Robert Baan (born 1 April 1943) is a Dutch
football
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coach
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, appointed to the role of
Technical Director
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for the
Indian national team by the
AIFF
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. He was the Technical Director of
All India Football Federation
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.
Biography
Baan was born in
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
,
South Holland
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. Before joining the Indian team, he served the technical director role for the
Netherlands
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,
Feyenoord Rotterdam
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and
ADO Den Haag
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.
While
Graham Arnold
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was the caretaker coach for the
Socceroos
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, Baan, alongside his Technical Director duties, was also briefly the caretaker coach for the
Australia Under 23 team.
He was briefly appointed as a caretaker manager for the
Netherlands
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for a 3–0 win over
Cyprus
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in February 1981, and for
Australia
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in 2007 for a 1–0 victory at
Craven Cottage
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against Nigeria.
He announced his retirement from his job as technical director of Australian football and his position has been replaced by
Han Berger
Johan Antonius "Han" Berger (born 17 June 1950) is a Dutch association football coach and former player.
Managerial career FC Utrecht
Berger is the youngest head coach ever in the history of professional football in the Netherlands. After suffer ...
.
References
External links
Netherlands Football profile
1943 births
Living people
Dutch football managers
Dutch expatriate football managers
Feyenoord non-playing staff
Excelsior Rotterdam managers
Sparta Rotterdam managers
SC Cambuur managers
Roda JC Kerkrade managers
VVV-Venlo managers
Australia national soccer team managers
Netherlands national football team managers
FC Twente managers
ADO Den Haag managers
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