CIES ranking puts Benfica keeper second most valuable outside the Big Five | OneFootball

The CIES Football Observatory has once again analyzed the market and has now released the ranking of the goalkeepers with the highest estimated transfer value among players competing outside Europe’s five major leagues, known as the Big 5.

Portuguese football stands out prominently in the assessment, with two of the top spots occupied by goalkeepers playing in Liga Portugal. The table also features a Benfica presence that draws particular attention given the current context.

Diogo Costa is in first place in the ranking, with an estimated transfer value of €49.3 million. The Porto goalkeeper is the first-choice keeper for both the Dragons and the national team, closely followed by Anatoliy Trubin, of Benfica, who is valued at €45.1 million.

The figure relating to the Ukrainian is even more significant considering that Trubin has not even been Benfica’s first-choice goalkeeper - though he could be again. Even so, the CIES valuation places him as the second most valuable goalkeeper among those playing outside the Big 5.

The podium is completed by Czech goalkeeper Matej Kovar of PSV Eindhoven, valued at €29.4 million. The list also includes Alexander Nübel of Besiktas and Uğurcan Çakır of Galatasaray, but it is Portuguese football that dominates the top two places, with Diogo Costa and Trubin separated by just €4.2 million.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.