Néstor Fernando Muslera Micol is an Argentine-born Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Galatasaray and the Uruguay national team.
He is considered one of the finest goalkeepers of his generation and was ranked as high as sixth-best in the world by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 2011.
Muslera began his career at Montevideo Wanderers and Nacional, moving to Lazio in 2007 where he won the 2009 Coppa Italia Final. In 2011, he was signed by Galatasaray for a fee of around €12 million, where he has since won honours which include 4 Süper Lig titles, 3 Turkish Cups and 4 Turkish Super Cups.
A full international since 2009, Muslera has earned over 90 caps for Uruguay. He has played in three Copa América tournaments, winning the title in 2011, and played every minute in goal for Uruguay as the country's undisputed number one in both the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup's, helping his nation to fourth place in the 2010 edition.
In May 2018 he was named in Uruguay's provisional 26 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. |
