Edwin van der Sar

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Edwin van der Sar
Personal information
Full name	Edwin van der Sar
Date of birth	29 October 1970 (1970-10-29) (age 37)
Place of birth	Voorhout, Netherlands
Height	6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Manchester United
Number	1
Youth clubs
1980–1985 1985–1990	Foreholte vv Noordwijk
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–1999 1999–2001 2001–2005 2005–	Ajax Juventus Fulham Manchester United	226 (1) 066 (0) 127 (0) 106 (0)
National team
1995–2008	Netherlands	130 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:01, 16 October 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Edwin van der Sar (born 29 October 1970 in Voorhout) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League team Manchester United.

Van der Sar is the most capped Dutch player of all-time. He retired from international football after Euro 2008, a quarter-final loss against Russia, but returned for two qualifiers in October 2008 when the first and second choice goalkeepers for the Dutch squad were injured.

On 24 June 2008, he announced that the 2008–09 club season will be his last in the Premier League, but it is not clear whether he plans to retire or whether he plans to play elsewhere.^[1]

Contents 1 Club career 1.1 AFC Ajax 1.2 Juventus 1.3 Fulham 1.4 Manchester United 2 International career 2.1 Euro 2004 2.2 2006 World Cup 2.3 Euro 2008 2.4 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 3 Career statistics 4 Honours 4.1 Club 4.1.1 Ajax 4.1.2 Juventus 4.1.3 Fulham 4.1.4 Manchester United 4.2 Individual 5 Personal life 6 References 7 External links

[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 AFC Ajax. 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 an 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 was the first non-Italian to play in goal for the club from Turin. He would remain the only foreign keeper to play for Juventus, until Australian Jess Vanstrattan played in a friendly match in 2008, while on loan with the club. The Austrian keeper Alex Manninger has also appeared in friendlies for Juve but, like Vanstrattan, has not had a full league debut.^[2]

[edit] Fulham

His move to the Premiership took him first to Fulham in 2001, reportedly for around £7.1 million.^[3] Initially signing a four year contract, he notched up 126 league appearances.

[edit] Manchester United

He moved to Manchester United on 1 June 2005^[4] for a reported fee of £2 million, although the exact transfer fee was undisclosed.^[5] Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson considered him the best goalkeeper to play for the club since Peter Schmeichel.^[6]

On 5 May 2007, his penalty save helped assure a 1–0 triumph over Manchester City in 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.^[7] 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.^[8]

On 21 December 2007, van der Sar signed a new one-year deal, keeping him at Manchester United until the 2008–09 season.^[9]

The 2007–08 season was a mixed bag for him, he had several great performances despite his niggling groin injury. He would, however, help United secure their second successive Premier League title on the final day and win the Champions League by saving the final penalty, of the penalty shootout stage, from Nicolas Anelka.^[10]

[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.

[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, as the Netherlands won the shootout 5–4 and advanced to the semifinals,^[11] where they lost to Portugal.^[12]

[edit] 2006 World Cup

Prior to the 2006 World Cup group match against Ivory Coast, Van der Sar had not conceded a goal in 9 consecutive non-friendly matches.^[13]

Van der Sar has represented the Dutch national team 129 times, which makes him Holland's most capped player. This puts him in the top thirty 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. ^[14]

[edit] Euro 2008

On his 37th birthday, Van der Sar was interviewed by Radio 538 and stated that he intended to retire from international football after Euro 2008.^[15] He was the Netherlands' captain in their decisive 3–0 defeat of Italy on June 9, 2008 and also for the match on 13 June against France which was won with 4–1. On 21 June, he played his last international match, in a 3–1 quarter-final loss against Russia in extra time.^[16] This was his 16th appearance on an European Championship finals match, with which he equalled the record set by Lilian Thuram a few days earlier.

[edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

On 3 October 2008, Van der Sar announced that he would come out of international retirement for the Netherlands' 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Iceland and Norway after they suffered a goalkeeping crisis. With both Maarten Stekelenburg and Henk Timmer being injured, Netherlands manager Bert van Marwijk confirmed that van der Sar would start both matches. Van der Sar kept a clean sheet in both matches, which were won by the Dutch 2-0 and 1–0 respectively. In Oslo, the Dutch defeated Norway 1-0 courtesy of a Mark van Bommel goal, thus ensuring a fitting send-off for van der Sar who earned his record 130th cap during that match.

[edit] Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other[17]		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Ajax	1990–91	9	0					0	0
	1991-92	0	0					0	0
	1992-93	19	0					3	0
	1993-94	32	0					6	0
	1994-95	33	0					11	0
	1995-96	33	0					11	0
	1996-97	33	0					10	0
	1997-98	33	1					8	0
	1998-99	34	0					6	0
	Total	226	1					55	0
Juventus	1999-2000	32	0					4	0
	2000-01	34	0					6	0
	Total	66	0					10	0
Fulham	2001-02	37	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	0
	2002-03	19	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	30	0
	2003-04	37	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0
	2004-05	34	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	40	0
	Total	127	0	15	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	154	0
Manchester United	2005–06	38	0	2	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	51	0
	2006–07	32	0	3	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	47	0
	2007–08	29	0	4	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	44	0
	2008–09	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	12	0
	Total	106	0	9	0	3	0	33	0	3	0	154	0
Total		521	1			4	0	108	0

[edit] Honours

[edit] Club

[edit] Ajax

Eredivisie

• Winner (4): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98
• Runner-up (2): 1990–91, 1991–92

KNVB Cup

• Winner (3): 1992–93, 1997–98, 1998–99

UEFA Champions League

• Winner (1): 1994–95
• Runner-up (1): 1995–96

UEFA Cup

• Winner (1): 1992

UEFA Super Cup

• Winner (1): 1995

Intercontinental Cup

• Winner (1): 1995

[edit] Juventus

UEFA Intertoto Cup

• Winner (1): 1999

[edit] Fulham

UEFA Intertoto Cup

• Winner (1): 2002

[edit] Manchester United

Premier League

• Winner (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
• Runner-up (1): 2005–06

FA Cup

• Runner-up (1): 2006–07

Football League Cup

• Winner (1): 2005–06

FA Community Shield

• Winner (2): 2007, 2008

UEFA Champions League

• Winner (1): 2007–08

UEFA Super Cup

• Runner-up (1): 2008

[edit] Individual

• Best European Goalkeeper: 1995
• Dutch Football Goalkeeper of the Year: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
• Dutch Golden Shoe: 1998
• UEFA Euro 2008 Team of the tournament

[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.^[18]

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

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Edwin van der Sar FIFA competition record
• Profile at ManUtd.com
• Edwin van der Sar Official website at Icons.com
• Profile and career stats
• Edwin van der Sar career stats at Soccerbase
• Edwin van der Sar profile and stats at Wereld van Oranje (Dutch)

v • d • e Manchester United F.C. – current squad 1 van der Sar • 2 Neville (c) • 3 Evra • 4 Hargreaves • 5 Ferdinand • 6 Brown • 7 Ronaldo • 8 Anderson • 9 Berbatov • 10 Rooney • 11 Giggs • 12 Foster • 13 Park • 15 Vidić • 16 Carrick • 17 Nani • 18 Scholes • 19 Welbeck • 20 Fábio • 21 Rafael • 22 O'Shea • 23 Evans • 24 Fletcher • 26 Manucho • 28 Gibson • 29 Kuszczak • 32 Tévez • 33 Hewson • 34 Possebon • 35 Cleverley • 36 Gray • 38 Zieler • 39 Chester • 40 Amos • 41 Macheda • Manager: Ferguson

Edwin van der Sar - Navigation boxes and awards v • d • e Netherlands squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 De Goey • 2 F. de Boer • 3 Rijkaard • 4 Koeman • 5 Rob 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 v • d • e 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 Richard Witschge • 15 Bogarde • 16 De Goey • 17 Cruyff • 18 De Kock • 19 Mulder • 20 Cocu • 21 Hesp • 22 Veldman • Coach: Hiddink v • d • e 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 v • d • e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2000 semi-finalists 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 v • d • e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2004 semi-finalists 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 v • d • e 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 v • d • e 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 Awards and achievements Preceded by Michel Preud'homme UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year 1995 Succeeded by Andreas Köpke Preceded by Ed de Goey Dutch Football Goalkeeper of the Year 1994 – 1998 Succeeded by Jerzy Dudek Preceded by Jaap Stam Dutch Golden Shoe Winner 1998 Succeeded by 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