Unai Simón’s World Cup record without conceding was fixed at 650 consecutive minutes after Charles De Ketelaere equalized for Belgium in their quarterfinal against Spain.

How many minutes had Spain not conceded with Simon?

Simón went into the game having kept six successive World Cup clean sheets and not conceded for 609 minutes. That had already taken him beyond the previous men’s World Cup record of 517 minutes, set by Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga in 1990.

Spain appeared to be extending the run after Fabián Ruiz put them ahead in the 30th minute. Thibaut Courtois initially stopped Dani Olmo’s effort, but Fabián arrived to score from the rebound.

Belgium responded just 11 minutes later. De Ketelaere scored the 1-1, becoming the first player to beat Simón at the 2026 World Cup and ending Spain’s run of six straight clean sheets.

The goal meant Simón’s streak stopped at precisely 650 minutes across the 2022 and 2026 World Cups.

It was also the first goal Spain had conceded anywhere in the 2026 tournament. They had shut out Cape Verde, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay in the group stage before keeping further clean sheets against Austria and Portugal in the knockout rounds.

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