is a
Japanese
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football
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player. He plays for Swiss club
Neuchâtel Xamax
, neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier
, twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...
on loan from
FC Thun
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.
Personal life
Havenaar is a son of
Dido Havenaar and younger brother of Japanese international
Mike Havenaar
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Bonbonera GIFU.
Early life
Havenaar's parents came to Japan from the Netherlands in 1986 when his father Dido signed on to play for Hiroshima-based side Mazda FC of the Japa ...
.
Career
Havenaar made his debut for
Nagoya Grampus
(formerly known as ) is a Japanese association football club that plays in the J1 League, following promotion from the J2 League in 2017. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and founded as the company team of the Toyota, Toyota Motor Corp. in 1939 ...
on 23 March 2013 against
Sagan Tosu
is a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J1 League. The team is located in Tosu, Saga Prefecture.
''Sagan'' is a coined word with a couple of meanings behind it. One of its homophones is in Japanese. This symbolises ...
in the
J.League Cup
The is a Japanese football (soccer) competition organized by J.League. It has been sponsored by Yamazaki Biscuits (YBC) of Yamazaki Baking (formerly Yamazaki Nabisco) since its inception in 1992. It is also known as the or (Levain is one of Y ...
in which he came on in the 88th minute for
Keiji Tamada
is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for V-Varen Nagasaki.
Club career
Tamada joined Kashiwa Reysol from Narashino High School in 1999. His debut was the game against Avispa Fukuoka on 13 March 1999. Kashiwa Reysol won ...
as Nagoya won the match 2–1. He was released by the club in November 2015.
On 31 August 2022, Havenaar joined
Neuchâtel Xamax
, neighboring_municipalities= Auvernier, Boudry, Chabrey (VD), Colombier, Cressier, Cudrefin (VD), Delley-Portalban (FR), Enges, Fenin-Vilars-Saules, Hauterive, Saint-Blaise, Savagnier
, twintowns = Aarau (Switzerland), Besançon (France ...
on a season-long loan.
Club statistics
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Association football people from Aichi Prefecture
Japanese footballers
Japan youth international footballers
J1 League players
J3 League players
2. Liga (Austria) players
Austrian Regionalliga players
Swiss Super League players
Swiss Challenge League players
Nagoya Grampus players
SV Horn players
FC Wil players
FC Thun players
Neuchâtel Xamax FCS players
J.League U-22 Selection players
Japanese people of Dutch descent
Japanese expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Austria
Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Association football defenders
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