Edwin van der Sar
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{{Football player infobox
| playername = van der Sar
| image =
| fullname = Edwin van der Sar
| height = 197cm
| nickname =
| dateofbirth = October 29, 1970
| cityofbirth = Voorhout
| countryofbirth = Netherlands
| currentclub = Manchester United
| clubnumber = 19
| position = Goalkeeper
| youthyears = 1990-1992
| youthclubs = Ajax
| years = 1992-1999
1999-2001
2001-2005
2005-
| clubs = Ajax
Juventus
Fulham FC
Manchester United
| caps(goals) = 226 (1)
66 (0)
126 (0)
31 (0)
| nationalyears = 1995-
| nationalteam = Template:Nft
| nationalcaps(goals) = 107 (0)
| pcupdate = April 2006
| ntupdate = April 2006
}}
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, signing a two year deal. The exact transfer amount involved was undisclosed.
Van der Sar made his international debut in June 1995 against Belarus. He has been in goal for all three recent eliminations from major competitions due to penalties: Template:Ec, Template:Wc and Template:Ec2.
During the penalty shootout, at the end of the Template:Ec2 quarter-final against Sweden, van der Sar saved a penalty from Olof Mellberg. That save gave Arjen Robben the chance to win the game for the Netherlands and hand them their first victorious shootout ever.
Edwin van der Sar has represented the Dutch national team 105 times and following Holland's qualification for the Template:Wc is on track to break Frank de Boer's Dutch record of 112 caps.
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