Onyango ranked ahead of Arsenal and Barca goalkeepers in 2016

• Onyango has won the CAF Champions League and the PSL with Mamelodi Sundowns
• He has been superb for Uganda Cranes helping the team qualify for the AFCON in Gabon

Uganda Cranes goalkeeper Denis Masinde Onyango has been ranked among the top 10 goalkeepers in the World in the year 2016.

The Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper is ranked 10^th in the world by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) with 5 points.

Onyango won the ABSA Premiership, the CAF Champions League and is also among the nominees in the CAF Player of the Year Awards for the category of those based in Africa.

In 10^th, Onyango has been ranked ahead of Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech of Cech Republic and FC Barcelona’s German keeper Marc Andre Ter Stegen who are 11^th and 13^th with 4 and 1 point respectively.

World Cup winner with Germany, Bayern Munich’s Manuel Neuer retains his spot as the World’s best goalie with 156 points, the fourth in time in succession he has won the  IFFHS World’s Best Goalkeeper Award equaling Gianluigi Buffon of Juventus and Italy who is ranked second in 2016 with 91 points.

In the English Premier League, Manchester City’s Claudio Bravo (4^th) Manchester United and Spain goalie David De Gea rank as the best at 5^th with Chelsea’s Belgian Thibaut Courtois in 9^th, just four points better than Uganda’s number one while Tottenham’s Hugo Lloris is 7^th.

The Top 13 Ranked Goalkeepers in 2016 by IFFHS

1. Manuel Neuer (Germany/FC Bayern München)                    156 points
2. Gianluigi Buffon (Italy/Juventus Torino FC)                          91 points
3. Rui Patricio (Portugal/Sporting Portugal)                               50 points
4. Claudio Bravo (Chile/FC Barcelona/Manchester City FC)   45 points
5. David De Gea (Spain/Manchester United FC)                        37 points
6. Jan Oblak (Slovenia/Club Atletico de Madrid)                       31 points
7. Hugo Lloris (France/Tottenham Hotspur FC)                        29 points
8. Keylor Navas (Costa Rica/Real Madrid CF)                            18 points
9. Thibaut Courtois (Belgium/Chelsea FC)                                  13 points
10. Denis Onyango (Uganda/Mamelodi Sundowns)      5 points
11. Petr Cech (Cech Republic/Arsenal London FC)                      4 points
12. Samir Handanovic (Slovenia/FC Inter Milano)                      2 points
13. Marc André Ter Stegen (Germany/FC Barcelona)                 1 point