One of the best keepers – Seaman

David Seaman is one of the best English goalkeepers ever. He started his career in Leeds United (1981), but couldn’t find his way in the first team. That’s why he moved to Peterborough United, where he played for two seasons in English fourth division. As a young goalkeeper he needed a playing time and his good performance for Peterborough won him a move to a bigger team.
Birmingham City paid £100 k. for young Seaman, and the goalkeeper won a Promotion with The Blues in the same season. But his major successes came with Arsenal’s colours. After a 4-year stay at Queens Park Rangers, The Gunners paid £1.3 m. for the new English national goalkeeper. At Arsenal Seaman became 3-times Premier League champion and won The FA Cup on 4 occasions.
The goalkeeper ended his professional football career in 2004, after his last Premier League season at Manchester City. He won 75 caps for the English national team. The goalkeeper made his debut for The Three Lions in 1988. Seaman appeared in two European Championships (1996 and 2000) and two World Cups (1998 and 2002) for England.
David Seaman made more than a thousand appearances in his career. His thousand match will be remembered with a world class save against Sheffield United in the FA Cup semi-final game in 2003 at Old Trafford. Arsenal were 1-0 in front after Freddie Ljungberg’s goal, but Sheffield created a very dangerous situation in front of Arsenal’s goal in the 83rd minute. David Seaman made a dive and saved a header shot from less than two meters.
On the other hand, David Seaman has made some silly errors. He has been trolled for Niyam’s goal for Zaragoza in The UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup 1995. As a result of his error a song, called ‘The loneliness of the goalkeeper’ was included in the radio programme. He is also remembered with the error he made against Brazil in The FIFA World Cup 2002 quarter-final, when Ronaldinho scored from a free-kick from about 40 meters.
However, you just can’t play more than a thousand matches and never make a mistake! Despite, he has made such errors, David Seaman will remain one of the best English goalkeepers ever.