Rien van Haaften
Rien van Haaften | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 July 1950 Kapelle, Netherlands |
| Died | (aged 72) Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation | referee |
Rien van Haaften (27 July 1950 – 30 October 2022) was a Dutch football referee.[1][2][3] Van Haaften was for 25 years football referee, including in the Dutch professional league. For a total of 46 years he was active in various arbitration roles.[4]
He refereed almost 1050 matches, of which 741 in the national league, 207 in professional football and 148 in the premier league.[5]
Biography[change | change source]
Van Haaften became a referee in 1976. He became a referee on the B-list in the Dutch professional league from 1 January 1990.[6] He refereed professional football matches for four years. He was afterwards a referee for another eight years in amateur football.[4] He stopped at the time because the rule applied that arbitrators were obliged to relegate to group 2 at the age of 50.[5] After his own referee career, he remained closely involved with the referees. He was an arbitration teacher and coach of various top and amateur referees.[2] He was also a lecturer in arbitration. Until his death, he was active for the Dutch national football federation (KNVB), including as a coach in talent development.[4]
In 2021 he was awarded a gold pin by the KNVB for his achievements within the arbitration corps and the training of talented referees.[3]
Van Haaften was diagnozed with heart failure in 2021.[7] He died in Nijmegen on 30 October 2022, at the age of 72.[3][4][5]
Slogan[change | change source]
The slogan he had for being a referee: "You must have an elephant skin and not the ears of an elephant".[3][4]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Rien van Haaften, transfermarkt.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "'Je moet een olifantenhuid hebben en geen olifantenoren'". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). 6 November 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Oud-profscheidsrechter met olifantenhuid Rien van Haaften overleden". Omroep Zeeland (in Dutch). 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "OUD-SCHEIDSRECHTER RIEN VAN HAAFTEN OVERLEDEN". KNVB (in Dutch). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Voor de Zeeuwse Collina was geel niet altijd geel en rood niet altijd rood". PZC (in Dutch). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ↑ "Van Haaften fluit betaald voetbal". Het vrije volk (in Dutch). 28 December 1989. Retrieved 2 November 2022 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Rien van Haaften over thuis meten hartfalen". CWZ (in Dutch). Retrieved 1 November 2022.