Singapore’s Hassan Sunny ranked #18 among world’s top goalkeepers

Step aside Japan hero and current number one Izwan Mahbud, Hassan Sunny is the new man of the moment.

U.K.-based The Telegraph placed the 32 year-old custodian at #18 on its list of the world’s top 20 goalkeepers.

Such is the admiration The Telegraph has for him that he was placed ahead of well-known names like Cameroon international Idriss Carlos Kameni and England international Jack Butland, who came in #20 and #19 respectively.

And he is the only Asian goal-keeper to be on the list, edging out Australian and Valencia FC stopper Matthew Ryan.

Sunny, who has been capped by the national team 80 times and previously played for a number of local teams including Geylang United, Young Lions, Tampines Rovers, and Warriors, became the first goalkeeper to win the S.League Player of the Year award in 2014.

He now plies his trade in Thailand with Army United Football Club.

According to The Straits Times, Sunny expressed surprise at his achievement:

“When I first saw the link on Facebook, I thought it was a belated April Fool’s joke. After all, you can’t trust everything you see online.”

Well, this one’s real as it gets. So milk it while you can, Sunny!

And many of us don’t watch Thai football, here’s a look at some of our national custodian’s recent stellar saves for his new team:

(Source: YouTube – Allgreen Army)

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Top photo from Alchetron.

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- Daniel Ho