Sander Westerveld
Dutch football coach and former professional player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sander Westerveld (born 23 October 1974) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who played as a goalkeeper. He was the goalkeeping coach of South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sander Westerveld[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1974-10-23) 23 October 1974 (age 49)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Enschede, Netherlands[3] | ||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[4] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper[5] | ||
Youth career | |||
1980–1988 | De Tubanters | ||
1988–1994 | Twente | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1995 | Twente | 14 | (0) |
1996–1999 | Vitesse | 101 | (0) |
1999–2001 | Liverpool | 75 | (0) |
2001–2005 | Real Sociedad | 77 | (0) |
2004–2005 | → Mallorca (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Portsmouth | 6 | (0) |
2006 | → Everton (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Almería | 34 | (0) |
2007–2008 | Sparta Rotterdam | 29 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Monza | 54 | (0) |
2011–2013 | Ajax Cape Town | 42 | (0) |
Total | 440 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1999–2001 | Netherlands | 6 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2013–2014 | Ajax Cape Town (goalkeeping coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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The highlight of his playing career, spent in five countries, was a treble of the FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup with Liverpool in 2001. Westerveld was included in the Netherlands' squads for Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, but, due to the consistency of Edwin van der Sar, earned six international caps over five years.