Serge van den Ban
Serge van den Ban (born 2 February 1980), is a Dutch retired football goalkeeper who currently works as a goalkeeping coach at the Arsenal football academy. Club career. Born in Haarlem, Van den Ban came through the youth ranks at AFC Ajax. He then in 2000 started playing professionally for Haarlem in the Eerste Divisie for two seasons. Subsequently, he went to the Eredivisie with FC Dordrecht who moved to the Eerste Divisie the following season. Van Den Ban in 2004 rejoined the Eredivisie with the outfit MVV Maastricht with whom he got to the quarter  finals of the 2006 KNVB Cup He then moved to Telstar where he featuring once again in the Eerste Divisie within the 2007-08 season. Van Den Ban then linked up a year later with Hoofdklasse team ADO '20. He then signed with outfit Ter Leede in the 2010-11 season of the Hoofdklasse. He brought an end to his player career shortly afterward. Van Den Ban made in all over 250 appearances throughout his footballing club career. International career. Van den Ban played at youth level for the Netherlands He was also crowned the best goalkeeper of the 1999  Eurovoetbal tournament. Coaching career. Van Den Ban coached in prior at clubs Ajax, FC Utrecht and AZ Alkmaar together with the Holland's U15 team. He is currently linked up as of July 2015 with English side Arsenal as the goalkeeping coach of the club's Under 6 to Under 16 teams. Honours. Club Honours. Ajax