Ederson has kept out both spot-kicks he has faced for Man City but a former Chelsea goalkeeper is the penalty king
It is almost a tradition for Premier League fans to celebrate being given a penalty as if they had just scored a goal.
But some goalkeepers in the competition have made a name for themselves by regularly frustrating opponents from the spot.
Dmitri Kharin is one such player.
The Russian, who represented Chelsea for seven years from 1992, is statistically the best Premier League goalkeeper when it comes to saving spot-kicks.
He successfully kept out five of the 11 he faced, a save rate of 45.45 per cent.
What about now?
Three current PL goalkeepers are in the top 10, though such penalty prowess has not proven enough for them to presently be first choice at their respective clubs.
They are AFC Bournemouth’s Artur Boruc, Burnley’s Tom Heaton, and Simon Mignolet, of Liverpool.
Best penalty save rates (min. 10 faced)
| Goalkeeper | Pens faced | Pens saved | Save percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dmitri Kharin | 11 | 5 | 45.5 |
| Manuel Almunia | 14 | 6 | 42.9 |
| Pavel Srnicek | 12 | 5 | 41.7 |
| Bryan Gunn | 10 | 4 | 40.0 |
| Artur Boruc | 14 | 5 | 35.7 |
| Mark Bosnich | 18 | 6 | 33.3 |
| David Seaman | 22 | 7 | 31.8 |
| Mark Crossley | 19 | 6 | 31.6 |
| Tom Heaton | 10 | 3 | 30.0 |
| Simon Mignolet | 28 | 8 | 28.6 |
Two other goalkeepers new to the league for 2017/18 could be penalty kings of the future.
Ederson has saved both of the penalties he has faced for Manchester City, denying Crystal Palace’s Luka Milivojevic and Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, while Brighton & Hove Albion’s Mat Ryan has been beaten only one of three times.
Goals scored by goalkeepers are a somewhat rare event in football. Goalkeepers spend the majority of a match in the penalty area of their own team, a marked area around the goal they are defending in which they can handle the ball, in order to defend their goal. It is highly unusual for a goalkeeper to move far beyond this area and join an attack, as this leaves the defence vulnerable to long-distance attempts until the goalkeeper can return to defend it.
The most prolific goalscoring goalkeepers are those who take penalties or free kicks. Other occasions where goalkeepers sometimes score include set pieces where a goalkeeper joins an attack as a team is chasing a goal in order to prevent a defeat, or from goal kicks or otherwise regular clearances which travel the length of the pitch into the opposite goal.
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The record for most goals is held by the Brazilian Rogério Ceni, with 131 goals.[1][2] He scored his landmark 100th goal in a 2–1 win for São Paulo on 27 March 2011.[3] On the other hand, the record for the longest goal is held by Tom King, whose scored from a goal kick for Newport County against Cheltenham Town on 19 January 2021, and had a measured shot length of 96.01 metres (105 yards).[4][5]
In November 1999, Paraguayan José Luis Chilavert became only the second goalkeeper to score a hat-trick with three penalties for Vélez Sársfield in a 6–1 victory against Ferro Carril Oeste,[6] and in the following year he and Argentine Roberto Bonano from River Plate both scored in the same Copa Mercosur match.[7]
On 2 November 2013, Stoke City goalkeeper Asmir Begović scored a goal which was the fastest for a professional goalkeeper in football history (13 seconds).
On 19 January 2021, Newport County goalkeeper Tom King broke the record for the longest goal in football history (96.01 meters / 105 yards), in a match against Cheltenham Town.[5]