Real Madrid 'keeper Iker Casillas has been voted the World's Best Goalkeeper in 2008 by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).

The shot stopper, who played a major part in Spain's victory in the European Championships last summer, finished some distance clear of rivals Gianluigi Buffon and Edwin van der Sar.
The IFFHS asked a wide range experts from 85 countries to nominate their top four goalkeepers, with points awarded on a scale whereby the top-ranked 'keeper would receive four points and their fourth-ranked shot stopper received one point.
The top 10 ranked 'keepers were as follows:
1 - Iker Casillas: 249 points 2 - Gianluigi Buffon: 170 3 - Edwin van der Sar: 143 4 - Petr Cech: 108 5 - Igor Akinfeev: 23 6 - Jose Francisco Cevallos: 21 7 - Julio Cesar: 18 8 - Pepe Reina:15 9 - Jens Lehmann: 13 10 - Justo Villar: 12
(Source: Goal)