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Chelsea keeper Courtois enjoys 100th career cleansheet - at 22

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois enjoyed his 100th career cleansheet in Belgium's World Cup win over Russia.

The 6ft 6in shotstopper has reached the milestone in 218 games for club and country, meaning he has kept clean sheets in 45.87% of the games he has played in since making his debut for Genk in the Belgian Jupiler Pro League in 2009.

In comparison, Iker Casillas, considered one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time (regardless of his recent blip in form), had kept 73 clean sheets when he turned 22 in the summer of 2003.

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