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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.

