On March 4, 2009, Newcastle United’s Peter Lovenkrands beat Van de Sar to halt the keeper’s remarkable run at 1,311 minutes. His clean sheet streak went on, breaking the overall English league record, then the British top-flight milestone, before extending his record to 1,302 minutes in mid-February to surpass Jose Maria Buljubasich’s single-season world record of 1,289 minutes from 2005. His shutout during a 5-0 thrashing of West Bromwich Albion meant that they had gone 11 games and 1,032 minutes without conceding.īut, he didn’t stop his heroics in goal just yet. In 2007-08, he helped his side secure their second successive Premier League title, before saving Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka’s spot kick in the penalty shootout of the UEFA Champions League final to spark crazy celebrations in Moscow, Russia.Ĭome January 2009, Van der Sar helped United set a new club and Premier League record for consecutive clean sheets. He held the number one jersey inside the Theatre of Dreams for the next six years, winning honours and awards galore. Over 140 outings later for Fulham, the Dutchman’s performances between the sticks once again alerted The Red Devils, who finally lured him to North England in June 2005.įor a fee believed to be just £2m, Van der Sar proved an incredible bargain, and was viewed as the best goalkeeper to play for United since fellow legend Peter Schmeichel. He made his league debut against Manchester United on August 18, 2001, during a 3-2 defeat at Old Trafford. Van der Sar conceded just 71 goals in 84 outings for the Italian outfit, but lifted just the UEFA Intertoto Cup (1999).ĭespite his stature as one of Europe’s top shot stoppers, still, Van der Sar sealed a shock transfer to Premier League newcomers Fulham, arriving at Craven Cottage in a deal worth around £7m. The three-time Dutch Football Goalkeeper of the Year winner then joined Serie A side Juventus for £5m in 1999, despite interest from Manchester United.īecoming the first non-Italian shot stopper for the Turin giants, the Dutchman lasted two seasons abroad, before losing his first-team place to a certain Gianluigi Buffon – Juve’s world-record £32.6m arrival from Parma – in the summer of 2001. Under former Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal, the Dutchman was snapped up by Eredivisie giants Ajax in 1990, where he went onto play over 300 senior games, winning four league titles, three Dutch Cups, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup, among other honours. The 6ft 5in shot stopper made a total of 266 appearances in all competitions for The Red Devils between 20, keeping an impressive 135 clean sheets.ĭuring his career at Old Trafford, the Netherlands great lifted four Premier League titles, three FA Community Shields, two League Cups, the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup.īut, Shoot! asks where is Van der Sar now?īorn in Voorhout, Netherlands, Van der Sar began his career with his hometown club Foreholte (1980), before joining VV Noordwijk in 1985. The former goalkeeper, who earned 130 international caps for his country before retiring from professional football in May 2011, first made his name at Fulham in English football, before going onto star for Premier League giants Manchester United. If the content contained herein violates any of your rights, including those of copyright, and/or violates any the above mentioned factors, you are requested to immediately notify us using via the following email address operanews-external(at)opera.Shoot! would like to wish Edwin van der Sar many happy returns as the Dutchman celebrates his 47th birthday today! Opera News furthermore does not condone the use of our platform for the purposes encouraging/endorsing hate speech, violation of human rights and/or utterances of a defamatory nature. Opera News does not consent to nor does it condone the posting of any content that violates the rights (including the copyrights) of any third party, nor content that may malign, inter alia, any religion, ethnic group, organization, gender, company, or individual. Any/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger/author and are unedited by Opera News. Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News.
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