Edwin van der Sar
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Edwin van der Sar | ||
| Date of birth | 29 October 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Voorhout, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1985 | |||
| 1985–1990 | VV Noordwijk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1999 | Ajax | 226 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Juventus | 66 | (0) |
| 2001–2005 | Fulham | 127 | (0) |
| 2005–2011 | Manchester United | 186 | (0) |
| 2016 | VV Noordwijk | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 606 | (1) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995–2008 | Netherlands | 130 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Edwin van der Sar OON (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛtʋɪn vɑn dɛr ˈsɑr]) (born 29 October 1970) is a former professional Dutch footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his career he has played for Ajax, Juventus, Fulham and Manchester United. He is the most capped player in the Netherlands national team's history. He currently works as general director at Ajax. He came out of retirement to play for Dutch amateur team VV Noordwijk.
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.
Van der Sar is the second most decorated goalkeeper of all time (behind only Vitor Baia) and one of the most successful footballers ever, having won 25 major trophies in his career, mainly at Ajax and Manchester United. 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. Van der Sar has won several individual awards, including Best European Goalkeeper in 1995 and 2009, and UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year in 2009. He is considered, by critics and fellow players, as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time.
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