Dido Havenaar facts for kids
Havenaar in 2012
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| Date of birth | 26 September 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1985 | Den Haag | 80 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986–1989 | Mazda | 71 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Yomiuri | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | 46 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Júbilo Iwata | 68 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Consadole Sapporo | 60 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 329 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||
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Dido Havenaar, born on September 26, 1957, is a football coach from the Netherlands. He used to be a professional football player, mostly playing as a goalkeeper in Japan. His sons, Mike and Nikki, are also football players.
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Playing Career Highlights
Dido Havenaar was born in a place called Hazerswoude-Dorp. He started his football journey in 1979, playing for a team named Den Haag. He played 80 games for them.
In 1986, Dido moved to Japan. He joined a team called Mazda, where he played under coach Hans Ooft. He was so good that he was chosen for the "Best Eleven" team in the 1986–87 season. His team, Mazda, also came in second place in the 1987 Emperor's Cup. Later, in 1988, Mazda moved down to Division 2.
In 1989, Dido joined Yomiuri. He didn't play much there because of an injury. In 1991, he stopped playing and became a coach for goalkeepers at Toyota Motors. This team later became known as Nagoya Grampus Eight.
Return to Playing in the J1 League
In 1992, a new football league called the J1 League was started in Japan. Dido Havenaar decided to play again for Nagoya Grampus Eight. He played many matches, often competing with another goalkeeper, Yuji Ito, for the starting spot.
In January 1994, Dido and his family became Japanese citizens. In 1995, he moved to Júbilo Iwata and played regularly for them. In 1997, he joined Japan Football League club Consadole Sapporo. He was their main goalkeeper and helped the team win the J2 League title in 1997. This win meant they were promoted to the J1 League. Dido Havenaar stopped playing football at the end of the 1998 season, when he was 41 years old.
Coaching Career Journey
After his first retirement from playing in 1991, Dido Havenaar became a goalkeeper coach for Toyota Motors. Even when he returned to playing in 1992, he continued his coaching work.
In 1993, he also worked as a goalkeeper coach for the Japan national team. This was during the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification games, and he worked under manager Hans Ooft, who had coached Dido when he played for Mazda. In 1995, when he moved to Júbilo Iwata, he was both a player and a goalkeeper coach. He left the club at the end of the 1996 season.
Coaching Successes
After finally retiring from playing with Consadole Sapporo in 1998, Dido became their full-time goalkeeper coach in 1999. He worked under manager Takeshi Okada and stayed with the club until 2002.
In 2003, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos and again became a goalkeeper coach under manager Okada. While he was there, the club won the J1 League title in 2003 and again in 2004. He coached the club until 2006.
In 2008, Dido returned to Nagoya Grampus as an assistant coach. In September 2011, he moved to Shimizu S-Pulse to become a coach, taking over from another goalkeeper coach. In 2013, he moved to South Korea and became a goalkeeper coach for Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He coached that team until 2014.
See also
In Spanish: Dido Havenaar para niños
