Edwin van der Sar
Football, Football player
1970 –
Who is Edwin van der Sar?
Edwin van der Sar OON is a Dutch former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and Manchester United. He is the most capped player in the Netherlands national team's history. He currently works as an analyst and has stated an interest in coaching in the near future.
He started his senior career at Ajax and is considered to be a member of a golden generation of players at the club. He remained there for nine years before moving to Italian club Juventus and then to England, first to Fulham and then to Manchester United. He is one of the few footballers to have won the UEFA Champions League with two different teams – with Ajax in 1995 and Manchester United in 2008; in the latter, he was also named UEFA Man of the Match. Van der Sar also won the UEFA Cup with Ajax in 1992.
Throughout a long and successful career, Van der Sar achieved and set numerous records. In the 2008–09 season he set the world league clean sheet record by not conceding a single goal for 1,311 minutes. Along with being the most capped player for the Netherlands national team, with 130 caps, he is also the oldest player to win the Premier League, at 40 years and 205 days old.
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- Born
- Oct 29, 1970
Voorhout - Also known as
- 埃德文·范德萨
- Ван дер Сар, Эдвин
- Spouses
- Annemarie van Kesteren
(2006/05/20 - )
- Annemarie van Kesteren
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Profession
- Lived in
- South Holland
- Voorhout
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on July 23, 2013
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