Jaap Stam

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Pemain asal Belanda yang bernama lengkap Jakob Stam..
Membela United pada tahun 1998-2001..
Setelah itu di jual ke Lazio dan sempat merumput bersama AC Milan dan Ajax Amsterdam sebelum pensiun pada tahun 2007.

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Jaap Stam

Jakob "Jaap" Stam (born 17 July 1972 in Kampen) is a retired Dutch football player who was twice voted best defender in the 1998–99 and 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League.[2] He currently works on the non-playing staff at FC Zwolle.

Early career

Stam started his career with local amateur football club DOS Kampen. On 15 August 1992, Stam made his professional debut for FC Zwolle in a 1–1 draw against SC Heracles in the Eerste Divisie. He became a first team regular right away and moved to Eredivisie side Cambuur Leeuwarden for the following season, but relegated in his first season which brought him back into the Eerste Divisie. Two seasons at Cambuur earned him a transfer to Eredivisie side Willem II. At Willem II he impressed at the Eredivisie level straight away, which meant his final breakthrough. A shock 1–0 home victory over Ajax led to Stam's transfer to PSV Eindhoven in the same season in which they eventually won the KNVB Cup, his first professional trophy.

PSV

Stam was a key player for PSV in the 1996–97 season, as the team won the Eredivisie Championship and the Johan Cruijff-schaal (the Dutch Super Cup); Stam won the VVCS Footballer of the Year award.

In 1998, Stam became the then most expensive Dutch football player in history and the most expensive defender in history, when Manchester United bought him for £10.6 million.

Manchester United

Stam spent three seasons at Manchester United, during which time United won three Premier League titles, one FA Cup, the Intercontinental Cup and the UEFA Champions League. He scored his only goal for the club in a 6-2 away victory against Leicester City.

Early in the 2001–02 season, Stam was controversially sold to Lazio in Italy, after Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was reportedly furious with allegations Stam had made in his autobiography Head to Head about himself and the club. Stam made numerous statements in the book about his views on opposing players, and notoriously alleged that Ferguson's approach to buy him was done without the permission of PSV Eindhoven. Laurent Blanc was signed as his replacement.

However, Alex Ferguson has since described the decision to sell Jaap: "At the time he had just come back from an achilles injury and we thought he had just lost a little bit. We got the offer from Lazio, £16.5m for a centre-back who was 29. It was an offer I couldn't refuse. But in playing terms it was a mistake. He is still playing for Ajax at a really good level."

Lazio

During his time with Lazio, Stam was found guilty of having the banned steroid nandrolone in his system following a Serie A game, and received a five-month ban, which was eventually reduced by a month after appeals. He is the second Lazio player suspended in 2001, after Fernando Couto.

In his last season at the club, he won the Coppa d'Italia with Lazio.

Milan

Stam joined Milan after Euro 2004. On 30 January 2006, it was announced that he would return to the Eredivisie and play for Ajax, where he signed a two-year contract. This came as a surprise to many, as it was expected he would return to either his former club PSV Eindhoven, or SC Heerenveen.

Ajax

Stam was immediately named team captain upon his arrival in Amsterdam. In his first season, he won both the Johan Cruijff-schaal and the KNVB Cup, and another Johan Cruijff-schaal was added at the start of the 2007–08 season.

On 29 October 2007, he announced his immediate retirement from professional football.

Post career

As of October 2008, Stam had returned to Manchester United as a scout for the club, responsible for most of South America.

International career

Stam made his debut for the Netherlands on 24 April 1996, in the 1–0 defeat to Germany. He was also an important player in the Dutch team that finished fourth in the 1998 FIFA World Cup

During the Euro 2000, he reached another semi finals with the Dutch team, hosted in his home country and Belgium. Stam missed an important penalty kick in the penalty shootout in the semi-finals, which led to defeat against Italy.

Stam reached his third semi finals in an international competition with his nation during Euro 2004 in Portugal and retired from international football after the tournament. The reason for his international retirement was that he wanted to focus on his new team AC Milan and his family.

In total he played 67 matches for the Netherlands, scoring 3 goals.

Source : Wikipedia

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21/07/2010 08:00 - ManUtd.com, Gemma Thompson
Jaapy days

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Three years, five major trophies. Jaap Stam’s spell at Old Trafford was spectacularly successful.

In fact, it’s no exaggeration to say that "Jip Jaap Stam", the "big Dutchman", was among the best defenders ever to pull on a United shirt. Thankfully, we were lucky enough to catch up with the Treble-winner when he was in Manchester recently...

When you think of United what immediately springs to mind?
Just all the great memories and the fantastic people I met. My time at the club was very special, we won a lot of trophies as a team and I grew as a player and a person. It’s difficult to pick out a favourite moment, but winning the league in the three seasons I was here was unbelievable and the days when we were presented with the trophy in front of the fans definitely stand out.

You called time on your career in October 2007, but we hear you still play a bit in Holland and have also been coaching at FC Zwolle in the Dutch second tier…Yes, I play for a local side in Holland, but the level is very low – I play more for the beers after games than the football! The coaching is going well and I sometimes join in with mini games in training. We’ve done quite well in the league and it’s something I’m really enjoying.

You were, of course, involved in the greatest season in United’s history in 1998/99 – is that the best team you played in?
I’ve been lucky enough to play in some great sides. The Milan team I was part of after I left United was a brilliant one, but you play a different kind of football in Italy, it’s more like a chess game over there. In England every time you have the ball you want to play attacking football. I think there was a great balance to our team here and the spirit amongst the lads was fantastic – we all believed in each other. So, yes, I’d say the Treble team is the best I’ve been involved with.

The team spirit in the dressing room seemed unbreakable…Each player knew what the other could do and everyone had a contribution to make so we had a lot of confidence in each other. We never ever gave up, either. That’s why we scored so many goals in the last five or ten minutes of games because we always kept going and believed in ourselves.

Do you have a favourite game from that momentous campaign?
[Pauses] Wow, that’s a difficult one. The FA Cup semi-final [which United won 2-1] replay against Arsenal was a big one. There was this huge rivalry between the two sides and it was a very tense occasion. That match had everything and it was definitely an important one to win – it gave us a good feeling for the rest of the season.

What do you miss most about Manchester?
I made a lot of good friends and although you try and stay in contact with them you obviously don’t see them as often as you’d like. I miss Old Trafford, of course, and the great feeling you used to get when you played there.

If you were still playing, how would you have gone about marking Wayne Rooney?
[Laughs] He is a player whose only intent is heading towards goal so it’s important you don’t give him too much time and space to get a shot away. He’s very quick with and without the ball, and as a defender I think you have to stick very close to him and not give him room to turn and go forward. He had a fantastic season last term and although I didn’t see every game you have to say he’s up there with the best in the world.