Sander Westerveld

Sander Westerveld (2011)

Sander Westerveld ( born October 23, 1974 in Enschede) is a Dutch football player. Since 2009 is the goalkeeper for the Italian club AC Monza Brianza under contract.

Career

Association

Westerveld began his career in 1994 in his hometown at FC Twente Enschede. He had previously been active in the youth teams of the club. But as number two behind Sander Westerveld Boschker came only a few uses. In the summer of 1996, he therefore moved to league rival Vitesse Arnhem. There, the goalkeeper made ​​his national breakthrough. In his first season in Arnhem, the team placed fifth place, 1997/98 even on the third. Westerveld fell on good performances and played in the notebooks of European top clubs. For the 1999/2000 season, he moved to England to Liverpool, where he was at Aston Villa exchanged David James replaced in goal. Westerveld won against its U.S. competitors Brad Friedel and became the number one between the posts of the Reds. In the following years he should gather with the club many titles. 2001 you won the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup, the FA Community Shield and the European Super Cup. Westerveld missed none of these finals and was in all the playoffs over the full season on the field.

Also in the new season Liverpool went with Westerveld. But shortly before the end of the transfer window, he left the team. Reason for this was that coach Gérard Houllier Jerzy Dudek and Chris with Kirkland undertook two new goalkeeper after Westerveld made ​​a mistake in the encounter on matchday with Bolton Wanderers, which cost the victory. After the great success with Liverpool he moved to the 2001/ 02 season at Real Sociedad in Spain. In Sociedad Westerveld has long been the number two behind Alberto López before coach John Toshack Dutchman gave confidence from the 18th game day. 2002/ 03 we just missed the championship and came behind Real Madrid in second place. In the following year Westerveld suffered the same fate as it was two years before his competitors López. Until the 15th matchday of the goalkeeper was the undisputed number one, marriage, exchanged him coach Raynald Denoueix by López. Previously Sociedad had seven games can not win in a row.

The summer before the new season Westerveld had to give the competitors RCD Mallorca, but where he did not get past the young Moyá. In July 2005, the Dutch moved back to England to play for Portsmouth. Back in February, it loaned out to the club officials at Everton, where Westerveld played until the end of April 2006, before he went back to Portsmouth. There, however, it was decided to leave the Dutchman again. In summer, the goalkeeper moved back to Spain to UD Almería. With the then second division Westerveld managed to climb into the Spanish top flight. Then, his contract was not renewed, so he stayed out of contract until September. Finally, it undertook the Eredivisie club Sparta Rotterdam, where he immediately Cor Varkevisser replaced, still guarded the gate of Rotterdam on the first three game day. In the summer of 2008, the paths of the two parties parted again. After a year break, Westerveld decided again to sign with a club and signed with Italian club AC Monza Brianza in the third highest Italian league, the Lega Pro Prima Divisione, a contract.

National

For the Dutch national Westerveld was six times in goal. He made his debut on 8 June 1999 in the 1-3 defeat against Brazil. He was in the starting and remained until the final whistle on the field. In the Euro 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands was the goalkeeper in the squad by coach Frank Rijkaard. There he was behind Edwin van der Sar, the number three in the case of the Oranje. In the second group match, on 16 June 2000, Westerveld came but then used when he substitute for van der Sar was the 3-0 win against Denmark in the 89th minute. In the final group game and in the quarterfinals came Westerveld to use times.

While he completed the full 90 minutes in the final group game, he had represented the 65th minute from the quarter-finals goalkeeper van der Sar. The team bowed out on penalties to Italy from. Four years later, Westerveld was again in the Oranje squad at the European Championships in Portugal. Again, it was over for the Netherlands in the semi-finals. Westerveld was no use. Although Westerveld was still called regularly to the squad from the Netherlands to 2004, he was on 28 February 2001 for the last time between the posts of the national selection, as they split at 0:0 by Turkey. He was substituted at half-time for the Sar van.

Achievements

  • FA Cup with Liverpool: 2001
  • League Cup with Liverpool: 2001
  • UEFA Cup with Liverpool: 2001
  • FA Community Shield with Liverpool: 2001
  • European Supercup with Liverpool: 2001
  • Promotion to the Primera División with UD Almería: 2007 (2nd place)
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