Statistical view: David de Gea’s stunning 12-year stay at Manchester United | OneFootball
David de Gea has guarded the net at Old Trafford for the final time after 12 sparkling years at the club. The Spaniard announced that he had left the club earlier this week following the expiry of his contract at the end of last month.
Sir Alex Ferguson famously missed a game to scout De Gea and it’s fair to say that the legendary manager’s judgement was spot on as his selected prodigy went on to become an all-time United great.
There are only a select few players that are able to be a first-team regular at one of the biggest clubs in the world for over a decade and De Gea has certainly deserved his status.
But as tributes from team-mates and supporters flood in, just how good was he over his 12 years on Sir Matt Busby Way? We take a look.
De Gea made a whopping 545 appearances for United – a tally only bettered by six other players and none from outside the United Kingdom.
His in-house records certainly don’t stop there. Quite amazingly, De Gea has won the Player of the Year award a remarkable four times. As a goalkeeper, that is unprecedented.
The only other player to win the award four times is Cristiano Ronaldo and no other player won the prize on more than two occasions.
The 32-year-old kept an incredible 190 clean sheets in those 545 appearances – made even more impressive when you factor in the number of disappointing seasons he starred in.
Those 190 clean sheets put him at the top of the ranks in United’s rankings and in the Premier League, only three goalkeepers have kept more clean sheets than De Gea’s 147.
As per the official Premier League website, De Gea continues to impress in the saves column as he is only bettered by Ben Foster in the all-time rankings.
De Gea made 1157 saves over his 12 seasons, with Foster’s 1248
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