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Edwin van der Sar (born October 29, 1970 in
Voorhout, Netherlands) is a Dutch Football
(soccer)|football player who plays as a
goalkeeper. He currently plays for Manchester
United F.C.|Manchester United in the FA Premier
League|English Premier League.

Van der Sar began his career at Ajax
Amsterdam|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 F.C.|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 national football
team|Belarus. He has represented the Netherlands
national football team|Dutch national team for
exactly 100 times and was the in goal during all
of three of their recent defeats on penalty
shootout (football)|penalties in major
competitions: in Ec|96, the Wc|1998, and Ec2|2000.

In Ec2|2004, during the penalty shootout at the
end of the quarterfinal against Sweden national
football team|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.

In 2005, Edwin van der Sar was given an
undisclosed transfer to Manchester United
F.C.|Manchester United for a sum in the region of
2 million pounds.