Thibaut Courtois
#1 · Goalkeeper · age 33
Ballon d'Or-level shot-stopper; first-choice keeper
95
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 57
- Career peak
- 87
- League level
- 90
- Competition pedigree
- 98
- International pedigree
- 100
- Longevity
- 61
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Career by season
Source: transfermarkt · fetched 2026-05-29
Courtois missed Euro 2024 after a public falling-out with then-coach Domenico Tedesco over the captaincy, and his international future was unclear until Rudi Garcia personally brokered a return in autumn 2025. He arrives in North America with the vice-captain’s armband, the No. 1 shirt unchallenged, and the kind of pedigree that makes Belgium a quarterfinal threat regardless of what happens in front of him.
At 33 he is at the peak of his powers — the rare goalkeeper who is genuinely better in his thirties than his twenties — and behind a defense rebuilding around De Winter and Debast, his shot-stopping ceiling alone could be the difference between group exit and Round of 16 survival.
Strengths
- Goal-line reflexes and 1v1 closing
- Cross-claiming in crowded boxes — 6'7" reach
- Distribution that launches Real's counters
Recent form
Anchor of Real Madrid's 2025-26 La Liga campaign; back to pre-injury level.
Is the only goalkeeper to win Champions League Final Man of the Match in the 21st century — for his nine-save performance against Liverpool in Paris 2022.