Arie Haan

Arend "Arie" Haan (; born 16 November 1948) is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Netherlands national team of the 1970s. At club level, he enjoyed a successful career with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Liège and PSV Eindhoven. A versatile and tireless midfielder with good playmaking skills and a powerful shot. He was famous for his strong long-range strike, which earned him the nickname Arie Bombarie, he was also an excellent free-kick taker. Widely considered as one of the best Dutch midfielders of all time. 

Club career
He was a player of Ajax Amsterdam for eight years, with whom he won three domestic competitions and three times the European Cup. For Ajax Amsterdam he played 264 matches and scored 47 goals. in 1975 he joined RSC Anderlecht, where he played, among others, Rob Rensenbrink - the then star of European football. With Anderlecht, which in the 1970s achieved the greatest triumphs in its history on the European arena, he won the Cup Winners' Cup twice and the UEFA Super Cup twice. In 1981 he moved to Standard Liège, with whom, among others, he won the national championship twice and reached the final of the Cup Winners' Cup in 1982. At the end of his career, he played one season for PSV Eindhoven, but without much success. He ended his career in 1985 in Hong Kong, after playing a few matches for the Seiko SA team.

International career
He made his debut for the Netherlands national team on August 30, 1972 in a match against Czechoslovakia. Arie Haan had the opportunity to play in the national team during the times of Total Football (Dutch: totaalvoetbal), playing alongside, among others, Johan Cruijff, Johan Neeskens and Willem van Hanegem. He played as a defensive midfielder or as a sweeper at 1974 FIFA World Cup. Thanks to his powerful right-foot shot, he could threaten the opposing team's goalkeeper even from a distance of several dozen meters, as was the case with his famous goal at the 1978 World Cup against the Italian national team. With the Netherlands, he was runner-up in the World Championship in 1974 and 1978. He played his last match for the national team at the European Championships in 1980 - also, as in his debut, against the Czechoslovak national team. For over 7 years of his national team career, he played 35 times for Oranje, scoring a total of 6 goals.

Coaching career
From 2002 to 2004 he was the coach of the Chinese national team. In August 2006, he became the coach of the Cameroon national team, but six months later he resigned from this position, citing too much interference in the running of the national team by the then president of the association, Mohammed Iya. In January 2008, he became the coach of the Albania national team. He resigned from this function on April 15, 2009 after a series of defeats suffered by the team in the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup. From 2009 to 2015, he was the manager of several Chinese Super League teams. In April 2016, he announced the end of his coaching career. His decision was motivated by health problems and loss of motivation to continue working.

 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
Tournoi de Paris: 1978

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

References

Other websites

 CV Arie Haan  (archived 20 July 2010)

Category:1948 births
Category:Living people
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Footballers from Groningen (province)
Category:Dutch football managers
Category:AFC Ajax