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Top 10 most valuable goalkeepers
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Top 10 most valuable goalkeepers

Top 10 goalkeepers in the world 2024

"Most kids dream of scoring the perfect goal. I've always dreamed of stopping it," Iker Casillas.

Like any other player, goalkeepers play an important part in football. In modern football, goalies are not just players who save goals and keep clean sheets. There are goalkeepers who start attacks, assist goals and more. So let's take a look and see who are the top 10 most valuable goalkeepers of 2023 according to Transfermarkt.    

Top 10 most valuable goalkeepers in 2024

10. Thibaut Courtois

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  • Club – Real Madrid
  • Age – 31 years old
  • Market Value – €35.00m

Courtois joined Real Madrid from Chelsea on 2018. The 28-year-old goalkeeper has been the Blues player since 2011, however, he spent few seasons (2011-2014) on loan at Atletico Madrid.

9. Jan Oblak

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  • Club – Atletico Madrid
  • Age – 31 years old
  • Market Value – €35.00m

Oblak has been a goalkeeper at Atletico Madrid since 2014. Atlético paid €16 million for the goalkeeper making him the most expensive goalkeeper in La Liga history. His contract with the Spanish side expires in the summer of 2028.  

8. David Raya

  • Club – Arsenal
  • Age – 28 years old
  • Market Value – €35.00m

David Raya currently plays for Arsenal on loan until the end of the 2023/24 season. He has become of the key players of the squad and has become their "number one" in goal replacing Aaron Ramsdale.

7. Guglielmo Vicario 

  • Club – Tottenham
  • Age – 27 years old
  • Market Value – €35.00m

Vicario joined Spurs in the summer of 2023 and has been having an impressive season.

6. Mike Maignan

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  • Club – AC Milan
  • Age – 28 years old
  • Market Value – €40.00m

Maignan joined Milan in 2021 from Lille. He has been one of the key players for the club.

5. Andre Onana

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  • Club – Manchester United
  • Age – 27 years old
  • Market Value – €40.00m

Andre Onana joined Inter in the summer of 2022 and became a key player for the Serie A side. He has a contract until 2027. Onana and Inter reached the final of Champions League 2022/23. Onana signed for United during summer transfer window 2023.

4. Ederson

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  • Club – Manchester City
  • Age – 30 years old
  • Market Value – €40.00m

Ederson signed for Manchester City from Benfica in 2017.  His contract with City expires in 2025.

3. Gregor Kobel

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  • Club – Borussia Dortmund
  • Age – 26 years old
  • Market Value – €40.00m

Kobel signed for Dortmund back in 2021 from Stuttgart. He signed a five-year contract with BVB.

2. Gianluigi Donnarumma

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  • Club – PSG
  • Age – 25 years old
  • Market Value – €40.00m

Donnarumma signed for Milan at the age of 14. In 2021, the Italian goalkeeper joined PSG on a five-year deal. The goalkeeper, however,  is third in the CIES rankings valued at €60M.

 

1. Diogo Costa

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  • Club – Porto
  • Age – 24 years old
  • Market Value – €45.00m

Diogo Costa is currently the most valuable goalkeeper according to Transfermarkt. He currently plays for Porto. The young goalkeeper was part of Portugal's squad in the World Cup and he played every minute of the tournament as they reached the quarter-finals.  


Source - Transfermarkt, QuoteTab

 

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