1970 - Today
Edwin van der Sar (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛtʋɪɱ vɑn dər ˈsɑr] (listen); born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch football executive and former professional player who was most recently the chief executive of AFC 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. A goalkeeper, he left Ajax for Juventus in 1999, where he spent two years before moving to England, first to Fulham and then to Manchester United in 2005. There he won a second Champions League title in 2008, making him one of just eight players at the time to have won the competition with more than one club. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin van der Sar has received more than 3,815,001 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 74 in 2019). Edwin van der Sar is the 131st most popular soccer player (up from 135th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 123rd in 2019) and the 5th 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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Among soccer players, Edwin van der Sar ranks 131 out of 16,880. Before him are Miroslav Klose, Robert Lewandowski, Daniel Passarella, Didier Drogba, Héctor Scarone, and Juan Alberto Schiaffino. After him are Andrés Iniesta, Alessandro Del Piero, Dragan Džajić, Sandro Mazzola, Tostão, and Telmo Zarra.
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 125
1988 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 126
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 127
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 128
1898 - 1967
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 129
1925 - 2002
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 130
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 131
1984 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 132
1974 - Present
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 133
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 134
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 135
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 136
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 137
Among people born in 1970, Edwin van der Sar ranks 8. Before him are Christopher Nolan, Diego Simeone, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Connelly, Cafu, and Banksy. After him are Luis Enrique, Aleksandar Vučić, Gianni Infantino, Andre Agassi, Uma Thurman, and Lara Fabian.
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 2
1970 - Present
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 3
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 4
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 5
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 9
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 10
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 11
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 13
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 14
Among people born in Netherlands, Edwin van der Sar ranks 119 out of 1,427. Before him are Cornelis Drebbel (1572), Pieter Aertsen (1508), Paulus Potter (1625), Joris Ivens (1898), Gerard Kuiper (1905), and Famke Janssen (1964). After him are Robert van Gulik (1910), William II of Holland (1228), Gabriël Metsu (1629), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Eugène Dubois (1858), and Etty Hillesum (1914).
1572 - 1633
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 113
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 114
1625 - 1654
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 115
1898 - 1989
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 116
1905 - 1973
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 117
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 118
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 119
1910 - 1967
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 120
1228 - 1256
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 121
1629 - 1667
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 122
1594 - 1680
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 123
1858 - 1940
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 124
1914 - 1943
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 125
Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Edwin van der Sar ranks 5. Before him are Johan Cruyff (1947), Ruud Gullit (1962), Leo Beenhakker (1942), and Rob Rensenbrink (1947). After him are Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Wim Jansen (1946), Ruud Krol (1949), Arie Haan (1948), Piet Keizer (1943), René van de Kerkhof (1951), and Willy van de Kerkhof (1951).
1947 - 2016
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 1
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 3
1947 - 2020
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 4
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 5
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 6
1946 - 2022
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 7
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 9
1943 - 2017
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 11
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 12