Unai Simon
Spain goalkeeper who won the Golden Glove after conceding once in eight matches.
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Spain conceded once in eight matches; how much of that is down to their goalkeeper?
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Won the Golden Glove after conceding once in eight matches
2026 FIFA World Cup: One goal conceded in eight matchesBackground
Unai Simon won the Golden Glove as the 2026 World Cup's best goalkeeper after Spain conceded just once in eight matches, the fewest ever by a champion; Belgium's quarter-final goal was the only one to beat him all tournament. Spain went on to beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time in the final on 19 July to win the World Cup.
Unai Simon Mendibil, Born 11 June 1997 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, has spent his entire club career with Athletic Bilbao, making his La Liga debut in 2018 and passing 200 appearances by 2025. He won the Zamora Trophy for the 2023-24 season's best goals-to-games ratio and lifted the Copa del Rey with Athletic that year. He missed the start of the 2024-25 season recovering from wrist surgery.
His six clean sheets across seven matches at the 2026 tournament are, per ESPN, a single-World Cup record, capping an international career that already includes a Euro 2024 winner's medal and now a World Cup winner's medal.