Editing Jaap Stam (section)

==Personal life==
Stam is a Protestant.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Verkamman |first1=Matty |title='Je bent wereldkampioen en dan is er niet eens een club voor je' |url=https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/je-bent-wereldkampioen-en-dan-is-er-niet-eens-een-club-voor-je~bff4b2a3/?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=Trouw |date=11 July 1998 |language=Dutch}}</ref> He met his wife Ellis when he was 16,<ref name=kuper>{{cite news |last1=Kuper |first1=Simon |title=The outsider |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,543938,00.html |access-date=16 September 2021 |work=The Observer |date=2 September 2001}}</ref> and they have two daughters and twin sons.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jaap Stam: SC Cambuur was prima springplank voor mijn carrière! |url=http://www.halloleeuwarden.nl/nieuws/Sport/2013/4/23/Jaap_Stam_SC_Cambuur_was_prima_springplank_voor_mijn_carrire |access-date=16 September 2021 |publisher=Hallo Leeuwarden |date=23 April 2013 |language=Dutch |archive-date=16 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916213210/http://www.halloleeuwarden.nl/nieuws/Sport/2013/4/23/Jaap_Stam_SC_Cambuur_was_prima_springplank_voor_mijn_carrire }}</ref> His first daughter's birth was induced two weeks early, to come between the 1998 World Cup and pre-season training for Manchester United.<ref name=kuper/> When he played for Manchester United, he lived in [[Wilmslow]] in [[Cheshire]].<ref name=kuper/> His cousin [[Maurice van Ham]] was also a professional footballer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/cnt/dmf20210420_32593030|title=Jan Boskamp noemde hem de witte Braziliaan, al deed dat rasvoetballer Maurice van Ham weinig. 'Het boeide mij niet waar en met wie ik speelde. Daarom kende ik bij AZ geen zenuwen. Ik deed gewoon mijn ding'|date=21 April 2021 |publisher=noordhollandsdagblad.nl}}</ref>