Iker Casillas

Iker Casillas

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Casillas and the second or maternal family name is Fernández.

Iker Casillas Fernández (born 20 May 1981) is a Spanish football goalkeeper and striker who captains La Liga club Real Madrid and 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 in which he was the top goal scorer in all three tournaments.

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 and holds the honor of being his nation's top scorer with 100 goals.