Full name Arend Haan Name Arie Haan Playing position Role Footballer | Years Team Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1948-11-16) 16 November 1948 (age 67) Place of birth | ||
Arie haan goal against italy 1978
Arend "Arie" Haan ( [ˌaːrɛnt / ˈaːri) ˈɦaːn]) (born 16 November 1948 in Finsterwolde, Netherlands) is a former Dutch footballer and coach, who played as a midfielder. He scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Dutch national squad of the 1970s. At club level he enjoyed a successful career with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Liège and PSV Eindhoven.
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- Arie haan goal against italy 1978
- Best goal ever arie haan ajax v rsc
- Playing career
- Managerial career
- Statistics with the Albania team
- Club
- International
- Manager
- References

He participated seven times in European Cup finals with five victories and two defeats. He was also known for his goals from long distance. At international level, he played 35 times for the Dutch national team and was on the losing side for them in two World Cup finals.

After retiring as a player, he managed numerous club sides in Europe and China, as well as the national teams of China, Cameroon and Albania.

Best goal ever arie haan ajax v rsc
Playing career

Haan joined AFC Ajax in 1969 and was a member of Ajax that won the European Cup for three consecutive years, from 1971 until 1973, the Intercontinental Cup in 1972 and two European Super Cups, in 1972 and 1973. Also with Ajax, he won three Eredivisie titles in 1969–70, 1971–72 and 1972–73 and the Dutch Cup from 1970 until 1972. In 1970, his team won the Double and in 1972, the Treble.
He joined Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht in 1975 and was a member of the club's greatest ever successful period, when they won two European Cup Winners' Cups in 1976 and 1978. Those two seasons, he won two more European Super Cups (the previous two were with Ajax). The club again reached the final of that Cup Winners' Cup in 1977 too, but they were beaten by Hamburger SV. Also with Anderlecht he won the Belgian Cup in 1975–76 and the Belgian Championship in 1980–81.
After winning the championship with Anderlecht, he played for Standard Liège for two seasons, when the club won two championships. also the Belgian Supercup in 1981. In 1982, the club achieved its greatest success, when they reached their first (and to date the only) Cup Winners' Cup final, when they were beaten at Camp Nou by FC Barcelona. That year they also won the only double in their history. Returning to his country in 1983, he played one season for PSV. Haan finished his career for Hong Kong champions Seiko SA.
He has 35 matches with his national team, scoring 6 goals. His most famous was a 40-yard strike in the Netherlands' match against Italy in the second group stage of the 1978 FIFA World Cup. His goal in the game against West Germany, ended 2–2, helped the Dutch national team reach the final, where they were beaten by Argentina 3–1 in extra time. He also participated in the 1974 FIFA World Cup when Netherlands were beaten in the final by West Germany 2–1.
Managerial career
Two months after retiring as a player, he became trainer of Antwerp. However, in the middle of the 1985–86 season he became coach of Anderlecht Brussels, replacing Paul Van Himst who was fired from the club. Franky Vercauteren and Morten Olsen featured in his team alongside players like goalkeeper

