Azerbaijan national football team goalkeeper Shahruddin Mahammadaliyev is among the players who stand out with his confident performance in the WC-2026 qualifying round. Sport24.az reports with reference to UEFA that the 31-year-old goalkeeper has appeared in all 4 matches of the qualifying round in Group D and made a total of 19 saves.
This means an average of 4.75 saves per game. North Macedonia's goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski has also saved his team 19 times.
With these indicators, both football players share 11-12th place among 82 goalkeepers.
The first place in the list is taken by Edoardo Colombo from the San Marino national team with 34 saves. In second place is Benjamin Buchel (Liechtenstein, 30 saves), and in third place is Iker Alvarez (Andorra, 26 saves).
It should be noted that the Azerbaijani national team conceded 11 goals and scored 2 goals in 4 qualifying matches for the WC-2026.