The evolution of the goalkeeper jerseys From the 90s to today, the goalkeepers' style has changed a lot

When one thinks of the football shirt itself, one hardly thinks of the jacket worn by the goalkeeper. It is different from all the others, and makes the goalkeeper the only player on the field who can wear a different uniform in colors and designs from those of his teammates. Furthermore, also and not only for this reason, the goalkeepers' shirts never stand out among the best-selling of the teams, because clearly it is difficult for the fan to prefer their extreme defender to a moving player who perhaps scores and assists. All this contributes to making the goalkeeper's uniform mistreated and irrelevant compared to that of his teammates who play in different roles from his.

Yet the brands do everything to make the goalkeepers' shirts attractive, having returned to offer them in colors and designs that immediately make you think back to the 90s, the golden age of those shirts. Let me explain: there will never be a second 90s, this is because the taste of the fan has evolved and would hardly accept the uniforms that were produced then, with those colors so blinding and those designs that became famous over time. This, however, does not limit the various suppliers from still designing characteristic goalkeeper kits, with discreetly striking patterns and colors by force of uncommon things - on the other hand, the goalkeeper must distinguish himself from teammates by regulation.

The football shirt has undoubtedly always been a cult object. Often they are at the center of special collections, and in some cases they are so limited that they are also sold on resell sites such as Classic Football Shirts or even Grailed, which occasionally lends its pages to lovers of the beautiful game for their shopping. in the secondary market. In recent years, football jersey has also come to invade the catwalks - as in the case of Balenciaga at the last Paris Fashion Week - and in 2020 we can safely say that when we talk about fashion football we think almost exclusively of football shirts. In a world where every shirt has its potential, it is right to return to giving importance to goalkeeper shirts, too, because they too have something to say again.