Iker Casillas biography
Spanish football player
Iker Casillas Fernández
A Spanish footballer
Club
App (Gls)
Real Madrid C - (-)
Real Madrid B 4 (0)
Real Madrid 239 (0)
Spain 66 (0)
Senior club appearances
and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of August
28, 2006.
National team caps and goals correct
as November 15, 2006.
He is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is also vice captain of Spain, as well as one of the vice captain of Real Madrid. He is considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
born May 20, 1981 in Móstoles, Madrid
Móstoles is
a city belonging to the autonomous community of Madrid. As of 2007. It is an industrial
suburb southwest of Madrid.
2002 World Cup
He was selected to play
as second choice keeper for the Spanish national Team (as Valencia goalkeepr Santiago
Cañizares was first choice), but ended up being first choice keeper at
the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan later that year due to a
first choice keeper sustaining a foot injury only weeks before the world cup.
Because of his superb performance, Casillas enjoyed hero status after Spain knocked
out the Republic of Ireland in a penalty shoot out to advance to the quarter finals.
After the FIFA World Cup and his performances against the Republic of Ireland
and South Korea, he was finally the leading goal keeper in the national team.
Euro 2004
Casillas played in all eight Group 6 fixtures during Euro 2004 qualifying,
conceding just four goals. He then kept goal in both legs of the play off victory
against Norway, keeping a clean sheet in Oslo. He then played as his country's
goalkeeper at the Euro 2004 finals.
2006 World Cup
Casillas was
his nation's first choice goalkeeper during the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Spain was
beaten by France 3 - 1 which marked the end of the 2006 campaign. During the tournament,
he captained Spain twice.
Honors and awards
Domestic
Spanish
League -2001 and 2003
Spanish Super Cup - 2003
Continental
UEFA Champions
League- 2000 and 2002
European Supercup - 2002
Intercontinental Cup 2002
International
FIFA World Youth Championship- 1999
Trivia
Due
to Spanish language grammar rules his forename is often spelled as Íker.
The name Iker (English: visitation) however is of Basque origin and in Basque
language accent marks are not used. His parents worked in Bilbao, Basque Country
for some time before he was born and simply liked the name Iker so much that they
decided to give it to him when he was baptized. His younger brother also has a
Basque name, Unai (English: shepherd).
Because he was too young to have a driver's
license, Casillas was the only Madrid player to use public transport to get to
training sessions in the 1999/00 season.
He became the youngest ever goalkeeper
to ever play in the European Cup final aged 19, when Real Madrid beat Valencia
3-0, four days after his 19th birthday.
He was previously dating Spanish Miss
Spain 2003 and model Eva González. She came from Seville and has appeared
in TV programmes and numerous photo shoots for magazines. She was recently voted
the prettiest footballers' partner in Spain. They split up in November 2006.
Soccer
player
Misspell
Ikir Casilas Fernandez Iker Casellas Furnández Ikr Casyllas
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