Overview
- Simón enters the World Cup final on Sunday with six clean sheets, one goal conceded in seven matches and a reported 90% save percentage.
- Sporting coverage credits Simón with breaking the long-standing World Cup consecutive scoreless-minute mark, reporting a 650‑minute run that surpassed Walter Zenga’s 517‑minute mark before the streak ended in the quarterfinal.
- Coach Luis de la Fuente has repeatedly defended keeping Simón as Spain’s first‑choice keeper over in‑form rivals such as David Raya, citing trust, experience and past success together.
- Simón is a one‑club Athletic Club graduate with more than 200 senior appearances, a 2020/21 Spanish Super Cup winner and the 2023/24 Zamora Trophy recipient, a club record of consistency that underpins his national role.
- Off the field Simón keeps a deliberately private life, has no social media by choice because online reaction affected him, and says his family background shapes that decision while the team’s defensive structure and low expected goals against are central to his record.