Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart’s personel life.

Rafael van der Vaart is born 11th February 1983. His mother is Spanish and his father is Dutch. He was born in Heemskerk, in North Holland.
On June 10th 2005 van der Vaart married Sylvie Meis. Their first child was born May 28th 2006, and his name is Damián Rafael.

Rafael van der Vaart’s career

Rafael van der Vaart began his football career in Ajax. His talent was quickly noticed
and he joined Ajax in a trial basis. At the age of 17 van der Vaart debuted for Ajax in the 1999-2000 season. Van der Vaart played for Ajax in 6 seasons. During these seasons he was the winner of several awards, in 1999, 2000 and 2001 he won talent of the year at Ajax Amsterdam. In 2001 he also was the Amsterdam Sportsman of the Year. In 2002 he was Amsterdam Tournament Most Valuable Player and Talent of the Year of Europe.
Hereafter in 2005 van der Vaart moved to Hamburg SV, and he is still playing in HSV.

Van der Vaart and the National Team.

Van der Vaart made his international debut against Andorra in 2001.
He was a member of the team in Euro 2004 and in the 2006 World Cup.
In total in his career so far he has scored 80 goals in the League and had 180 Apps,
and in Continental games he has scored 20 goals and had 45 Apps.