List Of Top Five(5) Players Who Never Missed A Penalty
Scoring a penalty, that is from the 12 yards is something that many people consider to be pretty easy once you get the hang of it. And most of those who take them consistently down the years have seen many penalties converted to boast conversion rates in the high 90s.
For any football players to take a penalty it is believed that they should be ready to maintain their calm rather than succumbing to the pressure that comes with it.
Numerous people continue to argue that there is no player in the history of football who has never missed a penalty. This is because the greatest conversion rate from the spot resides with the Italian legend Roberto Baggio. Out of the 69 penalties he took, he scored almost 63% of them. But, as we all know, when it mattered the most, he couldn’t convert. He blasted one over the spot against Brazil in the ’94 WC final. Brazil won the WC.
The answer is YES OF COURSE , the fact is that you can take two or three and leave the football with a 100% record.
Over the years, people and pundits have been saying that only Yaya Toure has been able to have a 100 per cent record on the spot with him converting 15 out of 15.
The former Ivorian international accomplished this during his eight years at Manchester City with 11 coming through the league games, three in the domestic cup competition and one for his national side.
Before he finally part ways with Manchester City, he was the only player to have taken at least 10 penalties and not missed one, having a success ratio of 100 per cent.
But nevertheless, we’ll present to you, list of the players who have never missed a penalty from at least 10 attempts.
1. Yaya Toure
Yaya Toure remains the most lethal man from 12 yards from a statistical point of view as he converted all 15 penalties in his eight years at Manchester City.
During his time as as a football players, Yaya found the back of the net at the 12 yard spot including 11 league games, one for his country and three in the domestic cup competitions in England, Toure retired with a 100% record from the spot, and the only crazy thing here is how he was only ever allowed to take 15 when he clearly was not too shabby from 12 yards.
2. Ivan Krstanovic
UEFA record has help us to understand that, by all accounts, Ivan Krstanović never missed a penalty in his career, as he told UEFA.com that “it’s at least 30 goals” from the spot for the Croatian.
3. Ovidiu Herea
Ovidiu Herea is a Romanian attacking midfielder, who has a brilliant goalscoring record and he has been one of the continent’s most prolific from midfield over the last 20 years in the lesser divisions. As a matter of fact, throughout Herea’s career, he has netted over 100 goals from midfield across many different clubs. 38 penalty, no missed.
4. Vladislav Stoyanov(24)
Vladislav Stoyanov is one of the football players in history who scored 24 from 24 top-flight penalties in the 1980s and 1990s with PFC Chernomorets Burgas and PFC Lokomotiv Sofia.
The former Russian Star, Stoyanov mastered the delayed kick, as he waited for the keeper to move first and slotted the ball the other way.
5. Ledio Pano
Ledio Pano was a midfielder who’s name is added as one of the only players in football history to take over 40 penalties and score every single one of them.
It is documented in the UEFA record that, Pano boasted a 100% record in over 50 penalties in his career in Albania and Greece.