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Edwin Van Der Sar
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(born October 29, 1970 in Voorhout (Voorhout: voorhout (population: 14,792 in 2004) is a town in the western netherlands, in the province...
[follow hyperlink for more...]) , Netherlands (Netherlands: A constitutional monarchy in western Europe on the North Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1579; half the country lies below sea level) ) is a Dutch football (football: Any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal) player. He is one of the most identifiable goalkeeper (goalkeeper: The soccer or hockey player assigned to protect the goal) s in Europe because of his height (1.97 m, 6' 5˝").
Van der Sar began his career at Ajax (Ajax: A mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad) , where he was part of the team who won the Champions League (Champions League: more facts about this subject) in 1995. He went on to play for Juventus (Juventus: more facts about this subject) , and since 2001 has played in the English Premiership (English Premiership: the fa premier league (which, for sponsorship reasons, is often referred to as the barclays...
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Van der Sar made his international debut in June 1995 against Belarus (Belarus: A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet) . He has represented the Dutch national team (Dutch national team: the netherlands national football team (known by its fans as oranje, after their orange...
[follow hyperlink for more...]) over 80 times and was the in goal during all of three of their recent defeats on penalties (penalties: kicks from the penalty mark (commonly referred to as a penalty shootout) are sometimes...
[follow hyperlink for more...]) in major competitions: in Euro 96 (Euro 96: the 1996 european football championship (or simply euro 96) was hosted by england....
[follow hyperlink for more...]) , 1998 World Cup (1998 World Cup: more facts about this subject) , and Euro 2000 (Euro 2000: the 2000 uefa european championship, or euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the uefa...
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In Euro 2004 (Euro 2004: the 2004 uefa european football championship, commonly called euro 2004, was held in...
[follow hyperlink for more...]) , during the penalty shootout at the end of the quarterfinal against Sweden (Sweden: A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula) , van der Sar saved a penalty from Olof Mellberg (Olof Mellberg: olof mellberg (born september 3, 1977) is a swedish football (soccer)|football...
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