Spain goalkeeper Unai Simón sets World Cup record with 519 straight scoreless minutes in net

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Spain's goalkeeper Unai Simón set a World Cup record by maintaining 519 consecutive scoreless minutes, breaking a 36-year-old mark. His performance has been critical in Spain's defensive success over two World Cups.

Spain goalkeeper Unai Simón has the longest shutout streak in World Cup history, breaking a 36-year-old record while blanking Austria in a 3-0 victory Thursday for his fourth consecutive clean sheet in this World Cup. Simón hasn't allowed a goal in 519 consecutive minutes across the past two World Cups. The 29-year-old Athletic Bilbao mainstay isn't the most famous goalkeeper in this competition — or even on his own team — but Simón's outstanding play at the back of Spain's superb defense has launched him into the World Cup record books.