Premier League Golden Glove

The Premier League Golden Glove is an association football award. It is given to the goalkeeper who has kept the most clean sheets in a Premier League season. In association football, a clean sheet is given to a team's defence or goalkeeper if they prevent their opponents from scoring any goals during a match. For sponsorship reasons, it has been referred to as the Barclays Golden Glove since it was created for the 2004–05 season until the 2015–16 season. Since the 2017–18 season, it is known as the Cadbury Golden Glove.

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Highlights
Most awardsPetr Čech and Joe Hart (4)
Most consecutive wins3 (Pepe Reina, Joe Hart)
Most number of clean sheets24 (Petr Čech; 2004–05)

In 2005, the first Premier League Golden Glove was awarded to Petr Čech of Chelsea.[1] Čech's 24 clean sheets in a single season remains the current record.[2] Since 2005, Čech and Joe Hart have won the award the most amout of times, with 4 each. Pepe Reina was the first goalkeeper to win the award back-to-back, winning it in 3 consecutive seasons between 2005 and 2008. Joe Hart later repeated the achievement with Manchester City between 2010 and 2013.[1][3]

During the 2008–09 season, Edwin van der Sar surpassed Čech's previous record of 10 consecutive clean sheets by reaching 14.[4][5] During his streak, Van der Sar went 1,311 minutes without conceding a goal.[5] In the process, he broke both Čech's Premier League record (1,025 minutes),[6] Steve Death's Football League record (1,103 minutes)[7] and also the all-time league record in Britain (1,155 minutes) for most consecutive scoreless minutes.[8]

Winners

 
Petr Čech won the inaugural Premier League Golden Glove in 2005.
Key
Player (X) Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
  Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
  Denotes the club were Premier League champions in the same season
Premier League Golden Glove winners
Season Player Nationality Club Clean sheets Ref(s)
2004–05 Cech, PetrPetr Čech   Czech Republic Chelsea  24 [2]
2005–06 Reina, PepePepe Reina   Spain Liverpool 20 [9]
2006–07 Reina, PepePepe Reina (2)   Spain Liverpool 19 [10]
2007–08 Reina, PepePepe Reina (3)   Spain Liverpool 18 [11][12]
2008–09 van der Sar, EdwinEdwin van der Sar   Netherlands Manchester United  21 [5][13]
2009–10 Cech, PetrPetr Čech (2)   Czech Republic Chelsea  17 [9]
2010–11 Hart, JoeJoe Hart   England Manchester City 18 [14][15]
2011–12 Hart, JoeJoe Hart (2)   England Manchester City  17 [16]
2012–13 Hart, JoeJoe Hart (3)   England Manchester City 18 [3][17]
2013–14  Cech, PetrPetr Čech (3)   Czech Republic Chelsea 16 [18]
2013–14  Szczęsny, WojciechWojciech Szczęsny   Poland Arsenal 16 [18]
2014–15 Hart, JoeJoe Hart (4)   England Manchester City 14 [19]
2015–16 Cech, PetrPetr Čech (4)   Czech Republic Arsenal 16 [20]
2016–17 Thibaut, CourtoisThibaut Courtois   Belgium Chelsea  16 [21]
2017–18 David, de GeaDavid de Gea   Spain Manchester United 18 [22]
2018–19 Alisson   Brazil Liverpool 21 [23]
2019–20 Ederson   Brazil Manchester City 16 [24]

Awards won by nationality

Country Total
  Czech Republic 4
  England 4
  Spain 4
  Brazil 2
  Belgium 1
  Netherlands 1
  Poland 1

Awards won by club

Club Total
Manchester City 5
Chelsea 4
Liverpool 4
Arsenal 2
Manchester United 2

References

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  3. 3.0 3.1 Booth, Mark (8 May 2013). "Three in a row for Golden Hart". mancity.com (Manchester City FC). https://www.mancity.com/news/first-team/first-team-news/2013/may/three-golden-gloves-awards-in-a-row-for-joe-hart. Retrieved 7 August 2019. 
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  15. Clayton, David (8 May 2013). "Hart wins Golden Glove award". MCFC.com (Manchester City FC). http://www.mcfc.co.uk/news/team-news/2012/may/hart-qpr-preview. Retrieved 1 February 2014. 
  16. Joe Hart wins Premier League Golden Glove award. 14 May 2012. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/joe-hart-wins-premier-league-688245. Retrieved 2 February 2014. 
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  19. "Aguero and Hart seal Golden Awards double for Man City". Premier League. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
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  21. Twomey, Liam (21 May 2017). "Chelsea's Thibaut Courtois wins Premier League Golden Glove award". ESPN (ESPN Internet Ventures). http://www.espnfc.com/chelsea/story/3130925/chelseas-thibaut-courtois-wins-2016-17-premier-league-golden-glove-award. Retrieved 22 May 2017. 
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