Sander Westerveld

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Sander Westerveld
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Westerveld in 2011
Personal information
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*
YearsTeamApps(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)
Total440(0)
International career
1999–2001 Netherlands 6 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2014 Ajax Cape Town (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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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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.

Club career

Early career and Liverpool

Westerveld's first professional match was for Twente in 1994. After two seasons there, he moved to Vitesse for three.[ citation needed ]

Following the 1998–99 season, during which he helped Vitesse to qualify for Europe, Westerveld was sold to Liverpool, where he succeeded David James. He became the most expensive goalkeeper in British football when he joined the Reds for a reported fee of £4 million during the summer of 1999. Westerveld made his Liverpool debut against Sheffield Wednesday on 7 August 1999 in a 2–1 away win. [6] Then, on 28 August 1999, he saved a Davor Šuker penalty, as Liverpool beat Arsenal 2–0. [7] He was Gérard Houllier's first choice to succeed James as Anfield's number one, and Westerveld fully justified the manager's confidence by playing a leading role in Liverpool's return to Europe, conceding the fewest goals in the 1999–2000 Premier League season.[ citation needed ]

He played a key role in the treble season of 2000–01 for Liverpool, emerging as the hero of the League Cup final victory over Birmingham City, making the winning save from Andrew Johnson in the penalty shoot-out. [8]

However, towards the end of his two-season spell at Liverpool, he was often subjected to criticism from the media. After a major mistake in a match against Bolton Wanderers on 27 August 2001, he was put on the bench by Houllier, who promptly signed two new goalkeepers, Jerzy Dudek and Chris Kirkland. He did not play again after the Bolton error, and was sold to Real Sociedad of La Liga on 16 December 2001, for £3.4 million. [9]

Real Sociedad

Sociedad were runners-up in La Liga in the 2002–03 season, and played in the following season's Champions League. However, that season saw him loaned to Mallorca, where Miguel Ángel Moyá kept him out of the team. His contract then expired. [10]

Portsmouth

In July 2005, he moved back to the Premier League with Portsmouth, being signed by Alain Perrin on a one-year contract. He was expected to be the first choice goalkeeper, ahead of Jamie Ashdown and Kostas Chalkias. However, after an inconsistent time at Fratton Park, in which he played only six league matches, he was allowed to move on a 28-day loan to Everton, rivals of his former club Liverpool, on 24 February 2006. [11] Everton had a temporary goalkeeping crisis in which Nigel Martyn, Richard Wright and Iain Turner were all unavailable, and Westerveld played two matches for them. When he returned to Portsmouth, he remained a substitute and was released by Harry Redknapp on 11 May 2006. [12]

Later career

On 28 July 2006, Westerveld signed with Segunda División club Almería for one season, [13] in which he helped them to achieve promotion to La Liga before leaving the club at the end of his contract.[ citation needed ]

On 7 September 2007, he joined Sparta Rotterdam on a short-term contract [14] and in May 2008 he announced that he was to leave Sparta. [15]

During the summer of 2009, he signed for Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione club Monza, after a successful trial with the club. He later joined Ajax Cape Town in South Africa where he was the number 1 goalkeeper. [16] At the end of the 2012–13 season, his contract was terminated, and he then became a goalkeeping coach at the club. [17]

International career

Westerveld made his debut for the Netherlands on 8 June 1999, in an away friendly 3–1 defeat to Brazil in Goiânia. He was included in the Dutch squad for Euro 2000, and played the last group match against France, both teams being already qualified. The last of his six caps came on 28 February 2001, in a 0–0 friendly home draw with Turkey, [18] although he did make the squad for Euro 2004. [19]

Personal life

Westerveld's father-in-law Hennie Ardesch, and son Sem Westerveld who is playing for Jong AZ, are also professional football goalkeepers. [20]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[ citation needed ]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Twente 1994–95 Eredivisie 30
1995–96 Eredivisie110
Total140
Vitesse 1996–97 Eredivisie340
1997–98 Eredivisie340
1998–99 Eredivisie330
Total1010
Liverpool 1999–2000 Premier League 360
2000–01 Premier League380
2001–02 Premier League10
Total750
Real Sociedad 2001–02 La Liga 200
2002–03 La Liga370
2003–04 La Liga200
Total770
Mallorca (loan) 2004–05 La Liga60
Portsmouth 2005–06 Premier League60
Everton (loan) 2005–06 Premier League20
Almería 2006–07 Segunda División 340
Sparta Rotterdam 2007–08 Eredivisie290
Monza 2009–10 Lega Pro 300
2010–11 Lega Pro240
Total540
Ajax Cape Town 2011–12 ABSA Premiership 230
2012–13 ABSA Premiership190
Total420
Career total4400

Honours

Liverpool

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