Arend "Arie" Haan (; born 16 November 1948) is a Dutch football manager and former player who played as a

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. He scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Netherlands national team of the 1970s. At club level, he enjoyed a successful career with

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, R.S.C. Anderlecht,

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and

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. He participated in seven finals of European club competitions 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 Netherlands 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.

Playing career

Haan joined AFC Ajax in 1969 and was a member of Ajax that won the

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for three consecutive years, from

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until

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, the Intercontinental Cup in 1972 and two

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s, in 1972 and 1973. Also with Ajax, he won three

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titles in 1969–70, 1971–72 and 1972–73 and the

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from 1970 until 1972. In 1970, his team won

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and in 1972,

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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

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s in

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and

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. Those two seasons, he won two more

s (the previous two were with Ajax). The club again reached the final of that Cup Winners' Cup in

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too, but they were beaten by

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. Also with Anderlecht he won the

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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

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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

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. That year they also won the only double in their history. Returning to his country in 1983, he played one season for

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. 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

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in the second group stage of the

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. His goal in the 2–2 game against West Germany, also a strike from far out in the field, helped the Netherlands national team reach the final, where they were beaten by Argentina 3–1 in extra time. He also participated in the

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when the Netherlands were beaten in the final by

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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 Jacky Munaron, Luka Peruzović,

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, Alex Czerniatynski,

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and Georges Grün. In 1986, Anderlecht won the championship, after a two-legged play-off against

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. Club Brugge forced a 1–1 draw away to Anderlecht, and led 2–0 at home after thirty minutes, but Anderlecht managed to equalise. The same season, the club reached the semi finals of the European Champions' Cup, by eliminating Bayern Munich. The following season, his team retained the Belgian Championship. After

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he became trainer of

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in Germany on 1 July 1987. Stuttgart reached their first European cup final in

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, the

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, but failed to win the trophy against SSC Napoli (1–2, 3–3), a team that

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was playing for at the time. He remained in Stuttgart until 26 March 1990. In July 1990 he became manager of 1. FC Nürnberg where he remained for a single season. Returning to Belgium in 1991, he coached Standard Liège until the middle of the season 1993–94 and won the Belgian Cup in 1993. In the 1994–95 season he was appointed coach of

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and he remained there until October 1995, after which he returned to the Netherlands and managed

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for two seasons. In his first season Feyenoord finished 2nd in the

. After ten years, in December 1997, Haan enjoyed a further stint at Anderlecht, spending nine months at the club before returning to PAOK, where he remained as coach until December 1999. He went to

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, to become

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manager in November 2000 but he coached the team only for two matches since he had a great offer from Austria Vienna to become the team's manager. He asked from his club to release his contract and that was accepted. He left from Austria in August 2001. He coached the

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for two years since December 2002. In 2004, China hosted the

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and reached the final where his team was beaten by Japan. However, his team did not qualify for the

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after their elimination from the First round of qualifications, where China lost the first position the group to

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. He remained as coach of China until November 2004. Moving to Persepolis F.C. in February 2006, he helped his team reach the

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final. He was fired by the club just before the 2006–07 season began as he had problems with club management. Recently, he became trainer of Cameroon national team, however he resigned less than six months into a two-year contract citing interference from the president of Cameroon Football Federation Mohammed Iya as the reason. In December 2007, Albanian Football Federation president Armando Duka announced Haan would replace Croatia's Otto Baric as

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head coach. He signed a two-year contract on 4 January 2008 and cancelled his contract on 15 April 2009. On 29 May 2009 it was confirmed that Haan will succeed Wei Xin as the new manager of struggling

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side Chongqing Lifan and took over in June that year. In August 2009, Haan was suspended for three Super League matches after waving money at a referee. Chongqing Lifan were relegated at the end of the 2009 league season and Haan left for fellow Chinese Super League team Tianjin Teda F.C. He brought the team to the second place in 2010 season, the club's highest rank ever achieved in the China Super League, which earned the team a place in the AFC Champions League in 2011. In the 2011 season of CSL, though the team only ranked 10th. at last, Haan led the team won the championship of China's FA Cup, with the score of 2–1 against Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. This championship is the first title Tianjin Teda achieved since its establishment in 1998.

Statistics with the Albania team

Honours

Player

Ajax *

: 1969–70, 1971–72, 1972–73 *

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: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72 *

: 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73 * Intercontinental Cup:

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Anderlecht *

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: 1980–81 *

: List of Belgian Cup finals, 1975–76 * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup: 1975–76, 1977–78; runner-up 1976–77 *

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: 1976 * Tournoi de Paris: 1977 *

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: 1977 * Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1978 Standard Liège *

: 1981–82, 1982–83 * UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup: runner-up 1981–82 PSV *

: runner-up 1983–84 Seiko *

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: 1984–85 * Hong Kong Viceroy Cup: 1984–85 Netherlands *

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: runner-up

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: third place

Manager

Anderlecht *

: 1985–86 VfB Stuttgart *

: runner-up 1988–89 Standard Liège *

: 1992–93 Belgian Cup, 1992–93 Tianjin Teda *

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: 2011

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