Top 10 best arab football goalkeepers of all time

best arab football goalkeepers of all time

The goalkeepers have always been one of the most important pillars of the major Arab national teams and clubs and European clubs in recent years, as Moroccan Yassine Bounou did with the Spanish club Sevilla.

This article presents our ranking of the top ten Arab goalkeepers in history. We hope you like it.

best Arab goalkeeper of all time

The best Arab goalkeeper in history is the Moroccan Badou Zaki, who is also considered one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Africa.

Zaki began his professional career with Wydad Casablanca in 1978, and one year later, he played his first international match with the Moroccan national team.

The Zaki participated with the Moroccan national team in the 1980 African Cup of Nations, where they finished in third place, and in 1986, he participated with the team in the World Cup finals.

Zaki gained international fame after his stunning performance in that edition, during which he led Morocco to the round of 16 for the first time in history, making it the first Arab team to achieve this feat.

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In that year, Zaki moved to the Spanish league to play with Real Mallorca, which he led to the final of the Spanish Cup for the first time in its history.

Zaki won the award for the best player in Africa in 1986, surpassing the Cameroonian legend Roger Milla, and he is the only goalkeeper in history to win this award.

In the 1987 season, he was chosen as the best foreign player in the Spanish league, and during his career with Real Mallorca, which lasted until 1992, Zaki won the award for the best goalkeeper in the Spanish league on three occasions.

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Ali Al-Habsi

A former Omani goalkeeper, many consider him the best Arab goalkeeper in history, at least in the last two decades.

Al-Habsi played for several Omani clubs at the beginning of his career, delivering outstanding performances that attracted the attention of many English clubs.

In 2006, Al-Habsi moved to Bolton Wanderers, but he did not get the full opportunity to showcase his skills with the club.

In 2010, Al-Habsi moved to Wigan Athletic on loan, where he delivered performances that secured him a regular place in the team. In his first season, he won the award for the best player in the club during the season.

Wigan Athletic signed Al-Habsi for four years in a deal worth £4 million.

In 2013, Al-Habsi won the FA Cup with Wigan for the first time in the club's history after defeating Manchester City in the final with a clean sheet.

In 2016, Al-Habsi took the captain's armband for the first time, becoming the first Arab goalkeeper to captain a team in the history of English football.