Edwin van der Sar
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Edwin van der Sar (born October 29, 1970 in Voorhout, Netherlands) is a Dutch football player. He currently plays for Manchester United in the English Premier League.
Van der Sar began his career at Ajax, where he was part of the team who won the 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 to rival club Manchester United for an undisclosed fee signing a two year deal.
Van der Sar made his international debut in June 1995 against Belarus. He has represented the Dutch national team for exactly 100 times and was the in goal during all of three of their recent defeats on penalties in major competitions: in Euro 96, 1998 World Cup, and Euro 2000.
In Euro 2004, during the penalty shootout at the end of the quarterfinal against Sweden, van der Sar saved a penalty from Olof Mellberg, giving Arjen Robben the decisive chance to end the shootout in the Dutch team's first shootout win ever.de:Edwin van der Sar et:Edwin van der Sar nl:Edwin van der Sar ja:エドウィン・ファン・デル・サール