Sander Westerveld

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Sander Westerveld
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*
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)
2004–2005Mallorca (loan) 6 (0)
2005–2006 Portsmouth 6 (0)
2006Everton (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

Sander Westerveld (born 23 October 1974) is a Dutch

Ajax Cape Town
.

The highlight of his playing career, spent in five countries, was a treble of the

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

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

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]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Twente 1994–95 Eredivisie 3 0
1995–96 Eredivisie 11 0
Total 14 0
Vitesse 1996–97 Eredivisie 34 0
1997–98 Eredivisie 34 0
1998–99 Eredivisie 33 0
Total 101 0
Liverpool 1999–2000 Premier League 36 0
2000–01 Premier League 38 0
2001–02 Premier League 1 0
Total 75 0
Real Sociedad 2001–02 La Liga 20 0
2002–03 La Liga 37 0
2003–04 La Liga 20 0
Total 77 0
Mallorca (loan) 2004–05 La Liga 6 0
Portsmouth 2005–06 Premier League 6 0
Everton (loan) 2005–06 Premier League 2 0
Almería 2006–07
Segunda División
34 0
Sparta Rotterdam 2007–08 Eredivisie 29 0
Monza
2009–10 Lega Pro 30 0
2010–11 Lega Pro 24 0
Total 54 0
Ajax Cape Town
2011–12 ABSA Premiership 23 0
2012–13 ABSA Premiership 19 0
Total 42 0
Career total 440 0

Honours

Liverpool

References

  1. ^ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 17 de junio de 2007, en Almería" [Minutes of the Match held on 17 June 2007, in Almería] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Sander Westerveld: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Sander Westerveld". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Sander Westerveld: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Sander Westerveld". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday 1–2 Liverpool". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  7. ^ "Fowler shoots down Arsenal". BBC Sport. 28 August 1999. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  8. ^ "Liverpool 1–1 Birmingham City (Final Score 5–4)". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  9. ^ "Westerveld signs for Sociedad". BBC Sport. 16 December 2001. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Westerveld joins Pompey". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Everton sign Westerveld on loan". BBC Sport. 24 February 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Pompey release keeper Westerveld". BBC Sport. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Westerveld Heads For Spain". Vital Portsmouth. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  14. ^ "ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Sports". ESPN. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  15. ^ Westerveld leaves Sparta – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  16. ^ "Westerveld definitief naar Ajax Cape Town". RTV Oost (in Dutch). Retrieved 15 February 2020.
  17. ^ "New appointments in Technical Team". Ajax Cape Town. 24 June 2013.
  18. ^ "Sander Westerveld – national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Netherlands Euro 2004 Squad". BigSoccer Forum. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  20. ^ "Unique professional debut goalkeeper Sem Westerveld for Jong AZ". 5 January 2021.
  21. ^ "Owen shatters Arsenal in Cup final". BBC Sport. 12 May 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  22. ^ "Blues shot down as Liverpool lift cup". BBC Sport. 25 February 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  23. ^ "Liverpool edge out Man Utd". BBC Sport. 12 August 2001. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  24. ^ Biggs, Matt (16 May 2001). "Liverpool 5–4 Alavés". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  25. ^ "Liverpool sink Bayern". BBC Sport. 24 August 2001. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018.

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