{
  "id": 6275495,
  "title": "Barcelona stopper Joan Garcia nominated for Best Men’s Goalkeeper at 2026 Ballon d’Or awards",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/barcelona-stopper-joan-garcia-nominated-for-best-mens-goalkeeper-at",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-08T11:53:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/barcelona-stopper-joan-garcia-nominated-115328888.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia has been nominated for the Best Men’s Goalkeeper award at the 2026 Ballon d’Or, following an impressive debut season with the Catalan giants. The stopper, who joined Barcelona from city rivals Espanyol, played a pivotal role in Barcelona’s title win and cemented his status with the club by winning La Liga’s Zamora Trophy for the lowest “goals-to-games” ratio. Garcia’s outstanding performance, with just 21 goals conceded in 30 games, has earned him a spot among other top keepers like Thibaut Courtois, Gregor Kobel, Emiliano Martínez, Édouard Mendy, David Raya, Matvey Safonov, Unai Simon, Yassine Bounou, and Vozinha from Cape Verde.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Barcelona star Eric Garcia set to wear protective mask after nasty Rodri collision",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/07/barcelona-star-eric-garcia-set-to-wear-protective-mask-after-nasty",
        "published": "2026-09-07T07:20:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}