@Orta
True dat. When Scolari said no to Vítor Baía, Porto fans were in full rage mode.
You cannot possibly compare.
Baia was considered by UEFA to be the best european goalkeeper in 2004.
Still, he did not go to Euro 2004 nor World Cup 2006. It makes no sense that one of the best european goalkeepers and best portuguese goalkeeper in recent history doesn't get to play for his country in the prime of his career.
In fact, Ricardo, who played for Portugal at the time, is now the THIRD goalkeeper in Betis, that was relegated to second spanish division recently. Not to mention how he constantly misjudged plays, how arrogant he was and that Portugal lost in 2004's final cause of his bad positioning, and lost 3-2 against Germany in 2008 thanks to two errors of him.
He was great with penalties though. But so was Baia.
Quim is a great goalkeeper, but he is far from his prime time. Also, Eduardo is excellent as well. So it's not as shocking as it was Baia's case.
Still, I think the perfect choice would be:
1-Eduardo
2-Beto
3-Quim
I don't know the other guy.
EDIT:
To solidify my point, here are Ricardo's achievements:
Club
* Portuguese League: 2000–01
* Portuguese Cup: 1996–97
* Portuguese Supercup: 1997
* UEFA Cup: Runner-up 2004–05
Country
* UEFA European Football Championship: Runner-up 2004
And here are Baia's:
Porto
* UEFA Champions League: 2003–04
* UEFA Cup: 2002–03
* Intercontinental Cup: 2004
* Portuguese League: 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07
* Portuguese Cup: 1990–91, 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2002–03, 2005–06
* Portuguese Supercup: 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2006
Barcelona
* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97
* Spanish League: 1997–98
* Spanish Cup: 1996–97, 1997–98
* Spanish Supercup: 1996
Individual
* Portuguese Footballer of the Year: 1988–89, 1990–91
* Portuguese Golden Ball: 1991–92
* ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95
* UEFA Club Best Goalkeeper of the Year: 2003–04
