Edwin Zoetebier

Edwin Zoetebier

Personal information
Full name	Eduard Andreas Dominicus Hendricus Jozef Zoetebier
Date of birth	7 May 1970
Place of birth	Purmerend, Netherlands
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	RKAV Aalsmeer
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1988–1997	FC Volendam	220	(0)
1997–1998	Sunderland	0	(0)
1998–2000	Feyenoord	1	(0)
2000–2001	Vitesse Arnhem	37	(0)
2001–2004	Feyenoord	58	(0)
2004–2006	PSV	9	(0)
2006–2008	NAC Breda	33	(0)
Total		358	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Eduard "Edwin" Andreas Dominicus Hendricus Jozef Zoetebier (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛtʋɪn ˈzutəbiːr]) (born 7 May 1970 in Purmerend, North Holland) is a former football goalkeeper from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1988-1989 season playing for FC Volendam. He later served Sunderland, Feyenoord, Vitesse Arnhem, PSV Eindhoven and NAC Breda. Zoetebier signed for Sunderland in the summer of 1997 as back up to Lionel Pérez.^[1] However he left in January 1998 having made just two appearances for the club (both in the League Cup).^[2] His career highlight was being the starting goalkeeper for Feyenoord in the 2002 UEFA Cup Final against Borussia Dortmund as the Dutch club won 3-2. He also played in the 2002 UEFA Super Cup against Real Madrid which saw the Spanish side prevail 2-1. He was also an unplayed member of the Feyenoord side which won the Eredivisie in 1998-99 and the Dutch Super Cup in 1999 as Jerzy Dudek was the team's first-choice goalkeeper.

He joined FC Volendam as goalkeeping coach in 2008.

References

1. "SUNDERLAND POISED FOR £1M GOALKEEPER". bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk. 21 May 1997. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
2. "Games played by Edwin Zoetebier in 1997/1998". bridlingtonfreepress.co.uk. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

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