2 in the FC 100 for 2018, up from fifth a year ago) is spectacular then, that's for sure -- fast, agile and with a remarkable reach -- and the ball doesn't get past him often.

Oblak's stats are really quite something. For three seasons in a row, starting at just age 22, Oblak won the Zamora award as the goalkeeper who let in the fewest goals in the Spanish league. He also recently clocked up his 100th clean sheet; it took him just 178 games.

Yes, 178. It took Manuel Neuer 188 games to reach the century mark. Víctor Valdes got there after 217. Gigi Buffon had to wait until his 222nd game, while Iker Casillas reached 100 clean sheets after 306 matches. Only Petr Cech was close, butOblak got there three matches sooner.

Such a feat didn't look likely at the beginning: On Oblak's debut, he faced three shots and conceded three goals. It's fair to say there were doubts about the big guy from Benfica, signed for €12 million. He was no Thibaut Courtois, fans complained, but they needn't have worried. "That's a goalkeeper's life," he later said, and he ended up keeping 11 clean sheets that year. Since then, his record reads 32, 21, 29.

Last season, he had a clean sheet in 56.2 percent of his games. Keylor Navas, in case you're wondering, was running at 32.4 percent and Marc-Andre ter Stegen at 40.8 percent. But when The Best was voted for this season, Oblak wasn't even in the top five keepers, with Ter