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Goalie Iker

World Cup-winning Spanish football goalkeeper Iker Casillas Fernández was born May 20, 1981 in Móstoles, Madrid and is nowadays known to the world as the boyfriend and fiànce to the world’s sexiest reporter, Sara Carbonero. Playing for the Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid he serves as a captain for the Spanish national team and Real Madrid. As captain of the national side, he led a young Spanish team to their first European Championship in 44 years, his first senior international honour. In 2010, he led Spain to their first ever FIFA World Cup.

Since bursting on to the scene as a teenager, Casillas has been recognised as one of the best goalkeepers in Europe, illustrated by the many awards he has received. He was nominated for the European Footballer of the Year award twice, ranking fourth overall in 2008 and continuing to be the highest-ranked goalkeeper again in 2009. At the end of 2009 he was voted into the UEFA Team of the Year for the third consecutive time. As of July 2010 Casillas is one of a select group of players who have won all major club and national championship titles.

In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Casillas won the Golden Glove Award for the tournaments best goalkeeper.

As a young child in the 1980s, Casillas once forgot to post his father’s football pools coupon on the weekend his dad had correctly predicted all 14 results; this cost the family around £1m.

Iker’s parents, José Luís and María del Carmen came from the town of Ávila (Navalacruz). When he was a child, he lived for some years in Basque Country, but he has always considered Madrid as his hometown. Iker also has a younger brother named Unai. Since 2009, his girlfriend has been the sports journalist Sara Carbonero. His past girlfriends have included former Miss. Spain, Eva González and Ana Isabel Medinabeitia, who works as a marketing director for a bank in Madrid.

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