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Peter Schmeichel was the first goalkeeper to score in the Premier League.
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Alisson is the most recent goalkeeper to have scored in the Premier League.

The Premier League is an association football competition founded in 1992 which forms the top level of the English football league system.[1] As of 8 April 2022, a total of 30,745 Premier League goals have been scored,[2] of which only six were scored by goalkeepers.[3][4] Three came when the goalkeeper went forward for a corner kick to seek a late equalising or winning goal. The other three were flukes where a long ball forward eluded all other players; these usually involve a mistake by the defending goalkeeper which the scoring goalkeeper will, from solidarity, decline to celebrate.[5][6]

Bill Edgar of The Times analysed the 77[n 1] goals scored by goalkeepers in the Premier League and English Football League between 1888 and January 2021: 46 were penalty kicks, 19 were from the keeper's own half,[n 2] and the remaining 12 followed corner kicks.[n 3][7] Whereas the world's highest-scoring goalkeepers score mostly from penalties, none has done so in the Premier League. Supporters of Manchester City shouted for Ederson to take a penalty at Swansea City in April 2018, when their team had already secured the league title and were 4–0 ahead in the match, but manager Pep Guardiola said it would have been disrespectful to the opposition for the goalkeeper to do so.[9]

Premier League goals scored by goalkeepers[n 4]
#
 Player Date For Against Ground H/A
[n 5] 		Time Decription Distance Score[n 6] Refs
[n 7]
Then Final
1 Peter Schmeichel 20 Oct 2001 Aston Villa Everton Goodison Park A 90 m Volley from a corner 6 yards (5.5 m) 2–3 2–3 [11][3]

Previously, Schmeichel had scored in a UEFA Cup match for Manchester United against Rotor Volgograd, and eight goals for Danish clubs Hvidovre and Brøndby.

2 Brad Friedel 21 Feb 2004 Blackburn Rovers Charlton Athletic The Valley A 89 m Aftermath of a corner Short range 2–2 2–3 [12]

Friedel thought he had secured a late equaliser until Claus Jensen scored a long-range winner in stoppage time.

3 Paul Robinson 17 Mar 2007 Tottenham Hotspur Watford White Hart Lane H 62 m Free kick 75 yards (69 m)[n 8] 2–0 3–1 [14][13]

The ball bounced and went over the head of opposition goalkeeper Ben Foster.

4 Tim Howard 4 Jan 2012 Everton Bolton Wanderers Goodison Park H 63 m Clearance from own penalty area 85 yards (78 m) 1–0 1–2 [5][15][16]

Wind-assisted.

5 Asmir Begović 12 Nov 2013 Stoke City Southampton Britannia Stadium H 13 s[n 9] Clearance from own penalty area 91.9 metres (100.5 yd) 1–0 1–1 [6][17]

Wind-assisted. Recognised by Guinness World Records as the "longest goal scored in football" until Newport County goalkeeper Tom King scored from a goal kick in a 2021 EFL League Two match.

6 Alisson 16 May 2021 Liverpool West Bromwich Albion The Hawthorns A 90+5 m Header from a corner Short range 2–1 2–1 [15]

Late in the 2020–21 campaign, Liverpool were making a successful charge to qualify for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.[4] Alisson became the first goalkeeper in the Premier League to score a headed goal or a winning goal, and the first to score in any official match for Liverpool.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Edgar's total of 97 includes 20 goals scored by keepers temporarily playing as outfielders.[7] The next (78th) keeper's goal came two weeks after Edgar's analysis.[8]
  2. ^ Of these, 16 were clearances, two free kicks, and one a goal kick.[7]
  3. ^ Of these, 5 were headers.[7]
  4. ^ Correct as of May 2021. Sources:[4][10]
  5. ^ Whether the goalkeeper's team's home ground
  6. ^ The goalkeeper's team's score is listed first
  7. ^ Other than the general references[4][10]
  8. ^ Anna Kessel reported a distance of 95 yards (87 m).[13]
  9. ^ Eurosport timed it at 14 seconds.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Rodrigues, Jason (2 February 2012). "Premier League football at 20: 1992, the start of a whole new ball game". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. ^ "All-Time Premier League Table". My Football Facts. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Ranking every Premier League goal scored by a goalkeeper". The Independent. 17 May 2021. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Alisson joins goalscoring goalkeepers with Liverpool winner". Premier League. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b Hunter, Andy (5 January 2012). "Tim Howard feels sympathy for Bolton goalkeeper after 'cruel' goal". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  6. ^ a b c "Begovic scores after 14 seconds as Stoke hold Southampton". Eurosport. 2 November 2013. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022. Swirling wind helped a Begovic clearance bounce awkwardly and fly over counterpart Artur Boruc almost direct from kick-off: the Bosnia keeper shook his head instead of celebrating.
  7. ^ a b c d Edgar, Bill (5 January 2021). "The 93 [sic] league goals scored by a keeper — but none for five years". The Times. London. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  8. ^ Opta Sports [@OptaJoe] (19 January 2021). "1 - @NewportCounty's Tom King is the first goalkeeper to score a goal within the top four tiers of English league football since Barry Roche for Morecambe vs Portsmouth in February 2016 (also in League Two)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ "Guardiola turns down Ederson penalty request". ESPN.com. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  10. ^ a b "The Premier League's goalscoring goalkeepers: Alisson joins exclusive list of six but is the first to score with a header". Sporting Life. 16 May 2021. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Premier League: Every time a goalkeeper has scored a goal". Give Me Sport. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. ^ Cox, Gerry (22 February 2004). "Charlton 3 - 2 Blackburn Rovers". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  13. ^ a b Kessel, Anna (18 March 2007). "Premiership: Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 1 Watford". the Guardian. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Spurs v Watford, 2006/07". Premier League. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Unbelievable! Alisson joins the select band of goal-scoring goalkeepers". ESPN. 17 May 2021. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  16. ^ "Everton v Bolton, 2011/12". Premier League. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  17. ^


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