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Top 15 goalkeepers with the most saves in the U17 World Cup group stage

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Even though their teams failed to qualify for the round of 16 in the U17 World Cup, and despite conceding the highest number of goals in the group stage, Melvin Prakash (Fiji), Nicolas Kutran (New Caledonia), and Oliver Alegria Sigernes (El Salvador) top the ranking for most saves.

Indeed, with their teams struggling defensively, these keepers were constantly called into action and produced a string of spectacular saves, even if they couldn't prevent their sides from sinking. Melvin Prakash, for example, racked up 36 saves but didn't keep a single clean sheet. On the contrary, he conceded 20 goals in just three matches: 6 against Tunisia, 7 versus Belgium, and another 7 against Argentina. Yet, he still managed an impressive 9.2 rating against the Albiceleste, notably saving a penalty from Ojeda.

African goalkeepers also feature in this Top 15, including South Africa's Lwandiso Radebe (19 saves), Egypt's Omar Abdel Aziz (15 saves), Tunisia's Slim Bouaskar, and Ivory Coast's Christ Kouassi (10 saves).

Here are the Top 15 goalkeepers with the most saves:

1- Melvin Prakash (Fiji): 36 saves

2- Nicolas Kutran (New Caledonia) – 31 saves

3- Oliver Alegria Sigernes (El Salvador) – 22 saves

4- Lwandiso Radebe (South Africa) – 19 saves

- Tobias Borgnis (New Zealand) – 19 saves

6- Gerónimo Govea (Bolivia) – 16 saves

7- Omar Abdel Aziz (Egypt) – 15 saves

8- Abdulrahman Al-Otaibi (Saudi Arabia) – 14 saves

9- Noel Valladares (Honduras) – 13 saves

- Do-hun Park (South Korea) – 13 saves

- Jack Porter (England) – 13 saves

12- Clifford Gene (Haiti) – 11 saves

13- Ian O’rourke (Costa Rica) – 10 saves

- Slim Bouaskar (Tunisia) – 10 saves

- Christ Kouassi (Ivory Coast) – 10 saves