Van der Vaart’s #One2Eleven

Former Tottenham Hotspur and Netherlands midfielder Rafael van der Vaart has given us his #One2Eleven of stars he has played with.

Van der Vaart was a product of the Ajax academy and having established himself at the Dutch giants, was named captain by Ronald Koeman in 2004 in a team with Zlatan Ibrahimovic. 

A No 10 for the Dutch national team, Van der Vaart was signed by Real Madrid in 2008 following a successful spell at Hamburg and made 58 La Liga appearances over two seasons. 

Tottenham brought Van der Vaart to the Premier League in 2010, where he was part of what he describes as “one of the best teams in Europe”, playing alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Luka Modric. 

The 33-year-old is now with Danish side Midtjylland following a second spell at Hamburg and a season with Real Betis. 

Van der Vaart, who picks a “Dutch 4-3-3”, tells us who makes his XI… 

Goalkeeper: Edwin van der Sar

He has everything. He was good with his feet, he was tall, he was a leader in the dressing room. In training I was looking at the goal and thinking wow, where do I have to shoot it?

Right-back: Sergio Ramos

It’s not his best position, but when I played for Madrid he was there. At that time he was 21, 22, and I can remember I was impressed about his positive arrogance. He knew how good he was. At that time he made many mistakes, but was very strong and a good captain. When you see what he has won, World Cups, Champions Leagues, he deserves the place.

Centre-back: Jaap Stam

I’ve never met …

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