2. Early carrer
Casillas started his career in
Real Madrid's youth system
during the 1990–91 season. On
27 November 1997 at age 16
but it wasn't until the 1998–99
season that he debuted in the
senior side, substituting 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
cassilas in his debut
3. Achievements
Considered to be one of the
finest goalkeepers of all time,
Casillas was nominated for the
European Footballer of the Year
award in 2008, ranking fourth
overall At the end of 2012 he
was voted into the UEFA Team
of the Year for the sixth
consecutive time.
4. As of 2011 Casillas is one of a very select group of players who
have won all major club and national championship titles. In
2010, he was awarded with the Sports Prince of Asturias Award.
On 19 October 2010 Casillas became the most capped
goalkeeper of all time in the UEFA Champions League and in
November 2011, he became the most capped player of all time
for the Spanish national team.
5. Casillas
became the most
capped goalkeeper of all
time in the UEFA
Champions League and in
November 2011, he
became the most capped
player of all time for the
Spanish national team.
6. South Africa 2010 world cup
On 11 July 2010, he captained Spain to their first ever
World Cup title with a 1–0 win against the Netherlands
In doing so he became the third ever goalkeeper to
captain a World Cup winning side He was voted the
tournament's best goalkeeper and awarded the Golden
Glove. In the course of the finals in South Africa he
kept five clean sheets, conceded two goals, and saved
a penalty in the quarter final against Paraguay. In the
final, he made two crucial stops from Netherlands'
Arjen Robben with the score at 0–0
