The Netherlands won both of their UEFA Nations League matches last week and got two clean sheets in the process. They’ve done it with a relatively unfamiliar guy guarding their net. They’ve got an old man in goal!Remko Pasveer is 38 years old, he’s been playing professional football for nearly two decades, but you’ll be forgiven if somehow his career hasn’t drawn your attention. Even though he played for a few big clubs and is now with Ajax, he never left his homeland and never became a world-renowned goalkeeper. But it’s not too late. Last week, he made his first two appearances for Oranje.🇳🇱 👏🏽 38 year old Ajax Goalkeeper Remko Pasveer kept a clean sheet for the Netherlands tonight in just just his 2nd game for his countryHe made his debut 3 days ago vs poland and also kept a clean sheet. He will be 39 years old in two months.Never too late 💪🏼(📸 ANP) pic.twitter.com/UkHmjABF9S— Football Fans Tribe 🇳🇬 ⚽ (@FansTribeHQ) September 25, 2022 The veteran goalie did great for Ajax in their Champions League game against Liverpool and drew attention from the national team coach Louis Van Gaal to call the veteran up and check if he could count on the guy for the World Cup. It turns out – he can.After a long career at Twente, Heracles and PSV, his outstanding performances at Vitesse allowed him to join Ajax last year. At first, he came to be a substitute, but he ended up playing 20 games and being a starter. This campaign has started the same way.##NAJAVA_MECA_6667961##The former Barcelona and Manchester United coach was so impressed with Paseveer’s calmness and confidence that Van Gaal decided he needed such a character in his dressing room – and in his starting eleven.”I think Pasveer is coming with us to the World Cup. He managed to keep a clean sheet both times. It is true that the team was solid defensively, but he was good every time he was called to intervene. He has to keep working.”Pasveer has overtaken Jasper Cillessen, Tim Krul, Mark Flekken and Justin Bijlow for the number one shirt, showing that age is just a number. If you’ve got the required quality and work rate, playing in the World Cup is not impossible. Even if you’re a “grandad”.
