He won more Manchester United silverware than Eric Cantona and lifted the Premier League trophy twice as many times as Bryan Robson, yet there's a low-key, matter-of-fact quality about Edwin van der Sar.
He appears to have few of the eccentricities of fellow international goalkeepers Fabien Barthez, Bruce Grobbelaar or Jens Lehmann.
Hopping between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore last week as he showed off Manchester United's Premiership prize from last season, Van der Sar hardly oozed star quality. If it were not for his towering stature (197 centimetres), you might not cast a second glance at the unassuming visitor wearing a black shirt, blue jeans and sneakers.
But Van der Sar, now 40, will be remembered along with Peter Schmeichel and Alex Stepney as one of Manchester United's great goalkeepers, whose arrival in June 2005 turned out to be a crucial stepping stone in a rich era of success at Old Trafford.
Four Premier League titles and three Champions League finals were the highlights of his six seasons under Alex Ferguson. He was man-of-the-match as United edged Chelsea on penalties on the soggy Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow in 2008, but he admits that his thoughts still linger on the finals where he tasted defeat.
'I am proud of what I achieved and don't want to be greedy, but I think more about the finals I lost,' he said. 'I played five finals and won only twice, so that meant I lost three times. You think more about the ones that slipped through your hands than the ones you actually won.'