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. 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. On the biggest European nights, 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.

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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)

Origin

Voorhout, South Holland, Netherlands

Height

197 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

Awards & achievements

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

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/edwinvandersar1/
• Xhttps://x.com/vdsar1970
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin%20van%20der%20Sar
• 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
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q482955

Tags

• South Holland
• association football player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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