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Iker Casillas is well respected in the football world. Here he is with former Real teammates Michel Slagado and Luis Figo, right. Felipe Trueba / EPA
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Iker Casillas, right, celebrates with teammate Santi Cazorla during Spain's 2008 European Championship title run. Shaun Botterill / Getty Images
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Spain captain, Iker Casillas lifted the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Michael Kooren / Reuters
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Iker Casillas led Spain to a successful European Championship defence in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2012. Jasper Juinen / Getty Images
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Iker Casillas, right, was instrumental in Real Madrid's Uefa Champions League victory in 2014. Victor Carretero / Getty Images
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Former Real Madrid captain and goalkeeper Iker Casillas won 16 trophies at the Bernabeu before leaving for Porto 2015. Andrea Comas / Reuters
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Jurgen Klopp, left, greeted Iker Casillas after Liverpool beat Porto in their Uefa Champions League quarter-final last month. Armando Franca / AP Photo
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Iker Casillas is well respected in the football world. Here he is with former Real teammates Michel Slagado and Luis Figo, right. Felipe Trueba / EPA
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Iker Casillas, right, celebrates with teammate Santi Cazorla during Spain's 2008 European Championship title run. Shaun Botterill / Getty Images
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Spain captain, Iker Casillas lifted the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Michael Kooren / Reuters
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Iker Casillas led Spain to a successful European Championship defence in Kiev, Ukraine, in 2012. Jasper Juinen / Getty Images
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Iker Casillas, right, was instrumental in Real Madrid's Uefa Champions League victory in 2014. Victor Carretero / Getty Images
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Former Real Madrid captain and goalkeeper Iker Casillas won 16 trophies at the Bernabeu before leaving for Porto 2015. Andrea Comas / Reuters
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Jurgen Klopp, left, greeted Iker Casillas after Liverpool beat Porto in their Uefa Champions League quarter-final last month. Armando Franca / AP Photo
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Iker Casillas is well respected in the football world. Here he is with former Real teammates Michel Slagado and Luis Figo, right. Felipe Trueba / EPA
Iker Casillas: A defiant goalkeeping great for Real Madrid, Spain and now Porto
The 37-year-old stopper, who has won all there is for club and country, suffered a heart attack on Wednesday and may never play professional football again
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Ian Hawkey
02 May, 2019
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