(Born 1970)
Played in clubs "Noordveyk" and "Ajax" (Netherlands), Juventus (Italy). In 2001, moved to the club Fulham (England). Since 1995, the Dutch national team goalkeeper.
For more than ten years in the gate of the national team of Holland took his usual place of its main goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar. Outwardly, he is, perhaps, a complete contrast to Oliver Kanu - the figure is not powerful, but long and thin, a person is an amazing way to preserve the boyish-simple features, but also the ears at Edwin van der Sarah as something very much on a little childish ottopyreny. Distinguished German and Dutch and vratarskoy style - van der Sar is playing is not rigidly, but rather elegant, but very good. There is a van der Sarah and another "salt", distinguishes it from other Goalkeepers: he knows the exact Paz at any distance, and often an acute attack Dutch starts right from the gate.
But, of course, his main duty - to protect its own gate, which he copes with dignity. And footballers of Holland and the many fans of the Orange team are confident in the reliability of their goalkeeper.
And the first "pancake" in the team went with him, I should say, "komom" - exactly as many other great goalkeeper.
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In June 1995, Guus Hiddink, the then coach of the Netherlands, the first time, relying on 25-year-old goalkeeper in the gate in the European Championship qualifying match against Belarus team - not the strongest opponent. The game was held in Minsk. In the Dutch on the day it fails to attack, and van de Sar had made a gross mistake, and Sergei Gerasimets scored the only goal.Yet Hiddink believe in a young goalkeeper, considering his unfortunate misunderstanding or inadvertence as a manifestation of over-excitement. Coach could not impress the game, van der Sarah his club Ajax. " It was in 1995, "Ajax" has reached all the vertices: won the European Champions League, winning in the finals of "Milan" - 1:0, and then won the European Super Cup, defeated the "Real" from Zaragoza, and finally , became the owner of the intercontinental cup, beat Brazilian club "Graham."
In addition, in mid-1990′s "Ajax" three times, became the champion of Holland. To a large extent, all these successes club was obliged to play their goalkeeper Edwin van der Sarah. But then the whole team was magnificent, and almost entirely composed of children of famous football school "Ajax", which included, for example, Patrick and Edgar Klyuyvert Davidse.
However, the van der Sar, who was born in the city Voorhoute, hit the "Ajax" by others.
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He started to play in the amateur team Noordveyk, which coach Ruud Bring a friend of the coach "Ajax" Louis van Gaal. Bring and recommended the young goalkeeper to his friend. So in 1989, Edwin van der Sar has been a professional club, but a long four years, sat on a bench reserve. Only in 1993, when the goalkeeper "Amsterdam" Stanley Menz "failed" in chetvertfinalnom match with the French "Auxerre", Van Gaal decided to trust in the gate, Sarah van der. Since then, the place he will not leave, with the team reaching the highest heights.But it so happened that in the next year of "Ajax" for various reasons have left many leading players. True, a club once again managed to return to the Champions League Final, but lost to "Juventus". The main time to complete a draw 1:1. Italians won on penalties - 4:2. Nevertheless reproached goalkeeper was not what, he played brilliantly.
In the same 1996, van der Sar with the Netherlands national team arrived in England in the European Championship as the main goalkeeper. In the first two matches of the tournament, he left the group own goal intact - the Dutch have played a draw with Scotland - 0:0, and defeated Switzerland - 2:0. However, the last match of the tournament with a masters team in England was a Dutch football Waterloo - 1:4.
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And yet, "orange" came out in the quarterfinal, where he met with the team of France. The main draw being completed. But in a series of penalty kick won the French - 5:4.Despite the failure of the national team of Holland, van der Sarah already has been called one of the best goalkeeper the world, noting its elegant and unique game. True, some people thought his weakest place indiscrimination reflect odinnadtsatimetrovye strikes. Of the five French penalty kick, in fact, he scored all five. But on the other hand, the claim must be present to field players of the Dutch, who scored fewer goals than the French ...
Amazingly not lucky in the Dutch poslematchevyh penalties and all other big tournaments. Sometimes they do not забивали odinnadtsatimetrovye and game time. And so with all that the Dutch national team has always had an excellent selection of players and expect it could be much higher.
At the 1998 World Championships in France in three group matches of the tournament, van der Sar again missed only two goals. In the eighth game of the finals have won the Dutch national team of Yugoslavia - 2:1, and Argentina in the quarter-team - 2:1. In the semifinal match of the Dutch playing on equal terms with the Brazil national team. The main time is over 1:1.
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Brazilians won on penalties - 4:2.This is a fatal bad luck with odinnadtsatimetrovymi reached its climax at the European Championship 2000 held in Holland and Belgium. The place chosen for the final match stadium in Rotterdam, and, of course, all of Holland was waiting for that victory will prevail original "orange" team. Holland team left, the winner in the group, who had gained three victories, including over the then world champion French team - 3:2. In chetvertfinalnom match was destroyed Yugoslavia national team - 6:1. But then came the day the semifinals with the Italian team, led by then legendary goalkeeper of another generation, who became coach - Dino Dzoff ...
Dzoff elected to a conventional purely protective option. Pretty soon one of the Italians has been removed from the field. It seemed that just about the powerful Dutch attack break the Italian defense. But the account until the end and remained zero, while the Dutch were beaten twice odinnadtsatimetrovye. One shot captured Italian goalkeeper Toldo, other land in the bar. Failed to score in the Dutch time. Again, in a series of poslematchevyh penalty Dutch ceded team - 1:3.
Another failure of the national team is not shaken the reputation of Edwin van der Sara - it was and remains to this day one of the best Goalkeepers world.
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Regarding his club career, then shortly after the World Cup 1998, he moved from the "Ajax" in Italian "Juventus". In the first season for the Turin club, van der Sar to miss 34 games, only 20 goals - significantly less than any other series of Goalkeepers A. True, the goalkeeper said that the task of goalkeeper in the Netherlands and Italy, is markedly different. "In Holland, entertainment is as important as the outcome, and therefore the creative functions are assigned to all, including the goalkeeper. In Italy, the same result - the only criterion for Goalkeepers and most importantly - reliability. " And in 2001, Edwin van der Sar has signed a four-year contract with English club "Fulham".Now there was a famous Dutch goalkeeper for the best time for soccer maturity and wisdom, and he was going to play for a long time. An example for themselves, he believes the experience of Dino Dzoffa, who became the champion of peace in forty years.
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