Unai Simón, Raya, Joan García, Courtois, ‘Dibu’ and Vozinha nominated as 2026’s best goalkeepers
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- Spain’s Unai Simón, David Raya and Joan García, Argentina’s Emiliano Martínez, Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois and Cape Verde’s Vozinha feature among 10 nominees for the 2026 Ballon d’Or award for best goalkeeper.
- The remaining nominees are Matvey Safonov, Yassine Bounou, Édouard Mendy and Gregor Kobel.
Unai Simón, David Raya and Joan García, members of Spain’s reigning world champion squad, are among the 10 nominees for the 2026 Ballon d’Or award for best goalkeeper.
The list also includes Argentina’s Emiliano “Dibu” Martínez, Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois and Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha.
The other four nominees are Russia’s Matvey Safonov, who won the Champions League with Paris Saint-Germain, Morocco’s Yassine Bounou, Senegal international Édouard Mendy and Switzerland’s Gregor Kobel.
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