Height is a polarising topic in goalkeeping. Young goalkeepers are often still hindered at academy level for not meeting growth pathways at young ages. ‘Good feet for a big lad’ continues to be a phrase thrown at many taller ballplaying shot-stoppers, who can be unfairly stereotyped as ‘traditional goalkeepers’.
It’s undoubted that added height, to an extent, can aid a goalkeeper. Height factors into presence around the box, a natural advantage in reach, and even an added self-confidence over physical ability as goalkeepers work their way through the age groups.
Goalkeepers in history and now is tall enough between 1.70m up to more 2m. Such as goalkeeper Lev Yashin, Gianluigi Buffon, Manuel Neuer, Iker Casillas, and Peter Schmeichel, Ter Stegen, Wojciech Szczesny, Joan García, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Robert Sánchez, Simon Bloch Jørgensen ….
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