The Goalkeeper (Spanish: El portero)[1] is a 2000 Spanish drama film directed by Gonzalo Suárez which stars Carmelo Gómez as the title character alongside Maribel Verdú and Antonio Resines.

The plot follows the mishaps of Ramiro Forteza, a goalie arriving to an Asturian village in 1948, coming to acquaint both with the Guardia Civil and the Maquis.

[6] The film was produced by Andrés Vicente Gómez's Lolafilms, and it had the participation of TVE and Vía Digital [es].

[8] Distributed by Lolafilms Distribución,[6] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 8 September 2000.

[5] Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be "an accomplished, surprisingly low-key historical piece", with "a strong, high-profile cast of solid pros" breathing "convincing life into a delicate, resonant and surprisingly contemporary little parable", otherwise with the director's "tendency toward the histrionic" being "kept under control".