After the defeat against Russia confirmed Edwin Van der Sar’s resignation from international football, Edwin stated that he will miss the Holland duty and the experience of international competitions. Van der Sar will now focus solely on Manchester United, where he is set to keep the number one jersey for the 2008/09 season. He earned [...]

Dutch wing star Wesley Sneijder, who impressed football viewers with his sensational performances in Euro 2008, has denied reports that he would be part of the deal to take Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. Sneijder was reported as the ideal addition to the Ronaldo bid to tempt Man Utd to sell their prized asset, given [...]

Russia headcoach Guus Hiddink, who has had sensational spells with other national and club sides before he took the Russia post, was full of praise for the Man Utd keeper. Hiddink had managed Edwin van der Sar when the former was manager of his home nation Holland between 1994 and 1998. In fact, it was [...]

This is a video of the best moments from the quarter-final match between Russia and Holland, which ended in a 3-1 win, in extra time, for the Russians. This means that Russia books its place in the semi-final, under Guus Hiddink’s reign, and will face Sunday’s winner of the fourth quarter-final, either Spain or Italy. [...]

Two Dutchmen were coaching two different sides on Saturday: Van Basten with his nation’s team and Hiddink with the Russian team. Holland were firm favourites to come out of the contest as winner, and go on to win the competition. This fact was even acknowledged by Hiddink just before the game kicked off. It was [...]

With 9 goals in 3 matches, Marco Van Basten’s side were clear favourites to see off the threat of Hiddink’s Russia. Even the Russia coach admitted that his team’s chances of survival against the Dutch were very slim, and that it would need a miracle to defeat them. And the miracle happened! Guus Hiddink continues [...]

Rafael van der Vaart is 25 years old and he plays as an attacking midfielder for Hamburger SV in the number 23 shirt. He was born in Heemskerk on the 11th February 1983, and is 1.75 metres tall and weighs 70 kilograms. Until present, he has played for just two professional teams. He started his [...]

Ibrahim Afellay is 22 years old and he plays as an attacking midfielder for PSV Eindhoven in the number 20. He was born in Utrecht on the 2nd April 1986, and is 1.81 metres tall and weighs 68 kilograms. In his career until now, he has only played for PSV Eindhoven since starting his professional [...]

Nigel de Jong is 23 years old and he plays as a defensive midfielder or right wing-back for Hamburger SV in the number 8 shirt. He was born in Amsterdam on the 30th November 1984, and is 1.74 metres tall and weighs 73 kilograms. In his football career he played for two teams. He started [...]

Arjen Robben is 24 years old and he plays as a left-midfielder, winger and forward for Real Madrid in the number 11 jersey. He was born in Bedum on the 23rd January 1984, and is 1.81 metres tall and weighs 80 kilograms. In his professional football career he has played for four different teams: started [...]