Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea was named as the most effective participant the Premier League needed to supply final month.
Whereas the award has predominantly been gained by attacking gamers, there are a number of goalkeepers who’ve gained it earlier than with the quantity being simply 9. So aside from De Gea, which different goalkeepers have gained the gong earlier than?
The Arsenal shot-stopper turned the primary keeper to win the award in April 1995. In that month, he helped his facet to 3 wins in a sequence of outcomes that moved the membership away from relegation fears – simply 4 years after their final title.
- Tim Flowers-1997 and 2000
Tim Flowers is the one goalkeeper to have gained the Premier League participant of the month on two events.
He was a part of the Blackburn Rovers that have been topped because the league champions within the 1994/95 season. Whereas they struggled with consistency within the subsequent season, he gained his first award in January 1997 after serving to his facet to 3 consecutive clear sheets.
He was to earn the accolade in September 2000 whereas within the books of Leicester Metropolis. The Foxes had made a superb begin to the 2000/01 marketing campaign, sitting prime of the Premier League after eight video games.
The award got here as a shock since Manninger spent most of his time at Arsenal as a backup keeper throughout his five-season with the North London membership.
He was to learn from David Seaman’s absence within the 1997/98 season and impressed when he saved six successive clear sheets. Three of these got here in March as Manninger was named because the Premier League’s Participant of the Month.
Paul Robinson broke into the Leeds group through the 2000/01 season and was named because the Premier League’s Participant of the Month in November. His membership simply saved one clear sheet within the month however the keeper’s efficiency is one thing that was admired that season the place he made 24 appearances in all competitions throughout a season by which Leeds reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.
One of many Premier League’s finest goalkeepers received his hand to the award in 2007 whereas within the books of Chelsea FC Cech after protecting 4 consecutive clear sheets as Chelsea secured wins over Portsmouth, Manchester Metropolis, Sheffield United, and Watford.
He holds numerous Premier League information, together with the cleanest sheets ever recorded (202) and probably the most managed in a single season (24).
Schwarzer arrived at Fulham from Middlesbrough on a free switch in 2008 and spent 5 seasons at Craven Cottage.
He made 218 appearances in all competitions and was named because the Premier League’s Participant of the Month in February 2010 after protecting 4 clear sheets in simply 5 fixtures, conceding just one aim throughout an unbeaten run that moved the membership into the Premier League’s prime half.
The group reached the Europa League later that season, upsetting the likes of Juventus and Wolfsburg earlier than an extra-time defeat to Atletico Madrid within the last.
Presently, with Norwich Metropolis, Tim Krul is a family identify at Newcastle United and was an necessary determine beneath Allan Pardew. The Magpies have been unbeaten in November 2013 when the keeper picked the gong.
In that month, Pardew’s facet secured 4 consecutive wins, a run of outcomes that included clear sheets in wins over Chelsea and Tottenham. He made 14 saves in complete towards Spurs, setting a brand new Premier League report within the course of.
Fraser Forster set a brand new membership report after going 708 minutes with out conceding a aim for Southampton through the 2015/16 season.
The English keeper saved three consecutive clear sheets in February 2016, serving to the Saints safe optimistic outcomes towards Arsenal, West Ham, and Swansea. The membership was to complete sixth that season; their highest place and factors complete (63) of the Premier League period.
David de Gea has added his identify to the record of goalkeepers to have claimed Participant of the Month awards, following his performances in January 2022.
The Spaniard made 22 saves through the month, serving to his facet to back-to-back wins over Brentford and West Ham earlier than the worldwide break.
