Stefan Postma

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Stefan Postma
Personal information
Full name	Stefan Postma
Date of birth	June 10, 1976 (1976-06-10) (age 33)
Place of birth	Utrecht, Netherlands
Height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Ermis Aradippou
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1995-2000 2000-2002 2002-2006 2005-2006 2006 2006-2008 2008 2009-	Utrecht De Graafschap Aston Villa → Wolves (loan) Wolves ADO Den Haag De Graafschap Ermis Aradippou	33 (0) 67 (0) 13 (0) 12 (0) 17 (0) 29 (0) 00 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Stefan Postma (born June 10, 1976 in Utrecht, The Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer and goalkeeper. As of February 2009, he is a free agent.

He started his professional career at FC Utrecht before moving to De Graafschap. He was signed by Aston Villa from De Graafschap on May 14, 2002 for 1.5 million pounds, upon Peter Schmeichel's transfer to Manchester City F.C. Postma's debut came unexpectedly in a 0-1 defeat at Southampton on October 21, 2002, following the dismissal of Peter Enckelman.

After manager David O'Leary's purchase of Thomas Sørensen, Postma became the number two choice goalkeeper at the club, and he was called upon twice in the 2003/04 season and three times in 2004/05^[1].

In his final days at Aston Villa the club and himself were speculated to have been in talks with several other clubs across Europe, but these moves were turned down by both Aston Villa and Postma himself. Postma eventually went on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers at the start of the 2005-6 season.

In January 2006, he signed a contract to remain at Wolves until the end of the season^[2]. It was announced on 5 May that Postma would leave Wolves in the summer, and he returned to the Eredivisie with ADO Den Haag ^[3]. He has recently^[when?] been linked with a move to Aberdeen FC.^{[citation needed]}

In August 2008, Postma rejoined former club De Graafschap, on a six-month contract.

[edit] Fame

Postma became internationally famous not by his goalkeeping skills, but when an embarrassing sex video of him and his girlfriend leaked to public.

[edit] References

1. ^  Stephan Postma, Yahoo! Sport UK, URL accessed January 10, 2006.
2. ^  Postma extends his stay at Wolves BBC News, January 6, 2006, URL accessed January 10, 2006.
3. ^ Postma will not be offered a new deal BBC Sport, May 5, 2006 URL accessed same day.