Happy Birthday: Van der Sar, Vaughan, Pires

Sport360 staff 10:41 29/10/2015
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  • [L-R] Michael Vaughan, Edwin van der Sar, Robert Pires.

    Considered to be one of the best goalkeepers of all time, Edwin van der Sar enjoyed a glittering career filled with success and titles.

    Winning a grand total of 25 trohies with Ajax, Juventus and Manchester United, Van der Sar is the second most decorated goalkeeper in the footballing world behind Vitor Baia.

    In the 2008–09 season he set the world league clean sheet record by not conceding a single goal for 1,311 minutes.

    Along with being the most capped player for the Netherlands, with 130, he is also the oldest player to win the Premier League, at 40 years and 205 days old.

    1970: Phillip Cocu, former Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven and Holland midfielder, now manager of PSV.

    1973: Robert Pires, former Arsenal and France midfielder.

    1974: Michael Vaughan, former England Test captain and Yorkshire batsman.

    1981: Amanda Beard, seven-time Olympic medallist from America.

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