- Maarten Stekelenburg
Football player infobox| playername= Maarten Stekelenburg
fullname = Maarten Stekelenburg
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|9|22
cityofbirth =Haarlem
countryofbirth =Netherlands
height = height|m=1.94
currentclub = Ajax
clubnumber = 1
position =Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs = Zandvoort'75
VV Schoten
years = 2001-
clubs = Ajax
caps(goals) = 120 (0)
nationalyears = 2004-
nationalteam = Netherlands
nationalcaps(goals) = 013 (0)
pcupdate = May 25, 2008
ntupdate = August 22, 2008Maarten Stekelenburg (born
September 22 1982 inHaarlem ) is a professional Dutch footballgoalkeeper who currently plays for Ajax.Career
Stekelenburg began his career at Zandvoort '75 before joining VV Schoten, which he left for
AFC Ajax when he was 15 years old. He made his official debut for Ajax onFebruary 24 ,2002 , in a game againstNAC Breda . At the start of the 2002-03 season he won his first prize when Ajax won theJohan Cruijff-schaal . In 2004 he and Ajax won theEredivisie championship, having played 10 matches that season.On
September 3 ,2004 , Stekelenburg made his international debut for the Netherlands against Liechtenstein, who they beat 3-0. Despite his international debut in 2004 he only became the first goalkeeper at Ajax in the 2005-06 season. In 2006 he won his firstKNVB Cup and was called up by managerMarco van Basten for the squad of the2006 FIFA World Cup inGermany , but he did not play any game during this tournament asEdwin van der Sar was first choice.At the start of the 2006-07 season he won his second Johan Cruijff-schaal, which he helped his team defend the next season, and later on in 2006-07, he won his second KNVB Cup.
International career
Stekelenburg was called up to
Marco Van Basten 'sEuro 2008 squad to play as understudy toEdwin van der Sar . He took part in the Group C match against Romania onJune 17 . With Netherlands already having qualified for the quarter finals, coachMarco van Basten fielded a second-string side, to give players like Stekelenburg a game.In a
September 2008 friendly match against Australia, Stekelenburg was sent off after 44 minutes into the first half for foulingJoshua Kennedy . Stekelenburg is the first goalkeeper of the Dutch national side ever to receive a red card.tatistics
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*FIFA player|184599|Maarten Stekelenburg
* [http://english.ajax.nl/web/show/id=48420/dbid=35/team=1/typeofpage=55719 Official Ajax profile]
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