Iker Casillas Fernandez is a Spanish football goalkeeper who captains the La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. In 2008 he was on the Spanish team that won their first European Championship in 44 years, the Spanish team that went on to win Spain's first World Cup (a tournament in which he won the Yashin Award) and the 2012 European Championship.
Real Madrid
Casillas had started in a junior squad of Real Madrid's youth system during the 1990-91 season. On 27 November 1997 at age 16 he was first called up to the first team to face Rosenborg in Champions League, but it wasn't until the 1998-99 season that he debuted in the senior side, substituting Bodo Illgner. By the next season, he relegated Illgner to the bench and became first-choice, In 2000, he became the youngest ever goalkeeper to play in a Champions League final when Real Madrid defeated Valencia 3-0, just four days after his nineteenth birthday.
Casillas lost his place in the side to backup Cesar Sanchez after a patch of bad form during the 2001-02 campaign, but redeemed himself when Sanchez suffered an injury in the last minutes of 2002 Champions League final match. Casillas came on and pulled off several brilliant saves to deny a rampant Bayer Leverkusen the Champions League crown. Real Madrid won 2-1 and Casillas has maintained the number 1 shirt ever Since.
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| Date Of Birth: |
20 May 1981
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| Figurine Collector Number: |
SOC119
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| Figurine Kit: |
Real Madrid Home Kit
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| Nationality: |
Spanish
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| Position: |
Goal Keeper
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| Season: |
2012 – 2013
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| Sponsor: |
BWIN
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| Team: |
Real Madrid
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