Spain and Athletic Bilbao’s goalkeeper Unai Simon has been crowned Men’s Best Goalkeeper of the Year at Monday’s Ballon d’or ceremony in London.

Simon won the 2026 World Cup with Spain with a fantastic goalkeeping display.

The 29-year-old broke the record for most clean sheets in a World Cup and was won the Golden Glove for the tournament.

Simon beat Spain teammate David Raya (Arsenal), Morocco’s Yassine Bounou, Senegal’s Eduoard Mendy, among others.

The Women’s Best Goalkeeper also went to Spain and Barcelona’s Tomas Catalina Coll. 

The 25 year old won the Women’s UEFA Champions League with Barcelona Femeni and had the most clean sheets in the competition