Why Goalkeepers Shouldn’t Take Penalties

July 29th, 2006 | by: Daryl |

São Paulo keeper Rogério Ceni scored his 63rd career goal when he converted a penalty against Chivas de Guadalajara in this weeks Copa Libertadores semi-final. That puts him level with Paraguayan legend José Luis Chilavert as the highest scoring keeper of all time.

But keepers taking penalties isn’t always a good idea, even if they score…

For the record that was from the Bundesliga in April 2004. Hans Jörg Butt took the penalty for Bayer Leverkusen, but while he was busy high-fiving every single team-mate Schalke 04’s Ebbe Sand played the kick off to Mike Hanke, who was happy to score in Butt’s unguarded goal from just over the half-way line. Bayer won the game 3-2.

Tip of the World Cup Blog hat to the fine folk at Who Ate All The Pies?.

Tags: goalkeepers, Hans Jorg Butt, Mike Hanke, penalties, Rogerio Ceni

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Comments

By Se7en | July 29th, 2006 at 9:24 pm

ha ha ha!
Priceless.

Posted from United States

By go football | July 29th, 2006 at 10:55 pm

That was hilarious! I’m glad the players had a sence of humour about it.

Posted from Canada

By Adam Rupolo | July 29th, 2006 at 11:26 pm

Yeah that is kinda cute. I never thought I’d see something like that

But yeah it is quite nice to see tha players having a sense of humour about it.

By thedogmode | July 30th, 2006 at 5:26 am

wow! that should make managers think twice about having their keeper take penalties..

Posted from Philippines

By Zé | July 30th, 2006 at 7:03 pm

Yeah, that’s why Rogério Ceni always runs back to the goal after penalties or free kicks.

Right now, Rogério Ceni is probably one of the biggest heroes of all time for São Paulo, maybe tied to Leônidas da Silva. In a time where brazilian players are quick to jump ship and sign for a european team, he has declined the opportunity to leave many times before because he loves his club. He’s the captain of the team and a role model for all his team mates. During interviews you can see how intelligent he is, and it makes me happy to have him on the team I support, São Paulo.

Posted from Brazil