goalkeeper

See also: goal keeper and goal-keeper

English

Alternative forms

goal-keeper, goal keeper

Etymology

From goal +‎ keeper.

Pronunciation

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Noun

goalkeeper (plural goalkeepers)

(sports) A designated player that attempts to prevent the opposing team from scoring by protecting a goal.
- 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Krohn-Dehli took advantage of a lucky bounce of the ball after a battling run on the left flank by Simon Poulsen, dummied two defenders and shot low through goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg's legs after 24 minutes.
Synonyms: goalie, goalminder, goaltender, keeper, netkeeper, netminder, (slang) stopper

Usage notes

In ice hockey and lacrosse goaltender is the correct term and in most other sports goalkeeper is the correct term. However, the terms are often used interchangeably.

Translations

player that protects a goal

Afrikaans: doelwagter
Albanian: portier (sq) m
Arabic: حَارِس مَرْمَى‎ m (ḥāris marmā)
Armenian: դարպասապահ (hy) (darpasapah)
Basque: atezain (eu)
Belarusian: варата́р m (varatár)
Bulgarian: вратар (bg) (vratar)
Catalan: porter (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 守門員／守门员 (zh) (shǒuményuán), 門將／门将 (zh) (ménjiàng)
Cornish: gwithyas gol m, gwithyades wol f
Czech: brankář (cs) m
Danish: målmand (da) c, målvogter (da) c
Dutch: keeper (nl) c, doelwachter m, doelwachtster f, doelman (nl) m
Esperanto: golulo c, golulino m
Estonian: väravavaht
Faroese: málmaður m
Finnish: maalivahti (fi), veskari (fi) (slang), mokke (slang), molari (fi) (slang), veska (fi) (slang), veräjänvartija (slang), reppuri (slang)
French: gardien de but (fr) m, gardienne de but f, gardien (fr) m, gardienne (fr) f, goal (fr) m, portier (fr) m, portière (fr) f
German: Torwart (de) m, Torwartin (de) f, Torhüter (de) m, Torhüterin (de) f, Torwächter (de) m, Torwächterin f, Tormann (de) m, Torfrau (de) f, Keeper (de) m (Austrian, Swiss), Keeperin (de) f, Schlussmann m, Schlussfrau (de) f, Goalie (de) m, Goali m, Goalmann m (Austrian), Goalfrau f, Torsteher m, Torsteherin f, Fliegenfänger (de) m (football/soccer jargon), Fliegenfängerin (de) f
Greek: τερματοφύλακας (el) m or f (termatofýlakas)
Hebrew: שוער‎ (he) m
Hindi: गोल रक्षक m (gol rakṣak), गोलकीपर m (golkīpar)
Hungarian: kapus (hu)
Icelandic: markvörður m
Italian: portiere (it)
Japanese: ゴールキーパー (ja) (gōrukīpā), キーパー (kīpā)
Kazakh: қақпашы (qaqpaşy)
Korean: 골키퍼 (ko) (golkipeo), 키퍼 (kipeo)
Macedonian: голман (golman)
Maori: kaikaro, kaiārai
Mongolian: хаалгач (mn) (xaalgač)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: målvakt m or f, målmann m
Nynorsk: målvakt f, målmann m
Persian: دروازه‌بان‎ (fa) (darvâze-bân)
Polish: bramkarz (pl) m
Portuguese: goleiro (pt) m (Brazil), guarda-redes (pt) c
Romanian: portar (ro) m, portăriță f
Russian: врата́рь (ru) m (vratárʹ), голки́пер (ru) m (golkíper)
Scottish Gaelic: fear-bàire m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вра̀та̄р m, го̏лман m
Roman: vràtār (sh) m, gȍlman (sh) m
Slovak: brankár m
Spanish: arquero (es) m (Latin America), golero m (Uruguay), guardameta (es) m (journalistic and sports commentators usage), portero (es) m (Spain), cancerbero (es)
Swahili: golikipa (sw), kipa (sw)
Swedish: målvakt (sv) c, målis (sv) c (colloquial)
Thai: ผู้รักษาประตู, โกล (gool), โกล์
Turkish: kaleci (tr)
Ukrainian: ворота́р m (vorotár), голкі́пер (uk) m (holkíper)
Vietnamese: thủ thành (vi), thủ môn (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) zeiligaledan, (♂) zeilihigaledan, (♀) zeilijigaledan
Welsh: gôl-geidwad m
Yoruba: golí

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