Dethroning Casillas, Neuer is the best goalkeeper in the world

According to the vote of the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), Manuel Neuer surpassed a series of other bright candidates to become the best goalkeeper in the world in 2013.

This achievement helps the German goalkeeper break Iker Casillas' dominance of this award from 2008-2012.

Manuel Neuer is the best in the world. (Source: Getty Images)

This is a worthy reward for Manuel Neuer after what he has shown in an extremely successful year for the German national team and Bayern Munich club.

Neuer helped the German team win an early ticket to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup finals and with Bayern won the historic "5-trophy" of Bundesliga, National Cup, Champions League, European Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup.

In the recent vote, Neuer received 211 points from journalists and experts from 70 countries around the world, 133 points more than the second-placed person, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.

The next positions respectively belonged to Petr Cech (Chelsea) and Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea player and currently playing for Atletico Madrid), Victor Valdes (Barca) and Iker Casillas (Real Madrid)./.

According to VNA