Iker Casillas Fernández (born 20 May 1981) is Spanish football goalkeeper who captains La Liga club Real Madridand the Spanish national team. In 2008 he was on the Spanish team that won their first European Championship in 44 years, the Spanish team that went on to win Spain's first World Cup (a tournament in which he won the Yashin Award) and the 2012 European Championship.
Casillas has been nominated for the European Footballer of the Year award twice, ranking fourth overall in 2008 and again receiving more votes than any other goalkeeper in 2009. At the end of 2009 he was voted into the UEFA Team of the Year for the third consecutive time. As of 2011 Casillas is one of a very select group of players who have won all major club and national championship titles. In 2010, he was awarded with the Sports Prince of Asturias Award. On 19 October 2010, Casillas became the most capped goalkeeper of all time in the UEFA Champions League and in November 2011, he became the most capped player of all time for the Spanish national team.
On 1 July 2012, Iker Casillas became the first player to reach 100 international wins for his country. He also set another record with his 509 minutes without conceding a goal in that year’s European Championship, breaking the longstanding tally of 494 minutes set by Italian keeper Dino Zoff. Casillas then continued his new record for minutes unbeaten with Spain to 817 minutes, which was broken by France's Olivier Giroud.
Casillas in numbers
Age: 31
La Liga titles: 5
Champions Leagues: 2
European Championships: 2
FIFA World Cups: 1
Fifa World's Best Goalkeeper: 4
Age: 31
La Liga titles: 5
Champions Leagues: 2
European Championships: 2
FIFA World Cups: 1
Fifa World's Best Goalkeeper: 4
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