The goalkeepers

As in a real football team, the goalkeeper in goalunited is a very important player and can be the deciding factor in a match.

Goalkeeping takes on a special role in training. It is the only skill that is not available as the main skill to be trained in the normal training programs. It can be trained as a second skill in the main training programs, or alone in general training. The training effect of goalkeeping training is slightly higher than the effect for the other positions.

Careful!While the default number of players who can train without penalty is 7 players on all the field positions, you can only have 3 goalkeepers without a significant penalty in training. If you own the Keeper Plus upgrade and the Keeper Residential Center, you can have 5 Keepers who can train without penalty. For the other field positions, the maximum can be increased from 7 up to 10 players who can train without penalty, through the Residential Centers, Position Plus upgrade, and Squad Slot Plus ultra-rare.

Many teams choose not to train goalkeepers, but to buy good goalkeepers on the transfer market, even though they come with a hefty price tag. It is not advised though to have only one goalkeeper in your team. Even your goalkeeper can get injured or receive a red card, and in that case, you are in bad shape without a backup. The goalkeeping skills of your field players are usually very bad, and on top of that, they receive a penalty for playing on the wrong position (unless a repositioning card is played).

There are 3 Talents that only goalkeepers have. (Or those, that started out as goalkeepers.) "Penalty saver", "incredible reflexes" and "field player". As each one of those talents has a good chance of preventing a goal when it triggers, it is always good to have goalkeepers with talents.

 Good to know!While there isn't a best-suited personality for goalkeepers, an inflexible keeper will not get a main position bonus during the matches since they don't have a sub-position they can play on.The Goalkeepers can be used in the goalkeeper position on the field even when they are switched to train as defenders. To check if he will perform well, you can see the position bar in the formation setup. While training as a defender, the goalkeeper's performance in matches (the rating) may not be as high as when it trains in the Goalkeeper position, however, it will still be high enough