Diogo Costa, 23, holder of FC Porto and the national team, is among the nominees for the Best Goalkeeper 2022 award at the World Award, which is promoted by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
A total of 25 players were nominated, with the big absentee being last year’s winner, Italian Gigi Donnarumma, from Paris Saint-Germain. It should be noted, in the opposite direction, the inclusion of the Japanese Shuichi Gonda, who already played for Portimonense and currently represents Shimizu S-Pulse.
Below is the list of candidates:
Hugo Lloris (France/Tottenham)
Dominik Levakovic (Croatia/Dinamo Zagreb)
Wojciech Szczesny (Poland/Juventus)
Anders Nobert (Netherlands / Go Ahead / Heerenveen)
Kasper Schmeichel (Denmark/Leicester City/Nice)
Jordan Pickford (England / Everton)
Diogo Costa (Portugal, Porto)
Thibaut Courtois (Belgium, Real Madrid)
Mike Mignan (France/AC Milan)
Kevin Trapp (Germany / Eintracht Frankfurt)
Manuel Neuer (Germany / Bayern)
Jan Oblak (Slovenia/Atletico Madrid)
Alisson (Brazil / Liverpool)
Ederson (Brazil/Manchester City)
Emiliano Martinez (Argentina / Aston Villa)
Sergio Rocher (Uruguay / National)
Matt Turner (USA/New England Revolution/Arsenal)
Guillermo Ochoa (Mexico/USA)
Edouard Mendy (Senegal/Chelsea)
Yacine Bounou (Morocco/Sevilla)
Andre Onana (Cameroon / Inter Milan)
Ayman Dahmin (Tunisia / Sfaxien)
Mohammed Al Owais (Saudi Arabia / Al Ahly / Al Hilal)
Shuichi Gonda (Japan / Shimizu S-Pulse)
Seung Gyu Kim (Korea Republic / Kashiwa Reysol / Youth)
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