2020. He is 30 years old and this is his first season in the #PremierLeague , playing for #Bournemouth. He played in ๐ณ๐ด for #Viking and fought his way up via clubs like #TruroCity, #Torquay and #Barnsley ๐ช
263. Andriy Lunin ๐บ๐ฆ. The goalkeeper from #Ukraine made has debut for #Dnipro aged 17, moving the season after to #ZoryaLuhansk, where he earned a transfer to #RealMadrid ๐ช๐ธ. He was loaned out a few times but has also played for Los Blancos in #LaLiga and the #ChampionsLeague ๐