Spain and Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simón has been named the arena’s absolute best goalkeeper on the 2026 Ballon d’Or rite in London on Monday. Simón claimed the award after beating 9 different nominees, together with Actual Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois, Barcelona’s Joan García, Arsenal’s David Raya and Paris Saint-Germain’s Matvei Safonov. The……
Spain and Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simón has been named the arena’s absolute best goalkeeper on the 2026 Ballon d’Or rite in London on Monday.
Simón claimed the award after beating 9 different nominees, together with Actual Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois, Barcelona’s Joan García, Arsenal’s David Raya and Paris Saint-Germain’s Matvei Safonov.
The opposite nominees had been Yassine Bounou of Morocco and Al-Hilal, Gregor Kobel of Switzerland and Borussia Dortmund, Emiliano Martínez of Argentina and Chelsea, Senegal’s Edouard Mendy of Al-Ahli, and Cape Verde’s Vozinha of Colo-Colo.
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Simón’s performances on the 2026 FIFA Global Cup helped protected the honor, having served as Spain’s first-choice goalkeeper right through the event.
He additionally gained the Global Cup Golden Glove award after conceding only one objective in 8 fits.
The Spanish shot-stopper additional set a event document with a 650-minute run with out conceding a objective. The streak started along with his ultimate two fits on the 2022 Global Cup and persevered during the first six and a part fits of the 2026 event.