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Edwin van der Sar (; born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch
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executive and former professional player who played as a
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. He was most recently the chief executive of
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, with whom he began his senior playing career in the early 1990s; he is considered to be a member of the club's
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and was part of the Ajax team that won the
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in
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. In 1999, he left Ajax for
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where he spent two years before moving to England, first to
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and then to
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in 2005. There he won a second Champions League title in
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, making him one of just eight players at the time to have won the competition with more than one club. He retired as a professional in 2011, but briefly came out of retirement in 2016 to play a match for Dutch amateur team VV Noordwijk, for whom he had previously played as a youth. He played 130 times for the Netherlands national team, and was the nation's most-capped player until 2017, when he was overtaken by
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. Van der Sar is considered by critics and fellow players as one of the best goalkeepers of all time. He is also one of the most successful footballers ever, having won 26 major trophies in his career, mainly at Ajax and Manchester United. During the 2008–09 season, he set a world record by not conceding a league goal for 1,311 minutes. He is also the oldest player to win the
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, having done so in 2011 at the age of 40 years and 205 days. Van der Sar has won several individual awards, including
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in 1995 and 2009, and UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year in 2009.


Club career


Ajax

Born in
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, Van der Sar began his career at his hometown club, Foreholte, and then VV Noordwijk. At a relatively late age, he was brought to the attention of
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, and subsequently signed for
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. Even though he joined late he went into the reserve team and bided his time before getting his first-team call-up by Louis van Gaal. He enjoyed a long and successful stint in their senior side, winning the 1991–92 UEFA Cup (albeit only as the reserve, making no appearances in the run) and the
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(by now the starting goalkeeper), as well as the 1995
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award, besides domestic honours. He was in goal for Ajax in the 1996 UEFA Champions League Final, but had to make do with a runner-up medal as they lost the penalty shoot-out against
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. He made a total of 226 appearances for Ajax, and scored a penalty for Ajax to complete an 8–1 victory over De Graafschap in the 1997–98 season. In his first full season as Ajax No. 1 he won the Dutch Football Goalkeeper of the Year, he would then go on to retain the award for the next three consecutive years.


Juventus

In 1999, Van der Sar's stature as one of Europe's top goalkeepers drew attention from
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, who sought a replacement for Peter Schmeichel; however, Van der Sar moved to Italian club
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for a fee believed to be in the region of £5 million. He made his debut for The Old Lady in the 1–1 draw with Reggina at the Stadio delle Alpi. He became the first non-Italian to keep goal for the Turin club. He was the first-choice goalkeeper during his first two seasons in Italy, making 66
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appearances as Juventus finished runners-up in the league twice under
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, with the best defensive record in the league on each occasion. He performed well in his first season, winning the
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, and helping the club compete for the Serie A title. On the final day of the 1999–2000 season, however, Juventus lost to
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, after Van der Sar was beaten by Alessandro Calori's volley; the result allowed
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to overtake Juventus and win the league title by a single point. The following season was less successful, however, as Juventus suffered a first-round exit in both the
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and the Champions League, while Van der Sar committed several errors, including a high-profile one in a league fixture at home against eventual Serie A champions Roma, on 6 May 2001, when he spilled
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's shot, allowing
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to tie the game 2–2; Juventus eventually finished two points behind the league champions. Van der Sar lost his place in the summer of 2001, after the Bianconeri purchased Italian international goalkeeper
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from Parma for 100 billion lire (approximately £32.6 million), a world-record fee for a goalkeeper. Unwilling to remain as second-choice behind Buffon, Van der Sar made it clear he wished to move on after two years in Serie A.


Fulham

On 1 August 2001, Van der Sar opted to play in England and joined newly promoted
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in a shock move worth £7 million, signing a four-year contract. The following day, Van der Sar was officially unveiled by Fulham, and upon his arrival, he described the move as a "nice friendly atmosphere" and that he felt "appreciated". He made his league debut on 18 August 2001 in a 2–3 away defeat against
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. In total, he notched up 127 league appearances while at Fulham. In a game against
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in his final season at the club, he memorably saved two penalties from Juan Pablo Ángel in a 1–1 draw. His performances for the Cottagers caught the eye of Manchester United and the attention of Sir Alex Ferguson.


Manchester United

Van der Sar signed for
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on 10 June 2005 for a reported fee of £2 million, although the exact transfer fee was undisclosed. Former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson considers him the best goalkeeper to have played for the club since Peter Schmeichel. On 5 May 2007, his penalty save from
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helped assure a 1–0 triumph over
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in the
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. The following day, Chelsea's failure to beat
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at the
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ensured Manchester United's ninth Premier League trophy and Van der Sar's first. He was also named in the 2006–07
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. Three months later, he was a catalyst in Manchester United's 16th
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victory, as he saved three consecutive penalties in a shoot-out after Manchester United and Chelsea played to a 1–1 draw at the end of regular time. The 2007–08 season was Van der Sar's best season since his arrival; he had several great performances despite a niggling groin injury. He would help United secure their second successive Premier League title on the final day and win the Champions League by saving the final penalty of the shoot-out from
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. Van der Sar signed a one-year extension to his contract with Manchester United on 12 December 2008, keeping him at the club until at least the end of the 2009–10 season. On 27 January 2009, Van der Sar helped Manchester United set a new club and Premier League record for consecutive clean sheets – the club's 5–0 win over
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meant that they had gone 11 games and 1,032 minutes without conceding a goal, beating the previous record of 10 matches and 1,025 minutes set by
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in the 2004–05 season. He then broke the overall English league record in the club's following game four days later, beating the previous record of 1,103 minutes, set by Steve Death of
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in 1979. Another clean sheet, against West Ham on 8 February 2009, extended the record to 1,212 minutes, beating the British top-flight record of 1,155 minutes previously set by
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's Bobby Clark in 1971. Finally, on 18 February 2009, Van der Sar further extended the record to 1,302 minutes, and in doing so, he broke
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's single-season world record of 1,289 minutes, set in the Chilean Clausura in 2005. His clean sheet record ended on 4 March, when he made an error allowing Peter Løvenkrands of
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to score after nine minutes. In total, Van der Sar had gone 1,311 minutes without conceding in the league. These clean sheets were a major factor in United clinching their 11th Premiership title, as United won a lot of games 1–0 to clinch the title ahead of Liverpool. With a total of 21 clean sheets he also won the Premier League Golden Glove for 2008–09. However, he missed out on winning his third Champions League winners medal as United succumbed to a 2–0 defeat at the hands of
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in the final of the tournament on 27 May 2009. Nevertheless, he won
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award from UEFA for the second time, 14 years after he first won it at
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. He was one of the five United players shortlisted for the
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award, which was ultimately given to his United teammate
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; however, Van der Sar was named in the
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. Van der Sar sustained a finger injury during the
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pre-season tournament, forcing him to miss the first 12 matches of Manchester United's 2009–10 season. On 6 October 2009, Van der Sar returned to action for United, playing 90 minutes in the reserves against Everton. On 17 October 2009, he returned to action in the first team, playing in United's 2–1 victory over
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. On 21 November 2009, Van der Sar would suffer injury again and be kept out of action for 12 games, with the combination of the Dutchman's wife suffering a brain haemorrhage just before Christmas. On 16 January 2010, Van der Sar returned to action in a 3–0 win over
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. Van der Sar signed a one-year extension to his current contract with
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on 26 February 2010, keeping him at the club until at least the end of the 2010–11 season. On 23 December 2010, British press reported that Sir Alex Ferguson had confirmed Van der Sar would retire at the end of the 2010–11 Premier League season. Although he denied the reports at the time, Van der Sar confirmed on 27 January 2011 it was now his intention.It is reported by Mark Ogden that he'll retire after the 2010–11 seaso
Van der Sar to retire
/ref> On 12 March, Van der Sar was named Man of the Match against Arsenal in the FA Cup after making several fine saves. United won the match 2–0 with goals from
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and Fabio. He was included in the
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, making his third appearance there, others in 2007 and 2008. On 22 May 2011, he played his final game at Old Trafford in a 4–2 victory over
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, resulting in Blackpool's relegation from the Premier League. He captained United as a farewell treat. His last game for United was against
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in the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final on 28 May, which United lost 3–1; at 40 years, 211 days he was the oldest male player to feature in a European Cup final in the Champions League era, with
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holding the all-time record at 41 years, 86 days, when he appeared in the
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. Following the match, Van der Sar retired from active football.


International career

Van der Sar was included in the
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' 1994 World Cup squad but did not play. He had to wait until 7 June 1995 for his international debut, against
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. He was in goal for three successive eliminations from major competitions by penalties:
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, the 1998 World Cup and
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. The Netherlands failed to qualify for the
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after competing with
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and the
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and so during all of his career with the Netherlands, he had missed one tournament.


1998 World Cup

Van der Sar backstopped the Netherlands to the semi-finals of the
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, where they were eliminated by Brazil 4–2 on penalties after a 1–1 draw. In the third-place playoff, Netherlands lost to upstart Croatia 2–1. In the quarter-finals against Argentina, Van der Sar confronted
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after Ortega received a yellow card for a dive in the penalty area; the Argentine was then sent off for headbutting Van der Sar. Shortly after Ortega's red card,
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scored the winning goal in Netherlands' 2–1 victory.


Euro 2000

Van der Sar started the Netherlands' first two group games at
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, but suffered an injury in the closing stages of their 3–0 win over
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and was replaced by Sander Westerveld for the final group match against
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. Van der Sar returned for the quarter-finals, but was again replaced by Westerveld after 65 minutes, by which point the Netherlands had a 4–0 lead. Van der Sar kept another clean sheet in the semi-final against
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, resulting in a goalless draw after Frank de Boer and
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both failed to score from the penalty spot in regulation time. The match went to a penalty shoot-out, and although Van der Sar saved the effort from Italy captain
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, the Netherlands scored just one of their four kicks and lost 3–1. Van der Sar finished the tournament without conceding a single goal, but was left out of the Team of the Tournament in favour of France's Fabien Barthez and Italy's
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.


Euro 2004

During the penalty shoot-out after the
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quarter-final against
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, Van der Sar saved a penalty from
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, as the Netherlands won the shoot-out 5–4 and advanced to the semi-finals, where they lost to hosts
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.


2006 World Cup

Prior to the
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group match against
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, Van der Sar had not conceded a goal in nine consecutive competitive matches. As captain of the Netherlands, he broke Frank de Boer's record of all-time caps for his country in the
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second-round match against
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.


Euro 2008

On his 37th birthday, Van der Sar was interviewed by
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and stated that he intended to retire from international football after Euro 2008. Prior to the tournament, he was instrumental in bringing an end to a long-time dispute between veteran striker
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and manager
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. He was the captain in their impressive 3–0 victory over Italy on 9 June 2008, and also on 13 June for the 4–1 victory over France. On 21 June, he played in the 3–1 quarter-final loss against
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, which was believed to be his final international. This was his 16th appearance in a European Championship finals match, with which he equalled the record set by
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a few days earlier. Along with 22 other players Van der Sar was named in the team of the tournament. Following Euro 2008, Van der Sar had the distinction of playing more minutes at the European Football Championship than any other player.


2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

On 3 October 2008, at the urging of new coach
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, Van der Sar agreed to come out of international retirement for the Netherlands'
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matches against
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and
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after injuries to Maarten Stekelenburg and Henk Timmer made both unavailable for the two games. Van der Sar kept a clean sheet in both matches, which were won by the Dutch 2–0 and 1–0 respectively. In Oslo, the Dutch defeated
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1–0 courtesy of a
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goal, thus ensuring a fitting send-off for Van der Sar who earned his 130th cap during that match, a record for a Dutch player, and put him in the top forty most capped players of all time. He remained the Dutch team's most capped player until
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surpassed him in 2017.


Style of play

Regarded as one of the greatest and most complete keepers in football history, Van der Sar was a large, athletic, yet slender goalkeeper, who excelled at coming off his line to handle crosses due to his height and physique; an intelligent goalkeeper, in addition to his reflexes, excellent positional sense, and shot-stopping abilities, he was also known for his calm composure, longevity, and his ability to organise his defence. Furthermore, he was also effective at stopping penalties. Van der Sar was known in particular for his skill with the ball at his feet, as well as his accurate distribution with either foot, which gave him the ability to launch counter-attacks from his area with long balls, or build attacking plays by playing the ball out from the back on the ground. Due to his ability in possession of the ball, and to rush off his line, he also functioned as a "
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" on occasion throughout his career, in particular during his time with Ajax.


Post-playing career

On 3 August 2011, a
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was played at the
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in honour of Van der Sar. The match featured the goalkeeper's "dream team", consisting of
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, John Heitinga,
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, Rio Ferdinand,
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, Paul Scholes,
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, André Ooijer, Dirk Kuyt,
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,
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,
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,
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, Boudewijn Zenden, and
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, with
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as manager. They faced the current Ajax first team, led by Frank de Boer. Prior to this match two shorter matches took place. One featured the Ajax and Manchester United youth teams, and another one featured Ajax's 1995 squad against the Netherlands national team of 1998. The Ajax squad featured among others Finidi George,
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, Frank de Boer,
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, Nordin Wooter, Ronald de Boer, Danny Blind, Patrick Kluivert,
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and
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, and was managed by
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. The Netherlands squad featured among others
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,
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, Roy Makaay, Ruud Hesp,
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, Richard Witschge and Pierre van Hooijdonk, and was managed by
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. The viewership numbers in the Netherlands alone peaked at 2 million and it had a 26% total market share. The income generated by the match was to be donated to two charities ( Make a Wish Foundation and Laureus); it generated so much money, however, that Van der Sar announced afterwards he would be starting his own charitable foundation to help spend the money. During the event, it was announced that Van der Sar would be working as an analyst for the
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covering the
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.Ex-doelman Edwin van der Sar wordt voetbalanalist bij NOS – Champions League – HLN
. Hln.be. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
Van der Sar's son, Joe, made written comments stating his father would be working as a goalkeeping coach at Ajax within five years. Van der Sar himself said he did not want to make a full commitment to this, but confirmed it was likely and he was interested in building up his coaching career slowly, starting at the lower levels.
. VoetbalPrimeur.nl. Retrieved on 23 September 2011.
On 27 May 2012, Van der Sar participated in the Soccer Aid 2012 Match, playing for the Rest of the World side in the first half, making a full-length save from John Bishop. He was replaced at half-time by comedian Patrick Kielty. He also took part in the Soccer Aid 2014 match on 8 June 2014, again playing for the Rest of the World side in the first half before being once again replaced at half time by Patrick Kielty. Van der Sar took on a role as Ajax's marketing director on 19 November 2012. He was promoted in late 2016 to the role of CEO. On 12 March 2016, Van der Sar made a brief return to football to play a single match for his former youth club VV Noordwijk. Noordwijk, playing in the amateur fifth tier, had suffered an injury crisis. He saved a penalty and conceded a goal in the match as they drew 1–1 with Jodan Boys. In May 2023, he resigned as Ajax CEO.


Personal life

Van der Sar and his wife Annemarie van Kesteren have two children. The couple's wedding ceremony took place at the
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in
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, on 20 May 2006. Van der Sar's son, Joe, was on the pitch celebrating when his father saved a penalty in the Netherlands' 5–4 shoot-out victory over
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in the quarter-finals of
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. In December 2009, Van Kesteren was admitted to the hospital just two days before Christmas, reports said she had suffered a suspected brain haemorrhage and was in a "very poor" condition. Van der Sar was granted indefinite leave following his wife's collapse, and it is understood that she has made a good recovery, with no long-term effects. In July 2023, Van der Sar was admitted to intensive care in hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He was discharged from the unit two weeks later.


Career statistics


Club


International


Honours

Ajax *
Eredivisie The Eredivisie (; "Honour Division" or "Premier Division") is a professional association football league in the Netherlands and the highest level of the Dutch football league system. The league was founded in 1956, two years after the start o ...
: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1997–98 *
KNVB Cup The KNVB Beker (; ), branded as the TOTO KNVB Beker for sponsorship reasons, is a competition in the Netherlands organised by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) since 1898. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside the N ...
: 1992–93, 1997–98, 1998–99 * Dutch Supercup:
1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
,
1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
,
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
*
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: 1994–95; runner-up: 1995–96 *
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: 1991–92 *
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:
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
* Intercontinental Cup:
1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...
Juventus *
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:
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
Fulham *UEFA Intertoto Cup:
2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...
Manchester United *
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: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11 *
Football League Cup The English Football League Cup, often referred to as the League Cup and currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in men's domestic football in England. Orga ...
: 2005–06, 2009–10 *
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:
2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
,
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
,
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
*UEFA Champions League: 2007–08; runner-up: 2008–09, 2010–11 *
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:
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
Individual * Dutch Football Goalkeeper of the Year: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 *
Best European Goalkeeper The Best European Goalkeeper award is a football award given annually since 1990 to the most outstanding Goalkeeper in Europe, as voted by the UEFA magazine, in 2009 the ESM become the donor of the award. From 1998 to 2009 the Best European Goa ...
: 1995, 2009 * ESM Team of the Year: 1995–96, 2008–09 * Ajax Player of the Year (Rinus Michels Award): 1997–98 * Dutch Golden Shoe: 1998 *
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Player of the Year: 2004 * PFA Premier League Team of the Year: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2010–11 * UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament:
2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...
* Premier League Merit Award: 2008–09 * Premier League Golden Glove: 2008–09 * UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year: 2009 Orders *Officer of the
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: 2010 *''JFK'' Greatest Man Award: 29 October 2011


See also

* List of footballers with 100 or more caps


References


External links

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