Edwin van der Sar will slip contentedly back into international retirement after his brief return to Holland's ranks yielded back-to-back World Cup qualification victories.
The Manchester United stopper answered an SOS call from Oranje boss Bert van Marwijk to return for the games against Iceland and Norway after his replacement, Maarten Stekelenburg, had been ruled out through injury.
Van der Sar, who turns 38 later this month, kept a clean sheet in both games to help maintain Holland's 100% record so far.
And while Van der Sar, who had originally announced his retirement after Holland's exit to Russia at Euro 2008, said he had been happy to return to the international fold he confirmed the 1-0 win against Norway in Oslo would definitely be his last.
"I'm happy with this farewell," he said.
"I knew this would be the last time, so I wanted to finish on a better note than when we lost to Russia at Euro 2008. That has been achieved."
Van der Sar did admit his Holland career may not have ended on such a bright note after revealing he was lucky not to give away a late penalty following a challenge in the area.
"The referee could have given Norway a penalty," he admitted. "I hit the Norwegian player with my knee."
As it was Mark van Bommel's 61st-minute strike was enough to give Holland their third win in as many games in Group Nine and move them five points clear of closest rivals Scotland and Iceland.
Already Holland look well placed to qualify for the finals in South Africa and when Van der Sar was asked if he may join them, he responded: "Yes - as a tourist".
Despite the Dutch seemingly having one foot in the door for qualification, boss Van Marwijk was keen to play down such talk after the game.
"To say we will be getting our tickets for South Africa, it is too soon," he said. "We must look at it from game to game."
Van Marwijk was not completely happy with his side's display in Oslo, and was surprised at the lack of pressure they were put under by a Norwegian team that is now at the foot of the Group Nine table with just two points from three games.
"I expected a rush of pressure from the Norwegians, but that never came," Van Marwijk told De Telegraaf.
"They never imposed themselves on us. In the first phase of the first half we dominated the game although we were never really dangerous.
"We knew that they would play high balls forward and we knew there was always the danger of them scoring a sudden goal.
"But being patient was important for us and after the break the chance finally came."
