Sander Westerveld

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Sander Westerveld
Sander Westerveld 2011.jpg
Sander Westerveld (2011)
Personnel
birthday October 23, 1974
place of birth Enschede , the  Netherlands
position goalkeeper
Juniors
Years station
FC Twente Enschede
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1994-1996 FC Twente Enschede 14 (0)
1996-1999 Vitesse Arnhem 101 (0)
1999-2001 Liverpool FC 75 (0)
2001-2005 →  Real Sociedad San Sebastián  (loan) 77 (0)
2004-2005 →  RCD Mallorca  (loan) 6 (0)
2005-2006 Portsmouth FC 6 (0)
2006 →  Everton FC  (loan) 2 (0)
2006-2007 UD Almería 33 (0)
2007-2008 Sparta Rotterdam 29 (0)
2009– AC Monza Brianza 34 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1999-2004 Netherlands 6 (0)
1 Only league games are given.
As of December 18, 2010

Sander Westerveld (born October 23, 1974 in Enschede ) is a Dutch football player . The goalkeeper has been under contract with the Italian club AC Monza Brianza since 2009 .

Career

society

Westerveld began his career in 1994 in his hometown with FC Twente Enschede . There he was previously active in the club's youth teams. As number two behind Sander Boschker , Westerveld only made a few appearances. In the summer of 1996 he therefore moved to league competitor Vitesse Arnheim . There the goalkeeper made his national breakthrough. In its first season in Arnhem, the team finished fifth, and in 1997/98 even third. Westerveld stood out for good performances and played his way into the notebooks of top European clubs. For the 1999/2000 season he moved to England for Liverpool FC , where he replaced David James who had moved to Aston Villa in goal. Westerveld prevailed against his US competitor Brad Friedel and became number one between the posts of the Reds . In the following years he should collect many titles with the club. In 2001 they won the FA Cup , the League Cup , the UEFA Cup , the FA Community Shield and the European Supercup . Westerveld did not miss any of these finals and was on the field for the full season in all finals.

Liverpool also started the new season with Westerveld. But shortly before the end of the transfer period, he left the team. The reason was that coach Gerard Houllier with Jerzy Dudek and Chris Kirkland undertook two new goalkeeper after Westerveld in the encounter on Matchday with the Bolton Wanderers made a mistake that cost the win. After the great successes with Liverpool, he moved to Real Sociedad San Sebastián in Spain in the 2001/02 season . In Sociedad Westerveld was number two behind Alberto López for a long time before coach John Toshack placed his trust in the Dutchman from matchday 18. In 2002/03 they narrowly missed the championship and came in second behind Real Madrid . The following year, Westerveld suffered the same fate as his competitor López two years earlier. The goalkeeper was the undisputed number one until match day 15, before coach Raynald Denoueix replaced him with López. Sociedad had previously failed to win seven games in a row.

In the summer before the new season Westerveld was loaned to the competitor RCD Mallorca , but where he could not get past the young Moyá . In July 2005, the Dutchman moved back to England to play for Portsmouth FC . As early as February on, the club officials lent to Everton , where Westerveld played until the end of April 2006 before going back to Portsmouth. There it was decided to give up the Dutchman again. In summer the goalkeeper moved back to Spain, to UD Almería . With the then second division side, Westerveld made it to the Spanish upper house. Subsequently, however, his contract was not extended so that he remained without a club until September. He was finally signed by the Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam , where he immediately replaced Cor Varkevisser , who was still guarding the Rotterdam goal for the first three matchdays. In the summer of 2008, both parties parted ways again. After a year break, Westerveld decided to hire a club again and signed a contract with the Italian club AC Monza Brianza in the third highest Italian division, the Lega Pro Prima Divisione .

National team

For the Dutch national team , Westerveld has been in goal six times. He made his debut on June 8, 1999 in a 3-1 loss to Brazil . He was in the starting line-up and stayed on the field until the final whistle. In the Euro 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands goalkeeper in stand squad of coach Frank Rijkaard . There he was number three behind Edwin van der Sar in the Elftal box . In the second round match, on June 16, 2000, Westerveld came on when he was substituted in for van der Sar in the 89th minute in the 3-0 win against Denmark . Westerveld also came into play in the last group game and in the quarterfinals.

While he completed the full 90 minutes in the last group game, he had to replace goalkeeper van der Sar in the quarterfinals from the 65th minute. The team was eliminated in the semifinals on penalties against Italy . Four years later, Westerveld was again in the Oranjes' squad at the EM in Portugal . Again the semifinals ended for the Netherlands. Westerveld was not used. Although Westerveld was regularly appointed to the Dutch squad until 2004, he was last between the posts of the national team on February 28, 2001 when they separated 0-0 from Turkey . He was substituted on for van der Sar at halftime.

successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Sander Westerveld in the database of liverpoolfc.tv
  2. ↑ Sander Westerveld's appearances in the Primera División 2003/2004 on weltfussball.de
  3. ^ Sander Westerveld in the database of evertonfc.com
  4. ↑ Westerveld must go to transfermarkt.de from May 11, 2006
  5. ↑ Match report: Brazil - Netherlands 3: 1 (3: 0) ( Memento from April 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on vi.nl
  6. ↑ Netherlands: EM 2000 squad in Holland / Belgium on weltfussball.de
  7. ↑ Match report: Denmark - Netherlands 0: 3 (0: 0) on weltfussball.de
  8. ↑ Sander Westerveld's involvement in Euro 2000 on weltfussball.de
  9. ↑ Match report: Netherlands - Yugoslavia 6: 1 (2: 0) on weltfussball.de
  10. ↑ Netherlands: EM 2004 squad in Portugal on weltfussball.de
  11. ↑ Match report: Netherlands - Turkey 0: 0 ( Memento from April 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on vi.nl
personal data
SURNAME Westerveld, Sander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch football goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Enschede