he moved back to the Premier League with Portsmouth, being signed by Alain Perrin on a one-year contract. He was expected to be the first choice goalkeeper, ahead of Jamie Ashdown and Kostas Chalkias. However, after an inconsistent time at Fratton Park, in which he played only 6 league matches, he was allowed to move on a 28-day loan to Everton, rivals of his former club Liverpool, on 24 February 2006. Everton had a temporary goalkeeping crisis in which Nigel Martyn, Richard Wright and Iain Turner were all unavailable, and Westerveld played two matches for them. When he returned to Portsmouth, he remained a substitute and was released by Harry Redknapp on 11 May 2006. Later career On 28 July 2006, Westerveld signed with Segunda División club UD Almería for one season, in which he helped them to achieve promotion to La Liga before leaving the club at the end of his contract. On 7 September 2007, he joined Sparta Rotterdam on a short-term contract and in May 2008 he announced that he was to leave Sparta. During the summer of 2009 he signed for Italian Lega Pro Prima Divisione club A.C. Monza Brianza 1912, after a successful trial with the club. He later joined Ajax Cape Town in South Africa where he was the number 1 goalkeeper. At the end of the 2012–13 season, his contract was terminated and he then became a goalkeeping coach at the club. International career Westerveld made his debut for the Netherlands on 8 June 1999, in an away friendly 3–1 defeat to Brazil in Goiânia. He was included in the Dutch squad for Euro 2000, and played the last group match against France, both teams being already qualified. The last of his six caps came on 28 February 2001, in a 0–0 friendly home draw with Turkey, although he did make the squad for Euro 2004. Personal life Westerveld's father-in-law Hennie Ardesch, and son Sem Westerveld, are also professional football goalkeepers. Career statistics Honours Liverpool FA Cup: 2000–01 Football League Cup: 2000–01 FA Charity Shield: 2001 UEFA Cup: 2000–01 UEFA Super Cup: 2001 References External links LFCHistory.net profile Everton FC profile Player profile – Sparta Rotterdam Career stats – Voetbal International 1974 births Living people Footballers from Enschede Dutch footballers Netherlands international footballers Association football goalkeepers FC Twente players SBV Vitesse players Liverpool F.C. players Real Sociedad footballers RCD Mallorca players Portsmouth F.C.