Dibu Martínez lost one-on-one with Courtois in the fight to be the best goalkeeper in the world

Emiliano Dibu Martinezworld champion with Argentina in Qatar 2022, he was second in the world goalkeeper rankings drawn up by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) behind the Belgian Thibaut Courtois.

Martínez, who made his save again at Aston Villa on Wednesday, added 110 points according to calculations by the organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland. He was 15 units behind Courtois, goalkeeper of the Belgian national team and Real Madrid of Spain. Dibu was not enough to oust the Shark, despite the very weak world championship of the European team.

Courtois, winner of the Champions League with Real Madrid, maintained the first place obtained in 2021. In third place is the Moroccan Yassine Bono, from Sevilla and another of the protagonists of the Qatar World Cup.

The Italian Gianluigi Buffon, the Spaniard Iker Casillas and the German Manuel Neuer have won the Best of the Year award five times, the Italian Walter Zenga, the Paraguayan José Luis Chilavert and the German Oliver Kahn three times, the Danes Peter Schmeichel and Courtois, two .

The IFFHS is a FIFA recognized institution because it receives logistical support from the body and its accredited members, and exclusive access to the archives of world football’s highest body. However, FIFA has stressed that the classification of football clubs and the recognitions it grants are independent of its own and are the sole responsibility of the organisation.

The top ten of 2022

.1) Thibaut Courtois (Belgium-Real Madrid) 125 points

.2) Emiliano Martínez (Argentina-Aston Villa)110

.3) Yassine Bono (Morocco-Seville) 55

.4) Dominik Livakovic (Croatia-Dinamo Zagreb) 30

.5) Hugo Lloris (France-Tottenham) 25

.6) Wojciech Szczesny (Poland-Juventus) 15

.7) Jan Oblak (Slovenia-Atletico Madrid) 10

.8) Alisson Becker (Brazil-Liverpool) 10

.9) Jordan Pickford (England-Everton) 5

10) Mike Maignan (France-Milan) 5