Iker Cassilas - Player Profile

Player Profile and Biography of Iker Cassilas

Full Name : Iker Casillas Fernandez

Place of Birth : Madrid, Spanyol

Date of Birth : 20 May 1981

Nationality : Spain

Position : Goal Keeper

Playing in the Club : Real Madrid

Real Madrid goalkeeper, Iker Casillas, was born in Madrid, Spain, on May 20, 1981 (28 years) and has been the main goalkeeper Madrid since 1999 replacing senior goalkeeper from Germany, Bodo Illgner.

In the Champions League final in 2000, Casillas became the youngest goalkeeper in the final of the most prestigious championships between clubs in the Blue Continent. When Real Madrid's 3-0 win over Valencia, Casillas was 19 years old.

Role Casillas at Real Madrid increasingly irreplaceable when in February 2008 signed a long-term contract until 2017 with a buyout clause worth 128 million pounds.

achievement

With Real Madrid
- La Liga: 2000-01, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2007-08
- Spanish Super Cup: 2001, 2003, 2008.
- Champions League: 1999-00, 2001-02
- European Super Cup: 2002
- Intercontinental Cup: 2002

national team
- U-15 European Championship: 1995
- U-17 European Championship: 1997
- Meridian Cup: 1999
- Junior World Cup: 1999
- European Cup: 2008

private title
- Bravo Award: 2000
- Premio Don Balon (Young Player in La Liga): 1999-00
- UEFA Team of the Year: 2007, 2008 2009
-ESM Team of the Year: 2007-08
- Zamora Trophy: 2007-08
- ESM Team of the Month: April-May 2000, January 2001, May 2002, February-March 2004, October-December 2007, January 2008, April 2008
- UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the Tournament
- FIFPro World XI: 2007-08
- IFFHS Best Goalkeeper: 2008
- FIFA.com Team of the Year: 2008