So between his competitive debut for Ajax in April 1991 and his final senior game – in our Champions League final against Barcelona at Wembley in May 2011 – who are the players Edwin appeared on the same pitch with the most times?
Continuing our 'Top Team-mates' series, we present an XI of stars that our ex-stopper played the most games alongside...
GOALKEEPER While the figures for the rest of the players in this XI refer to matches in which they and Edwin were on the same pitch at the same time, that unsurprisingly never happened with another goalkeeper during the Dutchman's career.
Tomasz Kuszczak (149 games in the same squad as van der Sar)