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Eight players had won the Champions League with multiple clubs before Edwin van der Sar achieved the feat. These players include Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa, Clarence Seedorf, Gerard Piqué, Samuel Eto'o, Dani Alves, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Xabi Alonso. Van der Sar joined this elite group when he won the trophy with Manchester United in 2008, having previously won it with Ajax in 1995.