The Premier League Golden Glove is an annual
association football
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award presented to the
goalkeeper
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who has kept the most
clean sheets in the
Premier League
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. In football a team's defence or goalkeeper may be said to "keep a clean sheet" if they prevent their opponents from scoring any goals during an entire match. For sponsorship purposes, it has been referred to as the
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Golden Glove since its inception during the
2004–05 season until the
2015–16 season and as the
Cadbury
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Golden Glove from
2017–18 season to
2019–20 season. For the
2020–21 season, it was known as the
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Golden Glove and from the
2021–22 to
2023–24 seasons, it was known as the
Castrol Golden Glove.
The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of the
First Division left the
Football League
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and established a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements.
Originally, the Golden Glove could only be won outright by a single player; should there have been a tie, the goalkeeper with the superior clean sheets-to-games ratio received the award.
[ However, starting in the 2013–14 season, the Golden Glove is shared by goalkeepers with an equal number of clean sheets, regardless of the number of games they played.
In 2005, the inaugural Premier League Golden Glove was awarded to Petr Čech of Chelsea.]Arsenal
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). Pepe Reina was the first goalkeeper to achieve back-to-back wins of the award, managing to do so in three consecutive seasons between 2005 and 2008. Joe Hart later repeated the achievement with Manchester City between 2010 and 2013, as did Ederson with the same club between 2020 and 2022.[
During the 2008–09 season, ]Edwin van der Sar
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surpassed Čech's previous record of ten consecutive clean sheets by reaching 14.
Winners
Multiple awards won by player
The following table lists the number of awards won by players who have won at least two Golden Glove awards.
Players in bold are still active in the Premier League.
Awards won by nationality
Awards won by club
See also
* List of Premier League goalkeepers with 100 or more clean sheets
* Premier League Save of the Season
* Premier League Save of the Month
References
{{English football awards
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Golden
Association football player non-biographical articles
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2005 establishments in England