Rafael van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer as playmaker

Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart or known by the name of Van der Vaart is a Dutch footballer who was born on February 11, 1983 in Heemskerk, Netherlands and play in the attacking midfielder position.
Van der Vaart early career was when he joined Ajax for 10 years but finally he signed a permanent contract. In the 1999-2000 season, Van der Vaart made his first debut at the age of 17 years as against FC Den Bosch.
In the 2000-2001 season, when Ajax coach was asked Van der Vaart plays in the attacking midfielder position.
In the next season on April 2, 2002, Van der Vaart injury and he needs an operation to recover. At season's Van der Vaart scored 14 goals.
2002-2003 season, Ajax won the league tournament when Van der Vaart is still in a state of injury, but he scored 18 goals in 21 appearances.
In the 2004-2005 season during an international match against Sweden on August 18, 2004, Van der Vaart and Zlatan Ibrahimovic injured by coach Ronald Koeman at the time dismantle positions of captain Van der Vaart. In September when the match against ADO Den Haag had to be stopped because it caused the fans and added again because Vaart was injured, he had only appeared 23 times in five seasons with Ajax and it made him decide to move the club at the end of the year.
On July 1, 2005, Van der Vaart transfer to the Bundesliga club SV Hamburg with a value of € 5,500,000. In his first season with Hamburg, Van der Vaart was the top scorer and helped the club rank third in the league other than that he also won the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 2005. In the 2006-2007 season, Van der Vaart has been a team captain at the club.
In the 2007-2008 season, Van der Vaart scored 12 goals for Hamburg and was in fourth place league. In the UEFA tournament, Van der Vaart helping with victories against Zurich and he suffered an ankle injury to sidelined for several weeks. Van der Vaart has said it will stay fixed until the end of the season Hamurg.
In the 2007-2008 season, Van der Vaart reportedly moved to several clubs including Atletico Madrid and Juventus, Atletico even bargain at € 15,000,000, but turned out to Van der Vaart was still in Hamburg.
On August 4th, 2008, Madrid and Hamburg reached an agreement for Van der Vaart to the total contract value of € 13,000,000. Van der Vaart signed a contract with Madrid for five years. Initially debut with Real Madrid when the pre-season win against Independiente. Professional debut with Madrid when it won a victory against CD Numancia. On September 24 Van der Vaart hat-trick when making against Sporting Lisbon. In October, Van der Vaart was nominated as one of the players in La Liga who won the Ballon d'Or but the award was won by Cristiano Ronaldo.
In summer 2009, Van der Vaart reportedly left Madrid but until the end of the season, Van der Vaart still be with Madrid. On September 23, after waiting four matches Van der Vaart finally included in the Madrid squad to face Villarreal. On December 20, Van der Vaart scored a goal against Real Zaragoza and he said it would remain in Madrid until the end of the contract.
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