SOCCER PLAYER

Edwin van der Sar

1970 - Today

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Edwin van der Sar (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛtʋɪɱ vɑn dər ˈsɑr] ; born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch football executive and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He was most recently the chief executive of Ajax, with whom he began his senior playing career in the early 1990s; he is considered to be a member of the club's golden generation and was part of the Ajax team that won the UEFA Champions League in 1995. In 1999, he left Ajax for Juventus where he spent two years before moving to England, first to Fulham and then to Manchester United in 2005. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin van der Sar has received more than 4,948,839 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin van der Sar is the 131st most popular soccer player (down from 130th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 119th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Soccer Player.

Edwin van der Sar is most famous for being the goalkeeper for the Dutch national team and Manchester United.

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  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Edwin van der Sar ranks 131 out of 21,273. Before him are Paulo Roberto Falcão, José Nasazzi, Helmut Rahn, Lucien Laurent, Filippo Inzaghi, and Gérson. After him are Tostão, Jan Jongbloed, Zoltán Czibor, Alcides Ghiggia, Allan Simonsen, and Sergio Ramos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Edwin van der Sar ranks 8. Before him are Christopher Nolan, Matt Damon, Diego Simeone, Cafu, Aleksandar Vučić, and Luis Enrique. After him are Jennifer Connelly, Gianni Infantino, Genndy Tartakovsky, Banksy, Rachel Weisz, and Uma Thurman.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Edwin van der Sar ranks 112 out of 1,646. Before him are Kees van Dongen (1877), Marinus van der Lubbe (1909), Jan van Goyen (1596), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562), William II of Holland (1228), and Hendrick Avercamp (1585). After him are Mark Rutte (1967), Jan Jongbloed (1940), Judith Leyster (1609), Pieter van Musschenbroek (1692), Willem Schouten (1567), and Willem de Kooning (1904).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Netherlands

Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Edwin van der Sar ranks 4. Before him are Johan Cruyff (1947), Ruud Gullit (1962), and Rob Rensenbrink (1947). After him are Jan Jongbloed (1940), Ruud Krol (1949), Arie Haan (1948), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Johnny Rep (1951), René van de Kerkhof (1951), Piet Keizer (1943), and Ruud van Nistelrooy (1976).

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