Edwin van der Sar

Edwin van der Sar is simply one of the greatest goalkeepers to ever pull on a pair of gloves, and I think football fans don't always give him quite enough credit. Standing at 197 cm, he had this commanding, almost unflappable presence in goal — a Scorpio through and through, cool under pressure when the whole stadium was holding its breath. He won the Champions League with Ajax in 1995 and then again with Manchester United in 2008, which is a remarkable bookend to a legendary club career. That 2009 Champions League penalty shootout at Wembley, the 2008 final in Moscow — he just kept delivering. The Fanny Blankers-Koen Career Award and his knighthood in the Order of Orange-Nassau say it all. Even after hanging up his gloves, he went on to run Ajax as chief executive. This guy never just coasted.

Name (English)

Edwin van der Sar

Name (Japanese)

エトヴィン・ファン・デル・サール

Reading

えとゔぃん・ふぁん・でる・さーる

Born

October 29, 1970 (age 55)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

Origin

Voorhout, South Holland, Netherlands

Height

197 cm

Occupation

association football player

Awards & achievements

• 2011 Fanny Blankers-Koen Career Award
• 1998 AFC Ajax–player of the year
• Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/edwinvandersar1/
• Xhttps://x.com/vdsar1970
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%88%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB

Tags

• South Holland
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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