Iker Casillas

 In 2010, Casillas captained the national team to the World Cup title. In the World Cup final against the Netherlands on July 11, 2010 in Johannesburg, he had an outstanding performance, with two decisive interventions in two one-on-ones with Arjen Robben, in the 62nd minute, deflecting his shot with his foot, and in the 83rd minute, getting in front of the Dutchman's shot. Throughout the championship, he made outstanding performances in the round of 16 against Portugal, in the quarterfinals against Paraguay, saving Cardozo's penalty and in the semifinals against Germany. It should be noted that, as in Euro 2008 and Euro 2012, Iker did not concede a goal in the knockout rounds.  On an individual level, he received the "Golden Glove" as the best goalkeeper of the championship and was included in the "All-Star Team", composed of the best eleven players of the tournament. In the European Championship held in Poland and Ukraine, he captained the national team to

 Iker Casillas became the player with the most caps for the Spanish national team, surpassing the 126 matches played by Andoni Zubizarreta at Wembley Stadium on November 12, 2011 against England, being surpassed by Sergio Ramos on October 12, 2019. His debut as a senior international was on June 3, 2000 in Gothenburg, Sweden, in the friendly match prior to Euro 2000, Sweden 1-1 Spain, followed by his debut in an official competition match on September 2, 2000 in a Bosnia 1-2 Spain match in Sarajevo, a qualifier for the 2002 World Cup. With the lower categories of the Spanish national team he was champion of the U-16 European Championship in 1997 and champion of the U-20 World Cup in 1999 along with Xavi Hernandez, where despite starting as a substitute for goalkeeper Daniel Aranzubia, older (20 years old to Iker's 17) and more experienced, he stood out for his performance in the quarterfinals, during the penalty shootout against Ghana. ​

  On an individual level, Iker Casillas won his first Zamora Trophy, ahead of the azulgrana goalkeeper, Víctor Valdés. Casillas signed a contract extension until 2017 and a termination clause of 113 million euros. The 2008/09 season ended without titles for the team, finishing runners-up in La Liga and eliminated in the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey and against Liverpool FC in the round of 16 of the Champions League. At the institutional level, Ramón Calderón resigned as president of the club in January 2009, after uncovering the fraud that had taken place in the last Assembly, in which non-committed members had acted as such. Elections were called for the summer of 2009, in which only the former president, Florentino Pérez, presented the necessary guarantee of 57.3 million euros in the registry of the Electoral Board, and was sworn in as the new president on June

  In the 2006/07 season, the new Madrid president, Ramón Calderón, hired Fabio Capello as coach, who returned to the club ten years later. As in the 1996/97 season, his team won the league title, completing a great comeback. Real Madrid arrived at the Clásico at Camp Nou on matchday 28, five points behind Barça and just after their elimination in the round of 16 of the Champions League against FC Bayern.  The team completed a great match, which ended 3-3, from which Madrid came out of the game much stronger. In the last ten matchdays remaining, the team scored 25 of the 30 points at stake, including two epic last-minute comebacks against Español and Recreativo, which were enough to win the 30th league title in the club's history and the third for Iker Casillas. In the 2007/08 season and with Bernd Schuster as coach, Madrid retained the league title, 18 points ahead of Barcelona, whom they welcomed as champions at the Bernabéu with a 4-1 victory and the traditional 'pasillo'

The 2002/03 season is one of Iker's most complete seasons, being named for the second consecutive year, second best goalkeeper in the world by the IFFHS company, which is a great achievement.  In terms of titles, he won the European Super Cup and the Intercontinental Cup, in addition to his second National League Championship. In the Champions League, the team reached the semifinals of the competition for the fourth consecutive year, being eliminated by Juventus. In the 2003/04 season and with Carlos Queiroz replacing del Bosque, the team began the season by winning the Spanish Super Cup and completed until March 2004, an impeccable campaign, exhibiting a great level of play, which placed them leaders in La Liga, qualified for the Champions League quarterfinals after eliminating FC Bayern in the round of 16 and finalists of the Copa del Rey.  It was after that Cup final, played in the Olympic Stadium of Montjuïc in Barcelona against Real Zaragoza, which Real lost 2-3 in extra time,

  His debut in the First Division and as a starter with the first team, took place in "La Catedral", San Mamés, on September 12, 1999, with the result against Athletic 2-2 Real Madrid. In that first season 1999/2000, he also became the youngest goalkeeper to play and win a Champions League Final, achieving "La Octava" for the club. At the end of that year 2000, he received the Bravo Trophy for the best young footballer in Europe. With the arrival of Florentino Pérez as president, after winning the 2000 elections, a sports policy called "Zidanes y Pavones" was introduced at the club, based on having the best players in the world, combined with a strong promotion of home-grown players. In 2002, following the signing of Ronaldo Nazario, the press coined the term "Galacticos" to refer to this star-studded team. In that first 2000/01 season, with Florentino Perez at the helm of the club, they won the first of their five championships to date, reaching

  Now we will start from the beginning of his story. Iker Casillas Fernandez practiced to be better at soccer level, in the lower categories of Real Madrid, in whose prebenjamin team (a category of soccer) began to play in the 1990/91 season. He was called up for the first time to the first team, when he was only 16 years old and already playing in the Juvenil A, for the Champions League match on November 27, 1997, the fifth game on the way to "La Séptima", against Rosenborg (a Norwegian team) in Norway.  Real Madrid contacted Iker's high school principal to inform him of his call-up, which was due to the absence of Illgner and Contreras, with Santiago Cañizares as the starting goalkeeper for that match.

Iker Casillas Fernandez was born in Mostoles more specifically in Madrid on May 29, 1981 is a former Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was a full international with Spain from 2000 to 2016 and captain from 2006 to 2016. From 2019 to 2020, due to an acute myocardial infarction he was part of the coaching staff of Futebol Clube do Porto, as a precautionary measure in his recovery until his retirement in August 2020. He developed most of his sporting career at Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, first in its youth categories and from 1999 to 2015 in the first team, holding the captaincy between 2010 and 2015. He is the second player with the most appearances in the club's history, with a total of 725, behind Raúl González with 741. He was a full international with Spain from 2000 to 2016, and captain for ten since 2006. He is the Spanish international with the most caps in history and the seventh in the world with 167. He captained his national team to become two-time European