In 2000, he became the youngest ever goalkeeper to play in a Champions League final when Real Madrid defeated Valencia, this was just four days after his 19th birthday. Casillas is considered to be one of the finest goalkeepers of his generation and was nominated for the European Footballer of the Year award in 2008, ranking fourth overall. At the end of 2012 he was voted into the UEFA Team of the Year for the sixth consecutive time. In 2011, Casillas was one of a very select group of players to win all major club and national championship titles. Casillas is the third captain in football history to lift the World Cup, the European Cup, and the European Championship cup under his charge. In January 2012, Casillas agreed to a sponsorship deal with Adidas to wear their Response goalkeeping gloves and Predator football boots. The move to Adidas ended a long running association for Casillas with Reebok, a partnership that began in 2004. Casillas has been dating model, Sara Carbonero for quite some time and the couple have a son together named Martin.