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Van der Sar third most-capped goalkeeper
in history
Thursday 16 October 2008
Edwin van der Sar played his 129th
and his 130th international game for Holland this week
and in doing so he became the joint-third most-capped
goalkeeper in history, joining colorful Mexican legend
Jorge Campos on the 130-mark and overtaking Peter Schmeichel,
whose record he emulated against Iceland on Saturday.
The 37-year-old, who has come out
of international retirement to cover for injuries to
Bert van Marwijk's first and second-choice keepers,
had already surpassed the likes of Andoni Zubizarreta
(126 caps), Peter Shilton (125) and Pat Jennings (119).
However, matching the tallies of
Saudi Arabia's Mohamed Al-Daeyea or Sweden's Thomas
Ravelli - who retired with 181 and 143 caps respectively
- would appear highly unlikely, given Van der Sar's
insistence that he will step back into the shadows once
his successor, Maarten Stekelenburg, returns to fitness.
In the overall ranking of all players
Van der Sar has now moved into the top 25.
In that ranking it's also Mohamed
Al-Daeyea who's first.
The player with most caps who is
still active and adding to his total is Iván
Hurtado with 150 caps.
He played his last game last June.
Source: Wikipedia
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