Alberto Brignoli scored a brilliant last-minute goal to earn Benevento their first Serie A point... but where does he rank among goal-scoring keepers?

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It was a glorious moment that instantly went down in football folklore. 

Goalkeeper Alberto Brignoli earned little Benevento their first-ever point in Italy's top-flight with a brilliant header in the last minute of stoppage time against Milan on Sunday.

After 14 consecutive defeats, Benevento needed something extraordinary to get themselves off the mark and Brignoli certainly provided it.

But he is by no means the first goalkeeper to do more than just make saves. There have been lots of goals scored by keepers down the years and we pick out 10 of the best here.

10. MART POOM (Sunderland)

Estonian keeper Mart Poom spent six seasons with Derby County but came back to haunt them when Sunderland visited in September 2003.

All looked lost for Mick McCarthy's men as they trailed 1-0 deep into stoppage time at Pride Park but then Poom jogged up for a corner.

His leap was astonishing and the header thumping as he salvaged a last-gasp point. And, even more brilliantly, he didn't hold back with his celebration.

To be fair, Derby's fans were too shell-shocked to notice.

Mart Poom sends home a towering header for Sunderland against his old club Derby in 2003

9. RENE HIGUITA (Colombia)

Higuita was nicknamed 'The Madman' and with good reason. Best known for his 'Scorpion Kick' when Colombia played at Wembley in 1995, Higuita also scored plenty of goals - 41 in total during a crazy career.

The original sweeper keeper, Higuita would often throw the ball down and try and dribble it forward and he was a fine striker of a free-kick and penalty.

Famously it was his mistake at the 1990 World Cup - dithering with the ball at his feet near the halfway line - that led to Colombia being eliminated by Cameroon in the last-16.

Madcap Colombian goalkeeper Rene Higuita was also a prolific goalscorer during his career

8. PETER SCHMEICHEL (Man United, Aston Villa)

The Great Dane actually scored 13 goals in all during his career, but the two most famous came during his time in the Premier League.

There was a thumping stoppage time header for Manchester United in a 1995 UEFA Cup tie with Russia side Rotor Volgograd, though it wasn't enough to avert a rather embarrassing exit on away goals.

Schmeichel also became the first keeper to score in the Premier League when he wellied home a half-volley for Aston Villa in a 3-2 defeat away to Everton.

The best goal he scored, however, never counted. Schmeichel found the net with an overhead kick in United's FA Cup replay defeat to Wimbledon in 1997, but was standing in an offside position.

Peter Schmeichel heads home for Manchester United in their 1995 UEFA Cup tie with Rotor

7. JENS LEHMANN (Schalke)

The madcap German keeper is well known to Arsenal fans but before his time with the Invincibles, he played on both sides of the Revierderby divide with Schalke and later Borussia Dortmund.

Fans of the latter took a while to forgive him for scoring against them in a derby match in December 1997. Dortmund led Schalke 2-1 in the 90th minute when Lehmann came up for a corner.

The intention - as it often is with keepers in these situations - is to create havoc and confusion, but Lehmann ended up nodding the ball in at the back post as Dortmund appealed in vain for offside and he certainly celebrated wildly.

6. MARTIN HANSEN (Den Haag)

You often see goalkeepers racing up to the opposite penalty box when a team is trailing but wins a last-minute corner or free-kick. But you rarely see them finding the net with a cheeky flying back heel.

That's exactly what ADO Den Haag keeper Martin Hansen did to earn his team an unlikely point in their Eredivisie fixture with PSV Eindhoven in August 2015.

Hansen was about 15 yards out when he met the free-kick perfectly with his heel, sending it flying into the net.

5. JOSE LUIS CHILAVERT (Paraguay etc)

Some footballers should never have been made to play in goal. Colourful character Chilavert was a reliable penalty taker and a superb striker of the ball from free-kicks.

As a player who assumed responsibility for both at his various club and for national side Paraguay with his sweet left foot, he racked up 67 goals in his career.

That includes eight for his country, for whom he played at two World Cups, while he once scored a hat-trick of penalties as Velez Sarsfield won their derby with Ferro Carril Oeste 6-1.

One of his best was an outrageous quickly-taken free-kick from inside his own half for Velez against River Plate in 1996. A moment so unexpected it was even missed by the TV cameras.

Paraguayan keeper Jose Luis Chilavert made a career out of scoring penalties and free-kicks

4. ALBERTO BRIGNOLI (Benevento)

A little more now on Brignoli and Benevento because his goal certainly is deserving of a slot in our top 10.

So for context, Benevento - playing in Serie A for the first time - had started the season truly abysmally, losing their first 14 matches in what was an unwanted record in the leading European leagues.

It is the 94th minute and Benevento are trailing Milan 2-1 when they win a free-kick in a threatening position. Going all in, Brignoli charged forward and throws himself at Danilo Cataldi's delivery.

The ball flies into the bottom corner of the net and sparks mad celebrations inside the stadium. And no doubt made quite a few football romantics around the world crack a smile as well.

With Benevento staring down the barrel of a 15th straight loss, Brignoli heads home late on

His goal sparked wild celebrations as Benevento earned a 2-2 draw with Milan on Sunday

It earned little Benevento their first-ever point in the Italian top division at the 15th attempt

3. OSCARINE MASULUKE (Baroka)

Witnessing any goalkeeper score is a collector's item, but seeing one score a spectacular overhead kick is a rare moment indeed.

Step forward Oscarine Masuluke of South African side Baroka. They were trailing Orlando Pirates 1-0 in the 95th minute of a Premier Soccer League fixture last year but won a late corner.

It looked like a good clearance, but the Pirates defence hadn't banked on Masuluke, who went after the ball and produced a sweet bicycle kick from the edge of the box that soared above the defenders and into the net.

The goal was nominated for the 2017 FIFA Puskas Award for the best goal scored worldwide that year.

2. ROGERIO CENI (Sao Paulo)

In a career that spanned a quarter-century, Brazilian Rogerio Ceni scored 131 goals. There are plenty of strikes who'd be content with that, let alone a goalkeeper.

It helped that he took penalties and free-kicks for his one and only club, Sao Paulo, of course but nonetheless it is an incredible return.

There were wonderful scenes when he ambled forward to score his 100th career goal in 2011 - a free-kick for Sao Paulo against Corinthians.

By the end of his career in 2015, he had entered the club's top 10 goalscorers list. A remarkable feat.

Sao Paulo's Rogerio Ceni is the most prolific goalscoring goalkeeper of all time

1. JIMMY GLASS (Carlisle United)

It is May 8, 1999 and as the clock at Brunton Park ticked over into injury time, Carlisle United are staring relegation from the Football League square in the face.

Drawing 1-1 with Plymouth Argyle when they needed a win to survive, it looks as though the Cumbrians will drop into the Conference while Scarborough stay up. Indeed, they're already celebrating on the pitch at Scarborough's McCain Stadium.

But deep into stoppage time, Carlisle win a corner and up runs keeper Jimmy Glass. There's a header that's saved but the ball fall perfectly to Glass, six yards out, and he just bangs it into the net.

Cue a manic pitch invasion and eternal cult hero status at Carlisle and fame well beyond. His name is well known to football fans of all generations, a symbol that there's always hope in a football match. However late it may be.

Jimmy Glass celebrates the famous goal that kept Carlisle United in the league back in 1999