List of Goalscoring Goalkeepers

List Of Goalscoring Goalkeepers

Goals scored by goalkeepers are a rare event in football, for the reason that if a goalkeeper left the net and went down the field, a long shot from the other team could send the ball into the back of the empty net, while the goalkeeper can do nothing but stare at a goal in his net. The most prolific goalkeepers are those who take penalties or free kicks, but on occasion a goalkeeper scores when committed forward at a set piece in a last-ditch effort to score a goal which would prevent his team's defeat. On rare occasions, a goalkeeper can score with a goal-kick or an otherwise regular clearance travelling the length of the pitch into the opposite goal. The record is held by the Brazilian Rogério Ceni, with 107 goals, of which 50 came from the penalty spot. He scored his landmark 100th goal in a 2–1 win for São Paulo against rival Corinthians on 27 March 2011.

In November 1999, Paraguayan José Luis Chilavert became the first goalkeeper to score a hat-trick with three penalties for Vélez Sársfield in a 6–1 victory against Ferro Carril Oeste, and in the following year he and Argentine Roberto Bonano from River Plate both scored in the same Copa Mercosur match.