Meet Arsenal's next goalkeeper David Ospina

The Colombia international will soon complete his move to the Gunners from Ligue 1 side Nice. Goal profiles the 25-year-old ahead of the 2014-15 season

David Ospina may be only 25-years-old, but the soon-to-be Arsenal goalkeeper has as much experience as many players six or seven years older than him.

A first-team regular at Atletico Nacional at 17, he made his Colombia debut at 18. Bigger clubs in South America and Europe began showing interest. Nice acted swiftly, signing Ospina in 2008 (he was 19) as the long-term replacement for Hugo Lloris, who left for Lyon that same summer.

Ospina was initially a back-up for experienced Nice goalkeeper Lionel Letizi but he forced his way into the first-team in a matter of months. As Frederic Antonetti, Nice coach at the time, said: “He has everything you need to be a top goalkeeper. He’s good in the air and he’s good on the ground. He has that little extra something to be a champion. Hugo Lloris was an international-standard goalkeeper; so is David.”