Thibaut Courtois has won the Golden Glove award for the best goalkeeper at the 2018 World Cup.
Belgium goalkeeper Courtois was influential in his side’s run to the semi-finals as his country achieved their best finish in the tournament, coming third.
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The Chelsea man kept clean sheets against Panama and England twice, while also impressing in a win over Brazil, to edge out finalists Hugo Lloris and Danijel Subasic.
After it was confirmed he had won the award following the final, Courtois posted on Twitter: “One of the biggest individual honors you can get as a goalkeeper! So proud of this!”
The prize is given to the keeper deemed by FIFA’s Technical Study Group to have been the most impressive in the tournament.
{{/usCountry}}The prize is given to the keeper deemed by FIFA’s Technical Study Group to have been the most impressive in the tournament.
{{/usCountry}}Germany’s Manuel Neuer won in 2014. Other past winners include Iker Casillas, Gianluigi Buffon, Oliver Kahn, Fabien Barthez and Michel Preud’homme.