Italian national team captain Gianluigi Donnarumma has officially been named the best male goalkeeper of the year. FIFA The best awards Tuesday.
Donnarumma wins FIFA Best Goalkeeper Award
This is the first time that Donnarumma has won the goalkeeper award at the FIFA Championship. The best awards, after finishing second behind Chelsea’s 2021 Champions League winner Edouard Mendy. This award is in addition to the Yachine prize won by Donnarumma during the Ballon d’Or ceremony earlier this year.
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He faced competition from Liverpool’s Alisson Becker, Aston Villa’s Emiliano Martinez, Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer, Arsenal’s David Raya, Inter’s Yann Sommer and Barcelona’s Wojciech Szczesny to win the prize.
epa12148313 PSG’s goalkeeper celebrates after winning the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Internazionale Milano, in Munich, Germany, May 31, 2025. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHER NEUNDORF
Donnarumma’s highlight of the last calendar year came while he was still at Paris Saint-Germain, when they beat Inter 5-0 in the Champions League final at the end of May. He has since joins Manchester Citywho occupy second place, two points behind Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table.
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The former Milan goalkeeper becomes the second Italian to win the FIFA Best Goalkeeper award, awarded since 2017, following Gianluigi Buffon’s triumph in the inaugural year.
Italy and Brazil are the only two nations to have two different goalkeepers win the award (Buffon and Donnarumma, and Ederson and Alisson).
