Edwin van der Sar

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Edwin van der Sar
Personal information
Full name Edwin van der Sar
Date of birth October 29, 1970 (1970-10-29) (age 37)
Place of birth    Voorhout, Netherlands
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Manchester United
Number 1
Youth clubs
1990–1992 Ajax
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1990–1999
1999–2001
2001–2005
2005–		 Ajax
Juventus
Fulham
Manchester United		 226 (1)
066 (0)
126 (0)
099 (0)   
National team2
1994–- Netherlands 126 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 11:54, 11 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 10 June 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Edwin van der Sar (born October 29, 1970 in Voorhout) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He is captain of the Dutch national team and plays club football for Manchester United in the English Premier League.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Club career

[edit] AFC Ajax

Edwin van der Sar began his career at hometown club Foreholte and then VV Noordwijk, where he was spotted by Ajax Amsterdam. After going through the ranks of Ajax's youth system, he enjoyed a long and successful stint in the senior side, winning the 1991-92 UEFA Cup and the 1995 UEFA Champions League, as well as the 1995 Best European Goalkeeper award. He lost the 1996 UEFA Champions League Final in a penalty shootout against Juventus. He made a total of 226 appearances for Ajax and scored a penalty for Ajax to complete a 8-1 victory over De Graafschap in the 1997-98 season.

[edit] Juventus

He went on to make 66 Serie A appearances for Juventus, eventually losing his place to Gianluigi Buffon; van der Sar remains the first and only non-Italian to keep goal for the Turin club.[1].

Van der Sar at Fulham
Van der Sar at Fulham

[edit] Fulham

His move to the Premiership took him first to Fulham in 2001, reportedly for around £7.7 million. Initially signing a four year contract, he notched up 126 appearances.

[edit] Manchester United

He moved to Manchester United on 1 June 2005 for a reported fee of £2 million, although the exact transfer fee was undisclosed. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson considered him the best goalkeeper to play for the club since Peter Schmeichel.[2]

On 5 May 2007, his penalty save helped assure a 1-0 triumph over Manchester City on the Manchester derby. The following day, Chelsea's failure to beat Arsenal at the Emirates ensured Manchester United's ninth Premier League trophy and van der Sar's first. He was also named to the 2006-07 PFA Team of the Year. Three months later, he was a catalyst in Manchester United's 16th FA Community Shield victory, as he saved three consecutive penalties in a shootout after Manchester United and Chelsea played to a 1-1 draw at the end of regular time. [3]

On 21 December 2007, van der Sar signed a new one-year deal, keeping him at Manchester United until the 2008-09 season.[citation needed]

The 2007-08 season was a mixed bag for him despite some great performances because of his niggling groin injury. However he helped United secure their second successive Premier League title on the final day and helped win the Champions League by saving the final penalty at the penalty shootout stage, the penalty from Nicolas Anelka. [4]Alex Ferguson also commented that Edwin Van der Sar was the most calm goalkeeper he has ever seen in his whole career as a manager. He also swore in an interview (interview available on Manchester United official site; only accessable by e-members) that if one looked closely enough, he could see Van der Sar smiling as he stretches to stop Nicolas Anelka’s spot-kick.

[edit] International career

Van der Sar was included in Holland's 1994 World Cup squad but did not play. He had to wait until June 7, 1995 for his international debut, against Belarus. He was in goal for three successive eliminations from major competitions by penalties: Euro 96, France 98 and Euro 2000.

Edwin van der Sar in training with the Netherlands prior to Euro 2008.
Edwin van der Sar in training with the Netherlands prior to Euro 2008.

[edit] Euro 2004

However, during the penalty shootout at the Euro 2004 quarter-final against Sweden, Van der Sar saved a penalty from Olof Mellberg, helping Netherlands to win the shootout by 5-4 and go to the semi-finals of that tournament, in which the team lost to Portugal.

[edit] 2006 World Cup

Prior to the 2006 World Cup group match against Ivory Coast, Van der Sar had not conceded a goal in 10 consecutive non-friendly matches and kept a clean sheet for 1,013 minutes.[citation needed]

Van der Sar has represented the Dutch national team 126 times, which makes him Holland's most capped player. This puts him in the top forty most capped players of all time. As captain of the Netherlands, he broke Frank de Boer's record in the 2006 World Cup second round match against Portugal.[citation needed]

[edit] Euro 2008

On the day of his 37th birthday, Edwin was interviewed by Radio 538 and said that he intends to retire from international football following the Netherlands' participation in Euro 2008. In the first match against Italy, he captained his team to victory. The Netherlands beat Italy 3-0, with 3 great saves from van der Sar himself. Apart from Sweden, Netherlands is the only team against which Italy has lost 3-0, their worst defeat. In the second match The Netherlands beat France 4-1 to win the first position in the division C. Edwin van der Sar is currently being regarded as the best goalkeeper in the world (Euro 2008) [5]

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

[edit] Ajax

[edit] Fulham

[edit] Manchester United

[edit] Individual

[edit] Personal life

Van der Sar is married to Annemarie van Kesteren. The wedding ceremony took place at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, on 20 May 2006.

The couple have two children: a son, Joe, and a daughter, Lynn. Joe was on pitch with his father celebrating after he saved one penalty as the Netherlands beat Sweden 5-4 on penalties in the Quarter-finals of Euro 2004.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Player profiles: Edwin van der Sar. UEFA Official Website. Retrieved on 2006-11-05.
  2. ^ Van der Sar pen new one-year deal at United. ESPNsoccernet. Retrieved on 2007-07-20.
  3. ^ Reds Lift Community Shield. ManUtd.com (2007-09-05). Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
  4. ^ Hero Van der Sar tastes Champions glory again 13 years on. Reuters UK (2008-05-21). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  5. ^ Van der Sar to quit Holland. skysports.com (2007-10-29). Retrieved on 2007-11-07.

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Edwin van der Sar - Navigation boxes and awards
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Netherlands squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 de Goey • 2 F. de Boer • 3 Rijkaard • 4 Koeman • 5 Witschge • 6 Wouters • 7 Overmars • 8 Jonk • 9 R. de Boer • 10 Bergkamp • 11 Roy • 12 Bosman • 13 van der Sar • 14 van Gobbel • 15 Blind • 16 Numan • 17 Taument • 18 Valckx • 19 van Vossen • 20 Winter • 21 de Wolf • 22 Snelders • Coach: Advocaat
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Netherlands squad - UEFA Euro 1996
1 van der Sar • 2 Reiziger • 3 Blind • 4 Seedorf • 5 Stam • 6 R. de Boer • 7 Taument • 8 Davids • 9 Kluivert • 10 Bergkamp • 11 Hoekstra • 12 Winter • 13 Numan • 14 Witschge • 15 Bogarde • 16 de Goey • 17 Cruijff • 18 de Kock • 19 Mulder • 20 Cocu • 21 Hesp • 22 Veldman • Coach: Hiddink
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Netherlands squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place
1 van der Sar • 2 Reiziger • 3 Stam • 4 F. de Boer • 5 Numan • 6 Jonk • 7 R. de Boer • 8 Bergkamp • 9 Kluivert • 10 Seedorf • 11 Cocu • 12 Zenden • 13 Ooijer • 14 Overmars • 15 Bogarde • 16 Davids • 17 van Hooijdonk • 18 de Goey • 19 van Bronckhorst • 20 Winter • 21 Hasselbaink • 22 Hesp • Coach: Hiddink
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Netherlands squad - UEFA Euro 2000
1 van der Sar • 2 Reiziger • 3 Stam • 4 F. de Boer • 5 Zenden • 6 Seedorf • 7 Cocu • 8 Davids • 9 Kluivert • 10 Bergkamp • 11 Overmars • 12 van Bronckhorst • 13 Konterman • 14 van Vossen • 15 Bosvelt • 16 R. de Boer • 17 van Hooijdonk • 18 de Goey • 19 Numan • 20 Winter • 21 Makaay • 22 Westerveld • Coach: Rijkaard
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Netherlands squad - UEFA Euro 2004
1 van der Sar • 2 Reiziger • 3 Stam • 4 Bouma • 5 van Bronckhorst • 6 Cocu • 7 van der Meyde • 8 Davids • 9 Kluivert • 10 van Nistelrooy • 11 van der Vaart • 12 Makaay • 13 Westerveld • 14 Sneijder • 15 F. de Boer • 16 Overmars • 17 van Hooijdonk • 18 Heitinga • 19 Robben • 20 Seedorf • 21 Bosvelt • 22 Zenden • 23 Waterreus • Coach: Advocaat
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Netherlands squad - 2006 FIFA World Cup
1 van der Sar • 2 Jaliens • 3 Boulahrouz • 4 Mathijsen • 5 van Bronckhorst • 6 Landzaat • 7 Kuyt • 8 Cocu • 9 van Nistelrooy • 10 van der Vaart • 11 Robben • 12 Kromkamp • 13 Ooijer • 14 Heitinga • 15 de Cler • 16 Maduro • 17 van Persie • 18 van Bommel • 19 Vennegoor of Hesselink • 20 Sneijder • 21 Babel • 22 Timmer • 23 Stekelenburg • Coach: van Basten
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Netherlands squad - UEFA Euro 2008
1 van der Sar • 2 Ooijer • 3 Heitinga • 4 Mathijsen • 5 van Bronckhorst • 6 De Zeeuw • 7 van Persie • 8 Engelaar • 9 van Nistelrooy • 10 Sneijder • 11 Robben • 12 Melchiot • 13 Timmer • 14 Bouma • 15 De Cler • 16 Stekelenburg • 17 De Jong • 18 Kuyt • 19 Huntelaar • 20 Afellay • 21 Boulahrouz • 22 Vennegoor of Hesselink • 23 van der Vaart • Coach: van Basten
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Manchester United F.C. – current squad

1 van der Sar • 2 Neville • 3 Evra • 4 Hargreaves • 5 Ferdinand • 6 Brown • 7 Ronaldo • 8 Anderson • 9 Saha • 10 Rooney • 11 Giggs • 12 Foster • 13 Park • 15 Vidić • 16 Carrick • 17 Nani • 18 Scholes • 21 Dong • 22 O'Shea • 23 J. Evans • 24 Fletcher • 27 Silvestre • 29 Kuszczak • 32 Tévez • 33 Eagles • 38 Heaton • 47 Welbeck • Manager: Ferguson
Awards
Preceded by
Flag of Belgium Michel Preud'homme		 UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year
1995		 Succeeded by
Flag of Germany Andreas Köpke
Preceded by
Flag of the Netherlands Ed de Goey		 Dutch Football Goalkeeper of the Year
1994 – 1998		 Succeeded by
Flag of Poland Jerzy Dudek
Preceded by
Flag of the Netherlands Jaap Stam		 Dutch Golden Shoe Winner
1998		 Succeeded by
Flag of the Netherlands Michael Mols



Persondata
NAME Sar, Edwin van der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sar, Edwin van der
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1970-10-29
PLACE OF BIRTH Voorhout, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH