Keylor Navas vs Luis Gabelo Conejo
Costa Rica against Costa Rica. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Keylor Navas
Costa Rica · 2014–18 · GK
- Almanac rating
- 90
- Rank in Costa Rica
- #1 of 33
- Caps
- 127 · 0 goals
- Clubs
- Deportivo Saprissa, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, Paris Saint-Germain
Ten men and level with Greece on 29 June 2014, Costa Rica went to a shootout, and Navas pushed away Theofanis Gekas's penalty, one of three man of the match awards he took that summer. Three consecutive Champions League titles with Real Madrid in 2016, 2017 and 2018 lead the honours, followed by La Liga in 2016-17, four Club World Cups, three Ligue 1 titles at Paris Saint-Germain and 127 Costa Rica caps. Career record: 127 caps and 0 goals for Costa Rica; club career at Deportivo Saprissa, Real Madrid Club de Fútbol, Paris Saint-Germain.
Luis Gabelo Conejo
Costa Rica · 1990s · GK
- Almanac rating
- 82
- Rank in Costa Rica
- #8 of 33
- Caps
- 29 · 0 goals
- Clubs
- Asociación Deportiva Ramonense, C.S. Cartaginés, Albacete Balompié
Two goals conceded across three group games at Italia 90 took Costa Rica past Scotland and Sweden into the last 16, and when injury kept him out of that tie the side let in four against Czechoslovakia. FIFA put him in the tournament's all-star team as one of its two best goalkeepers, beside Sergio Goycochea; 29 caps followed, and at Albacete he kept goal as the club climbed into La Liga for the first time in 1991. Career record: 29 caps and 0 goals for Costa Rica; club career at Asociación Deportiva Ramonense, C.S. Cartaginés, Albacete Balompié.
The verdict
The almanac puts Keylor Navas ahead by 8 rating points, 90 against 82.
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