1970 - Today
Edwin van der Sar OON (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛtʋɪn vɑn dɛr ˈsɑr] (listen)) (born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch football executive and former professional player who is currently 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 2,578,889 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Edwin van der Sar is the 135th most popular soccer player (down from 111th in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 113th 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 135 out of 16,923. Before him are Fabio Cannavaro, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Dragan Džajić, Paulino Alcántara, Carlos Valderrama, and Günter Netzer. After him are Thierry Henry, Akira Kitaguchi, Héctor Castro, Andrea Pirlo, Tsukasa Hosaka, and Héctor Scarone.
1973 - Present
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 129
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 130
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 131
1896 - 1964
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 132
1961 - Present
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 133
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 134
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 135
1977 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 136
1935 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 137
1904 - 1960
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 138
1979 - Present
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 139
1937 - 2018
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 140
1898 - 1967
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 141
Among people born in 1970, Edwin van der Sar ranks 6. Before him are Matt Damon, Banksy, Christopher Nolan, Melania Trump, and Diego Simeone. After him are Rachel Weisz, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Connelly, Andre Agassi, Cafu, and River Phoenix.
1970 - Present
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 1
1970 - Present
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 2
1970 - Present
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 3
1970 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 4
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 5
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 6
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 8
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 9
1970 - Present
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 10
1970 - Present
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 11
1970 - 1993
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 12
Among people born in Netherlands, Edwin van der Sar ranks 123 out of 1,209. Before him are Willem Janszoon (1570), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Adriaen van Ostade (1610), Mark Rutte (1967), Bertha of Holland (1055), and Harry Mulisch (1927). After him are Cornelis Drebbel (1572), Meindert Hobbema (1638), Jan Swammerdam (1637), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Martinus J. G. Veltman (1931), and Famke Janssen (1964).
1570 - 1631
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 117
1594 - 1680
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 118
1610 - 1685
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 119
1967 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 120
1055 - 1093
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 121
1927 - 2010
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 122
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 123
1572 - 1633
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 124
1638 - 1709
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 125
1637 - 1680
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 126
1740 - 1805
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 127
1931 - 2021
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 128
1964 - Present
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 129
Among soccer players born in Netherlands, Edwin van der Sar ranks 5. Before him are Johan Cruyff (1947), Ruud Gullit (1962), Rob Rensenbrink (1947), and Leo Beenhakker (1942). After him are Ruud Krol (1949), Dennis Bergkamp (1969), Piet Keizer (1943), Arie Haan (1948), Arjen Robben (1984), René van de Kerkhof (1951), and Johnny Rep (1951).
1947 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 1
1962 - Present
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 2
1947 - 2020
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 3
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 4
1970 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 5
1949 - Present
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 6
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 7
1943 - 2017
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 9
1984 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 11
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 12