Sander Westerveld
Westerveld in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 October 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Enschede, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1980–1988 | De Tubanters | ||
| 1988–1994 | Twente | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Twente | 14 | (0) |
| 1995–1999 | Vitesse | 101 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Liverpool | 75 | (0) |
| 2001–2005 | Real Sociedad | 77 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Mallorca (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Portsmouth | 6 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Everton (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Almería | 34 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Sparta Rotterdam | 29 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Monza | 54 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Ajax Cape Town | 42 | (0) |
| Total | 440 | (0) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2004 | Netherlands | 6 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 July 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 May 2008 |
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Sander Westerveld (born 23 October 1974) is a retired Dutch professional football goalkeeper who is currently the goalkeeping coach of South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town.
The highlight of his playing career, spent in five different countries, was a treble of the FA Cup, Football League Cup and UEFA Cup with Liverpool in 2001. Westerveld was included in the Netherlands' squads for Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, but, due to the consistency of Edwin van der Sar, earned 6 international caps over five years.
In 2016, he was named in the Panama papers.
Westerveld's first professional match was for FC Twente in 1994. After two seasons there he moved to Vitesse Arnhem for three.
Following the 1998–99 season, during which he helped Vitesse to qualify for Europe, Westerveld was sold to Liverpool, where he succeeded David James. He became the most expensive goalkeeper in British football when he joined the Reds for a reported fee of £4 million during the summer of 1999. Westerveld made his Liverpool debut against Sheffield Wednesday on 7 August 1999 in a 2–1 away win. He was Gérard Houllier's first choice to succeed James as Anfield's number one, and Westerveld fully justified the manager's confidence by playing a leading role in Liverpool's return to Europe, conceding the fewest goals in the 1999–2000 Premiership season.
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