is a Japanese former professional

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who played as a goalkeeper. Born in the Netherlands, Havenaar is a naturalized

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. His sons

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and Nikki are also footballers.

Playing career

Havenaar was born in

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, Netherlands, on 26 September 1957. In 1979, he joined Den Haag. He played in 80 matches for the club. In 1986, he moved to Japan and joined Japan Soccer League club Mazda and coach Hans Ooft. He was elected to the Best Eleven in the 1986–87 season and the club was runner-up in the

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. The club was relegated to Division 2 in 1988. In 1989, he moved to Yomiuri. He hardly played due to injury. He retired and became a goalkeeper coach at Toyota Motors (later Nagoya Grampus Eight) in 1991. In 1992, the Japan Soccer League was folded and the

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was formed. Havenaar returned as a player for Nagoya Grampus Eight. He played many matches while battling with Yuji Ito for the #1 shirt. In January 1994, his family became naturalized Japanese citizens. In 1995, he moved to

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and played regularly. In 1997, he moved to Japan Football League club Consadole Sapporo. He played as the #1 goalkeeper and the club won the J2 League title in 1997, resulting in promotion to the J1 League. He retired at the end of the 1998 season, at the age of 41.

Coaching career

In 1991, Havenaar retired from playing and became a goalkeeper coach for Toyota Motors (later ''Nagoya Grampus''). In 1992, he returned as a player. In 1993, he also served as goalkeeper coach for the Japan national team for

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under manager Hans Ooft who was coach when Havenaar played for Mazda. In 1995, he moved to

and became a playing goalkeeper coach. He left the club at the end of the 1996 season. Havenaar retired from playing at Consadole Sapporo after the end of the 1998 season and became goalkeeper coach at Consadole under manager Takeshi Okada in 1999. He coached the club until 2002. In 2003, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos and became a goalkeeper coach under manager Okada again. The club won the

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and

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J1 titles. He coached the club until 2006. In 2008, he returned to Nagoya Grampus and became an assistant coach. In September 2011, he moved to

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and became a coach as goalkeeper coach

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's successor.Shimizu S-Pulse
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. He coached the club until 2014.

Career statistics

References

External links

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Yokohama F. Marinos profile

Shimizu S-Pulse profile

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