back to enjoying playing football, and Tottenham are a great team that are going to give me the football opportunities that I need." In 2010, Van der Vaart found out through emails that his wife was having an affair with a KLM airline pilot. On New Year's Eve 2012, Van der Vaart and his wife separated. As of August 2016, Van der Vaart is in a relationship with Dutch handball player Estavana Polman who played for Danish club Team Esbjerg. This was the main reason he moved to Denmark and chose to play for Midtjylland. On 27 December 2016, they announced that they are expecting a child. Their daughter Jesslynn was born in June 2017. Coaching career On 10 August 2021, Van der Vaart was hired in his first coaching role as an assistant coach to Peter Hyballa at his former club Esbjerg fB. Van der Vaart had lived in Esbjerg for the past five years due to his relationship with handball player Estavana Polman, who was playing for Team Esbjerg. On 27 January 2023 the club confirmed, that Van der Vaart's contract had been terminated by mutual agreement. Darts career In April 2019, Van der Vaart began a professional darts career, joining the British Darts Organisation. On 4 May, Van der Vaart made his debut at the Denmark Open, winning his first round match 4–2 against Thomas Anderson before being knocked out in the second round 4–0 by Mogens Christensen. Career statistics Club . International Appearances and goals by national team and year Scores and results list the Netherlands's goal tally first. Score column indicates score after each van der Vaart goal. Managerial Honours Ajax Eredivisie: 2001–02, 2003–04 KNVB Cup: 2001–02 Johan Cruyff Shield: 2002 Hamburger SV UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2005, 2007 Real Madrid Supercopa de España: 2008 FC Midtjylland Danish Superliga: 2017–18 Netherlands FIFA World Cup runner-up: 2010 Individual Ajax Talent of the Future (Sjaak Swart Award) 1999–2000 Ajax Talent of the Year (Marco van Basten Award): 2000–01 Ajax Player of the Year (Rinus Michels Award): 2001–02 Amsterdam Talent of the Year: 2000 Amsterdam Sportsman of the year: 2001 Amsterdam Tournament Most Valuable Player: 2001 Dutch Football Talent of the Year: 2001 European Talent of the Year: 2002 Golden Boy Award: 2003 Bundesliga Player of the Month: September 2005 Premier League Player of the Month: October 2010 See also List of footballers with 100 or more caps References