Sander Westerveld

Sander Westerveld
Westerveld in 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-10-23) 23 October 1974
Place of birth Enschede, Netherlands
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1980–1988 De Tubanters
1988–1994 Twente
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Twente 14 (0)
1995–1999 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)
National team‡
1999–2001 Netherlands 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 July 2013
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 May 2008

Sander Westerveld (born 23 October 1974) is a retired Dutch professional football goalkeeper who is currently the goalkeeping coach of South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town.

The highlight of his playing career, spent in five different countries, was a treble of the FA Cup, Football 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 6 international caps over five years.

In 2016, he was named in the Panama papers.

Club career

Early career and Liverpool

Westerveld's first professional match was for FC Twente in 1994. After two seasons there he moved to Vitesse Arnhem for three.

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.[1] 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 Premiership season.

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 Andy Johnson in the penalty shoot-out.[2]

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 game 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.[3]

Real Sociedad

Sociedad were runners-up in La Liga in the 2002–2003 season, and played in the following season's Champions League. However, that season saw him loaned to RCD Mallorca, where Miguel Angel Moya kept him out of the team. His contract then expired.[4]

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 6 league matches, he was allowed to move on a 28-day loan to Everton, rivals of his former club Liverpool, on 24 February 2006.[5] 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.[6]

Later career

On 28 July 2006, Westerveld signed with Segunda División club UD Almería for one season,[7] in which he helped them to achieve promotion to La Liga before leaving the club at the end of his contract.

On 7 September 2007, he joined Sparta Rotterdam on a short-term contract[8] and in May 2008 he announced that he was to leave Sparta.[9]

During the summer of 2009 he signed for Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione club A.C. Monza Brianza 1912, after a successful trial with the club. He later joined Ajax Cape Town in South Africa where he was the number 1 goalkeeper. At the end of the 2012-13 season, his contract was terminated and then became a goalkeeping coach at the club.[10]

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 team being already qualified. The last of his six caps came on 28 February 2001, in a 0-0 friendly home draw with Turkey,[11] although he did make the squad for Euro 2004.[12]

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Europe Total
1994–95TwenteEredivisie30
1995–96110
1996–97VitesseEredivisie340
1997–98340
1998–99330
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1999–2000LiverpoolPremier League360
2000–01380
2001–0210
Spain League Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Europe Total
2001–02Real SociedadLa Liga200
2002–03370
2003–04200
2004–05MallorcaLa Liga60
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2005–06PortsmouthPremier League60
2005–06EvertonPremier League20
Spain League Copa del Rey Supercopa de España Europe Total
2006–07AlmeríaSegunda División340
Netherlands League KNVB Cup League Cup Europe Total
2007–08Sparta RotterdamEredivisie290
Italy League Coppa Italia League Cup Europe Total
2009–10MonzaLega Pro300
2010–11240
South Africa League Nedbank Cup League Cup Africa Total
2011–12Ajax Cape TownABSA Premiership230
2012–13190
Total Netherlands 1440
England 830
Spain 1170
Italy 540
South Africa 420
Career total 4400

Honours

Liverpool

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sheffield Wednesday 1 – 2 Liverpool". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  2. ↑ "Liverpool 1 – 1 Birmingham City (Final Score 5–4)". LFCHistory.net. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
  3. ↑ "Westerveld signs for Sociedad". 2001-12-16. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  4. ↑ "Westerveld joins Pompey". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  5. ↑ "Everton sign Westerveld on loan". 2006-02-24. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  6. ↑ "Pompey release keeper Westerveld". 2006-05-11. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  7. ↑ "Westerveld Heads For Spain | Vital Portsmouth". Vital Portsmouth. 2006-07-26. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  8. ↑ "ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Sports". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  9. ↑ Westerveld leaves Sparta – Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  10. ↑ "New appointments in Technical Team". Ajax Cape Town. 24 June 2013.
  11. ↑ "Sander Westerveld - national football team player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  12. ↑ "Netherlands Euro 2004 Squad". BigSoccer Forum. Retrieved 2018-05-21.

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