Rafael van der Vaart biography
Rafael Ferdinand van der Vaart (born 11 February 1983) is a Dutch footballer who captains Bundesliga side Hamburger SV and plays for the Dutch national team. Van der Vaart was born to a Spanish mother and a Dutch father in Heemskerk, in North Holland. He has scored 6 goals in 39 caps for the national team.
His previous clubs were Ajax and De Kennemers in his hometown of Heemskerk. Van der Vaart played for the Netherlands in Euro 2004 and in the 2006 World Cup. He married his wife, Sylvie Meis, on June 10, 2005, and their first child, Dámian Rafael, was born May 27, 2006.
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