t was an evening that Kevin Trapp will remember for a very long time. Alongside fiancée Izabel Goulart, the Eintracht goalkeeper walked the red carpet in Paris on Monday evening as one of the best players of the 2021/22 campaign. Trapp had been shortlisted by French sports magazine France Football for the Yashin Trophy – an accolade awarded to the world’s best goalkeeper as part of the annual Ballon d’Or ceremony.
The 32-year-old was a near ever-present for Eintracht during the 2021/22 season, missing just two of a possible 48 competitive games and playing the full 90 minutes in every appearance. He earned countless plaudits in both the Bundesliga and in the UEFA Europa League, as the Eagles went on to lift the trophy in Seville. He was consequently named in the Europa League Team of the Season as the competition’s best goalkeeper.
Best German keeper
Trapp was unsuccessful on this occasion as Thibaut Courtois, who won the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid and set a new record for a final with his nine saves against Liverpool, secured the Yashin Trophy. Trapp was named sixth best goalkeeper in a poll of 100 journalists from the 100 best-ranked nations in the FIFA world rankings, ahead of Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer.
The Yashin Trophy rankings at a glance
- Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid CF)
- Alisson (Liverpool FC)
- Ederson (Manchester City FC)
- Édouard Mendy (Chelsea FC)
- Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
- Kevin Trapp (Eintracht Frankfurt)
- Manuel Neuer (FC Bayern Munich)
- Jan Oblak (Atlético de Madrid)
- Bono (Sevilla FC)
- Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur)
Having missed the final training session ahead of Eintracht’s DFB Cup second round tie at SV Stuttgarter Kickers, Trapp has now departed for Stuttgart, where kick-off this evening is at 18:00 CEST.
