Ajax
Amsterdam (Holland), Juventus Turin (Italy), Fulham FC (England),
Manchester United FC (England)
Honours
1995 Intercontinental Cup winner (Ajax) 1995 European SuperCup winner (Ajax) 1995 Champions League winner (Ajax) 1994 Dutch League Champions (Ajax) 1995 Dutch League Champions (Ajax) 1996 Dutch League Champions (Ajax) 1998 Dutch League Champions (Ajax) 1993 Dutch Cup winner (Ajax) 1998 Dutch Cup winner (Ajax) 1999 Dutch Cup winner (Ajax) 2006 League Cup winner (Manchester United)
Biography
Edwin van der Sar (born October 29, 1970 in Voorhout,
Netherlands) is a Dutch football player who plays as a
goalkeeper. He currently plays for Manchester United in the
English Premier League.
Van der Sar began his career at FC Foreholte (Voorhout's local
football team), then moving to VV Noordwijk, where he was
spotted for Ajax. For Ajax he was part of the team who won the
UEFA Champions League in 1995. He went on to play for Juventus,
and then in 2001 he moved to the English Premiership with Fulham.
On June 5, 2005 he moved Premiership club Manchester United in a
transfer for an estimated sum in the region of 2 million pounds,
signing a two year deal. The exact amount involved in the
transfer was undisclosed.
Van der Sar made his international debut in June 1995 against
Belarus. He was the in goal during all of three of their recent
defeats on penalties in major competitions: in Euro 96, the 1998
World Cup, and Euro 2000.
In Euro 2004, during the penalty shootout at the end of the
quarterfinal against Sweden, van der Sar saved a penalty from
Olof Mellberg, giving Arjen Robben the decisive chance to end
the shootout in the Dutch team's first shootout win ever.
Edwin van der Sar has represented the Dutch national team 105
times and following Holland's qualification for the 2006 World
Cup he could well break Frank de Boer's Dutch record of 112 caps.
