Best La Liga Goalkeepers Ever

Years Active in La Liga: 12 years (2004-2016)
Clubs in La Liga: Barcelona
Club and International Honors: La Liga Tile (6), Copa Del Rey (2), Spanish Super cup (6), Uefa Champions League (3), Uefa Super Cup (2), Club World cup (2), FIFA World Cup (1), Uefa European Championship (1)
Individual Honors in La Liga: Zamora Trophy (5), La Liga Best Goalkeeper of the season (2), Team of the season (1)
Including Victor Valdez in the list of Best La Liga Goalkeepers of all time should not be a head-scratcher in any way, considering his amazing achievements in the blaugrana shirt, but there is only one problem. He was consistent both in giving heroic performances and in making horrible mistakes.

Known for his composure between the sticks and ability to play with his feet, the Spaniard is also remembered for his costly howlers at crucial moments, most notably in the Spanish Super cup against Real Madrid that lead to a crucial away goal by Angel Di Maria which won Real Madrid the cup in the second leg. Despite these mistakes, Valdez contributed a lot to Barcelona's historical achievement both under Frank Rijkaard and Pep Guardiola.

His best games were the two UEFA Champions League finals against Arsenal (2004-2005), in which he denied Thierry Henry in two one-on-one chances and against Manchester United (2008), when he frustrated Cristiano Ronaldo with two world-class saves.

In 2014, a scientific study by the Spanish Center of Football History and Statistics named Valdez as the best goalkeeper in the history of La Liga, after analyzing the career of almost 800 goalkeepers in the history of the league. During his career Valdez played 387 games for Barcelona and won the prestigious Zamora trophy a record 5 times, 4 of which were achieved in the Guardiola era.

He was also a part of Spain's all-conquering squad in the 2010 world Cup and the 2012 Uefa European Championship although he was the second-choice goalkeeper behind Iker Casillas and did not feature in any matches.

Years Active in La Liga: 20 years (1988-2008)
Clubs in La Liga: Real Madrid, Celta Vigo, Valencia
Club and International Honors: La Liga Tile (3), Copa Del Rey (1), Spanish Super cup (2), Uefa Champions league (1 win and 2 runner-ups), Uefa cup (1), Uefa Super cup (1)
Individual Honors in La Liga: Zamora Trophy (4)
Nicknamed the Black Cat by the fans for his quick reflexes, Santiago Canizares was one of the best La Liga goalkeepers of all time and among the members of the last golden generation of Spaniards who underachieved at the international level. However, His achievements at the club level were amazing.

He graduated from Real Madrid's Academy and was the second-choice keeper for Los Blancos in the Champions League final triumph over Juventus in 1998. The following season Canizares left Madrid for Valencia, where he helped Los Che win their last La Liga titles (2001 and 2002) and reach two consecutive UEFA Champions League finals (1999–2000 and 2000–01).

Valencia lost both finals, to Real Madrid and Bayern Munchen respectively. Yet Canizares had one of the best games of his career in the penalty shoot-out loss against Bayern Munchen, in which he saved a Mehmet Scholl penalty in normal times of the game.

Cañizares won the Zamora Trophy four times in his career, establishing his place in the list of Best Goalkeepers in La Liga history. He is the third in the list of goalkeepers with most Zamora Trophies, behind Victor Valdez (5) and Antoni Ramallets (5).

Years Active in La Liga: 6 years (20014-Present)
Clubs in La Liga: Atletico Madrid
Club and International Honors: Spanish Super cup (1), Uefa Champions league (1 runner-up), Uefa Super Cup (1), Uefa Europa league (1)
Individual Honors in La Liga: Zamora Trophy (4), La Liga Best Goalkeeper of the season (4), La Liga Team of the season (2), Uefa Champions League Team of the season (2)
The Slovenian Giant is surely one of the Best Goalkeepers in La Liga history despite playing only seven seasons in Spain. Oblack individual achievements in such a short time have been really impressive. He has won the Zamora Trophy in four out of the six seasons he has spent in Atletico Madrid, all of them achieved in a consecutive manner. His best record was set in 2014-2015 season, in which he only conceded 18 goals in 38 matches.

An all-time record which proves yet again why Oblack should be considered in the list of Best La Liga Goalkeepers of all time.

Some would argue that Oblack has benefited immensely from Diego Simeone's ultra-defensive tactics, yet he has truly been a wall in the goal for his team. Oblack has played a total of 257 games for Atletico Madrid in all competitions, 191 of them have been in Spanish La Liga.

He is the fastest goalkeeper to reach 100 clean sheets in La Liga (in 182 games) and the first non-Spanish goalkeeper in history .to become a centenary in the Spanish Primera Division. he has surely proved that he is among Best La Liga Goalkeepers of all time

Years Active in La Liga: 20 years (1942-1963)
Clubs in La Liga: San Fernando, Mallorca, Valladolid and Barcelona
Club and International Honors: La Liga Tile (6), Copa Del Rey (5), Spanish Super cup (3),
Individual Honors in La Liga: Zamora Trophy (5)
Another Great Barcelona Goalkeeper in the list of Best La Liga Goalkeepers of all time, Antoni Ramallets is the only player in La Liga history with 5 Zamora Trophies and the only one with four consecutive ones. (He shares both records with Victor Valdez). His best season in terms of goals Conceded Ratio was in the 1958-1959 season in which he conceded only 23 goals in 28 games for Barcelona.

Ramallets was one of the starts of the Legendary Barcelona side which conquered five domestic titles in the 1951-1952 season. He played 288 times for Barcelona and was Spain's Goalkeeper in the 1950 .FIFA World Cup. He is without a doubt one of La Liga Best Goalkeepers of all time

Years Active in La Liga: 18 years (1980-1998)
Clubs in La Liga: Alavez, Athletic Bilbao, Valencia and Barcelona
Club and International Honors: La Liga Tile (6), Copa Del Rey (3), Spanish Super cup (3), Uefa Champions League (1), Uefa Super Cup (2), Club World cup (2), UEFA Cup (1)
Individual Honors in La Liga: Zamora Trophy (1)
Known as Zubi among football fans, Andoni Zubizarreta is undoubtedly one of La Liga's Best Goalkeepers of all time. The charismatic shot-stopper kept many records in the Spanish football to his name for many years. Among them are the record for most clean sheets in La Liga history and the all-time record of most appearance in the league with an incredible sum of 622 games, Half of which he played at FC Barcelona between 1986 to 1994.

Zubizarreta won the Zamora Trophy only once during his career, which is rather unusual given the quality and consistency of his performances in Barcelona and Valencia shirts. His best season on personal levels was at the 1986-1987 season in which he conceded only 29 goals in 43 matches for Barcelona. He presented Barcelona on two UEFA Champions League Finals which had bitter-sweet outcomes for the veteran goalkeeper.

In his first UCL final (1992), Barcelona beat Sampdoria 1-0 to win its first-ever UEFA Champions League. The second Final (1994) was an altogether different story as Johan Cruyff Dream Team were humiliated 4-0 by Arrigo Sacci's AC Milan. A heavy defeat which surely put an end to both Cruyff's managerial era and Zubizarreta's career in Barcelona. Despite the frustrating ending to .his career, zudizarreta is considered among Best La Liga Goalkeepers of all time.