Arie Haan

Arie Haan

Haan in 1974
Personal information
Full name	Arend Haan
Date of birth	(1948-11-16) 16 November 1948
Place of birth	Finsterwolde, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1975	Ajax	132	(23)
1975–1981	Anderlecht	199	(35)
1981–1983	Standard Liège	65	(12)
1983–1984	PSV	18	(0)
1984–1985	Seiko	5	(1)
Total		419	(71)
National team
1972–1980	Netherlands	35	(6)
Teams managed
1984–1985	Royal Antwerp
1986–1987	Anderlecht
1987–1990	Stuttgart
1990–1991	Nürnberg
1991–1993	Standard Liège
1994–1995	PAOK
1995–1997	Feyenoord
1997–1998	Anderlecht
1999	PAOK
2000	Omonia
2001	Austria Vienna
2002–2004	China PR
2006	Persepolis
2006–2007	Cameroon
2008–2009	Albania
2009	Chongqing Lifan
2010–2011	Tianjin Teda
2012	Shenyang Shenbei
2014–2015	Tianjin Teda
Honours Men's football Representing Netherlands (as player) FIFA World Cup Runner-up 1974 Representing China PR (as manager) AFC Asian Cup Runner-up 2004
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Arend "Arie" Haan (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌaːrɛnt / ˈaːri) ˈɦaːn]; born 16 November 1948) is a Dutch football manager and former a midfielder. He scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Netherlands national team of the 1970s. He played with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Liège and PSV Eindhoven. He was an all-round box-to-box midfielder. He was known for his powerful shots, stamina and passing. He was also known for his goals from long distance. Considered as one of the greatest Dutch football players of all time.

Coaching career

Haan began his long coaching career early (at the age of 36) and from 1984 to 2001 he coached nine club teams before managing the national teams of China, Cameroon and Albania. He has been coaching in the Chinese league since 2009.

Honours

Player

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73
• KNVB Cup: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72
• European Cup: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73
• Intercontinental Cup: 1972
• European Super Cup: 1972, 1973

 

Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division: 1980–81
• Belgian Cup: 1975–76
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1975–76, 1977–78; runner-up 1976–77
• European Super Cup: 1976, 1978
• Amsterdam Tournament: 1976
• Tournoi de Paris: 1977
• Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977
• Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978

 

Standard Liège

• Belgian First Division: 1981–82, 1982–83
• European Cup Winners' Cup: runner-up 1981–82

 

PSV

• Eredivisie: runner-up 1983–84

 

Seiko

• Hong Kong First Division League: 1984–85
• Hong Kong Viceroy Cup: 1984–85

 

Netherlands

• FIFA World Cup: runner-up 1974, 1978

• UEFA European Football Championship: third place 1976

 

Manager

Anderlecht

• Belgian First Division: 1985–86

 

VfB Stuttgart

• UEFA Cup: runner-up 1988–89

 

Standard Liège

• Belgian Cup: 1992–93

 

Tianjin Teda

• Chinese FA Cup: 2011

 

Other websites

• CV Arie Haan (in Dutch)