VIDEO: Hans-Jorg Butt not the only goalkeeper to score penalties...
2009-12-09 - Added by
ExtraFootie
In the wake of Bayern Munich goalkeeper Hans-Jorg Butt tucking home a penalty against Juventus, ExtraFootie scours the globe to find out which other shot-stoppers have a keen eye for goal!
Yes, it seems Butt's penchant for taking the odd spot-kick is nothing new and has been successfully tried and tested before by the men between the sticks.
Goalkeeping spot-kick extraordinaries are indeed rare, and in view of the more common fare sobriquet, ExtraFootie would like to showcase to you just some of the most famous ones.
1: Rogerio Ceni - To say Sao Paulo goalkeeper Rogerio Ceni has "an eye for goal" is like saying the Seven Dwarfs were midgets! The Brazilian simply cannot get enough of hitting the back of the net and is pretty good at keeping it out of it as well!
The 36-year-old is officially recognised by FIFA and the IFFHS as the goalkeeper to have scored the most goals in in history with an awesome 85! And here is but one of them from 12 yards.
2: Jose Louis Chilavert - The eccentric Paraguayan keeper made goalscoring fun (for keepers that is) and boasts an amazing 62 league goals in his career!
Easy to see why when he holds such an unyielding ability to sweetly tuck home from the spot as demonstrated below.
3: Jose Louis Chilavert...again! - No doubt a goalkeeper scoring a penalty always looks superb, but he ought not to forget that his main priority is stopping goals first - as Chilavert once found out to the dismay of his team-mates when playing for Real Zaragoza!
4: Ricardo - Now then, it is the Euro 2004 quarter-finals against England in a dreaded penalty shoot-out. It is also sudden death with the scores level at 5-5 and your team need to score to advance to the semis and send your nation into raptures.
Surely you would leave the spot-kick duties to your star striker…wouldn’t you? Don't tell Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo that as the Three Lions found out to their dismay!
5: Hans-Jorg Butt - And lets not forget Butt who levelled things up against Juventus in a Group A UEFA Champions League make-or-break qualification decider between the pair. Buffon was beaten all ends up by…well, a goalkeeper. Football IS a funny old game sometimes!