Iker Casillas Fernández

Goalkeeper · Spain · Born 20 May 1981, Móstoles, Madrid

Career Statistics by Club

International Career — Spain

Casillas captained Spain through the most successful era in the team's history, winning UEFA Euro 2008, the FIFA World Cup 2010, and UEFA Euro 2012 in consecutive tournaments — the only national side to achieve three major international titles back to back. He was awarded the World Cup Golden Glove in 2010 for the best goalkeeper of the tournament, conceding only two goals in seven matches.

Major Honours

• FIFA World Cup: 2010 (Spain) — Golden Glove
• UEFA European Championship: 2008, 2012 (Spain)
• La Liga: 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2012 (Real Madrid)
• UEFA Champions League: 2000, 2002, 2014 (Real Madrid)
• Copa del Rey: 2011, 2014 (Real Madrid)
• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2009 third place
• Primeira Liga: 2017–18 (Porto)
• IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Career Overview

Casillas joined Real Madrid's youth system in 1990 and made his first-team debut at age 18 in 1999. He won the UEFA Champions League the following year and was first-choice goalkeeper through three further European titles with the club. His tenure at Real Madrid ended in 2015 after sixteen seasons in the senior squad and 725 competitive appearances.

His five-year spell at Porto from 2015 included a Primeira Liga title in 2017–18, the club's first in five years. He suffered a heart attack at training in May 2019 and announced his retirement from professional football in 2020.

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Career record

Iker Casillas, born 1981-05-20, in Móstoles, Spain, listed at 182 cm, a goalkeeper. The club record below covers 3 senior teams between 2000 and 2019.

The record spans 20 years, from 2000 to 2019, across 2 clubs, with 1 move between them. The longest single spell was at Spain, 17 recorded seasons from 2000 to 2016, and the average club spell runs to 8.5 seasons.

International football accounts for a further 17 seasons with Spain, running alongside the club years rather than after them — which is why the dates in the table overlap.

Spells are listed by the seasons in which the player appears in the provider’s squad records. Where two clubs overlap in the same year the player moved mid-season, and both are shown rather than one being chosen.

Honours

25 titles are recorded, alongside 23 runner-up or other placed finishes. Both lists come from the same squad records as the career table above, so a competition the player was registered for but did not play in can still appear.

Titles won

Runner-up and other finishes

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