Edwin van der Sar is a Dutch footballer who was born in Voorhout, Netherlands on October 29, 1970 and he plays in the goalkeeper position.
Van der Sar began his career at his hometown club and then Noordwijk v. Foreholte.
Beginning with the junior club dee Van Sar signed a contract with the club Ajax under the leadership of van Gaal. With Ajax he won the UEFA Cup 1991-1992 and 1994-1995 UEFA Championship League, and the award as Europe's Best Goalkeeper 1995. Van der Sar continues to help Ajax in the UEFA Champions League Final 2006, but Ajax is just being in the position of runner-up after losing to Juventus in a penalty shoot. Van der Sar to make 226 appearances for Ajax in the 1997-1998 season, including when Ajax win against De Graafschap.
In 1999, Van der Sar's move to Italian club Juventus where he made 66 appearances Serie A. Van der Sar was the first goalkeeper who plays for Juventus before he was replaced by Buffon. Because it is often on the bench in reserve, Van der Sar eventually move to the Premier League club Fulham together in 2001 with the transfer value is estimated at £ 7.1 million within a period of 4 years.
Van der Sar moved to Manchester United on June 10, 2005 with a transfer value of £ 2 million. On 5 May 2007, Van der Sar to help the victory in the derby match against Manchester City. The next day when Chelsea could not beat Arsenal at the Emirates, Van der Sar feels Manchester United won the trophy winning the Premier League and was appointed in 2006-07 PFA Team of the Year. Three months later, he brought victory to Manchester United's 16th FA Community Shield with a penalty kick when saving 3 against Chelsea.
In the 2007-2008 season was the best season for Van der Sar, although he suffered an injury, in that season he helped to victory in the Champions League and placed second in a row in the Premier League. Van der Sar signed a contract extension with Manchester United on December 12, 2008 and made him endure until the end of the 2009-2010 season after playing against Barcelona in April 2008. On January 27, 2009, Van der Sar helped Manchester United's Premier League record when placed against Albion and competed in 11 games and 1032 minutes without conceding a goal. Four days later Van der Sar to make a new record with 1103 minutes without conceding. Continues on February 8, 2008, when against West Ham with a record 1212 minutes without conceding and then Van der Sar broke the record without conceding a single during 1320. Overall, Van der Sar made a total of 1311 minutes without conceding in the league.
Van der Sar has helped Manchester United win many matches, including against Liverpool. Van der Sar also won the Barclays Golden Glove for 2008-2009, but on May 27, 2009 Van der Sar failed to deliver Manchester United won the Champions League since losing to Barcelona. Van der Sar managed to win the award 'Best European Goalkeeper' for the second time from 14 years ago after UEFA awarded it with Ajax. He included 5 players from PFA 'Player of the Year'.
In season 2009-2010, Van der Sar to injury during pre-season tournament and missed 12 games. On October 6, 2009, Van der Sar's return to play when the fight continues against Everton and Bolton Wanderes on October 17, 2009. On November 21, 2009, he suffered another injury plus his wife suffered a brain hemorrhage before Christmas which forced him to miss 12 games.
However, on January 16, 2010, Van der Sar back to playing when against Burnley and then he signed a 1 year contract extension with Manchester United on February 26, 2010 which make it stay at Manchester United until the end of the season 2010-2011. In 1994, Van der Sar into the Dutch national team squad at the FIFA World Cup but he did not play. On June 7, 1995, Van der Sar made his debut with the new Dutch national team when against Belarus. He is in big competitions including Euro 1996, France 1998 and the UEFA Euro 2000. When fighting penalties in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Euro 2004 against Sweden, van der Sar saved a goal and helped the Dutch to the semi-finals but were eventually defeated by Portugal.
Before the year 2006 in the World Cup group match against Ivory Coast, Van der Sar was not conceded a goal in 9 games competitive. As the Dutch captain, he broke the record in 2006 FIFA World Cup match against Portugal.
On the birthday of the 37th, Van der sar stated that he would retire from international football after Euro 2008. Before ending his international career, Van der Sar helped the Dutch win against Italy on June 9, 2008 and on June 13, 2008 against France. On June 21, 2008 he played for the Dutch when it lost to Russia in the quarterfinals. Van der Sar played in 16 appearances in European Championship finals and after Euro 2008, Van der Sar played some minutes in the European Football Championship.
On October 3, 2008 due to the insistence of coach van Marwijk, then Van der Sar agreed to retire from international football in 2010 for the Netherlands 'World Cup Qualifying FIFA' against Iceland and Norway. Van der Sar represents the Dutch national team as much as 130 times and put him included in the top 30 players of all time.
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