MAARTEN STEKELENBURG

'Maarten Stekelenburg' (born September 22 1982 in Haarlem) is a professional Dutch football goalkeeper who currently plays for Ajax.

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Career

Statistics

External links

References

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 on February 24, 2002, in a game against NAC Breda. At the start of the 2002-03 season he won his first prize when Ajax won the Johan Cruijff-schaal. In 2004 he and Ajax won the Eredivisie 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 first KNVB Cup and was called up by manager Marco van Basten for the squad of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, but he did not play any game during this tournament as Edwin van der Sar was the first goalkeeper.
At the start of the 2006-07 season he won his second Johan Cruijff-schaal and later that season he would win his second KNVB Cup. The Johan Cruijff-schaal was successfully defended in 2007 when PSV Eindhoven was beaten 1-0.

Statistics

Season	Club	Competition	Apps	Goals
2001/02	Ajax	Eredivisie	0	0
2002/03	Ajax	Eredivisie	9	0
2003/04	Ajax	Eredivisie	10	0
2004/05	Ajax	Eredivisie	11	0
2005/06	Ajax	Eredivisie	27	0
2006/07	Ajax	Eredivisie	32	0
2007/08	Ajax	Eredivisie	1	0
Total			90	0

External links

★ Official Ajax profile

★ Voetbal International profile

References

★ Voetbal International website and 2007/2008 presentation magazine