Football Special Report: Top Ten Dutch Players to Come to The English Premier League (Part 3)
Edwin van der Sar
Edwin van der Sar's name has been written down in the hall of football legends, the Dutch goalkeeper marks the record that seems almost unbeatable. Edwin, while playing for the ‘Red Devils’ set the record for the most consecutive minutes without letting a goal through.
The thirty nine year old player has had an illustrious career that has ventured across four major clubs Fulham, Ajax, Juventus and Manchester United. It was also at Manchester United that the goalie set his record; he shockingly went one thousand three hundred and eleven minutes without conceding a goal.
The Dutch player is six feet and five inches tall and has earned the title of being one of the tallest goal keepers in the last twenty years.
When Manchester United found this player, there was only one thing that the critics could say and that was that the ‘Red Devils’ found a “keeper” using it in both senses of the word.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was known for his blazing shots and won the Golden Boot Twice.
Hasselbaink moved his way through several clubs in his career and spent the later half of it on the English side.
His most notable club efforts were at Chelsea, where he performed to become the top scorer three years out of the four that he was there.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was born in Suriname and his Dutch Nationality was never put to question. However, with such severe competition at the international level with players like Ruud van Nistelrooy and Dennis Bergkamp, it substantially decreased Hasselbaink’s chances of playing for his national team.
All things aside, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink is still ranked in line for the player with the most goals scored in the EPL.
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Ruud van Nistelrooy was one of the most creative striker and goal scorer to perform in the English Premier League, he has made more than two hundred appearances while playing for the ‘Red Devils’ and has scored a hundred and fifty goals.
His holding abilities and his strength was almost unmatched in every match that he played for Manchester united.
His tenure with United was from 1998 to 2006 and his play was just amazing and always full of goals even with his Old Dutch club PSV Eindhoven.
Ruud van Nistelrooy names can easily go down as one of the top Dutchmen to have blessed their presence in the premiership.
Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Bergkamp is the only Dutch player that has been included in the English Football Hall of fame.
While playing for the Gunners he made three hundred and eighty appearances and scored around a hundred and four goals in the process, but Bergkamp was not a player to be remembered for the best performances or for being the brightest strikers.
Dennis Bergjamp is widely accepted to be as the ‘Best foreign player to have ever played with a single English Club.’
Bregkamp’s arrival at the Emirates coincided with Arsenal rising to one of the best clubs in all of England.
He was regarded as one of the greatest second strikers in the club’s history, his passing abilities and his tactical awareness made sure that the first striker would always score.
He created chances and plays that were never there and for most strikers did not even seem possible.
There have been a lot of Dutch players in the English Premier league but none of them have had a larger impact on a club like Bergkamp.
Tags: