Rene Higuita Skills

 

Rene Higuita was a goalkeeper and more. A lot more. The long-haired, eccentric Colombian may have kept a handful of clean sheets throughout the course of his 24-year-long career, but he was most remembered for what he did with his feet rather than with his hands. Higuita was perhaps the only goalkeeper that entertained. He lit up the stage with his bag of tricks and charismatic personal every time he took the field. Higuita, a pioneer for goalkeepers who play out from the back, was a breath of fresh air in an era when the back-pass rule was threatening to suck the joy out of football. His antics with the ball although involving a lot of risks got the crowd on their feet. However, nothing he achieved on the football pitch was quite as incredible as the scorpion kick save that he pulled off at Wembley stadium when Colombia faced England in a friendly game in 1995.