Dido Havenaar facts for kids
Havenaar in 2012
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| Date of birth | 26 September 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | 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 26 September 1957) is a Dutch football coach. He used to be a professional goalkeeper. He played most of his career in Japan. His sons, Mike and Nikki, are also football players.
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Playing Football in Japan
Dido Havenaar was born in Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands. He started his football journey in 1979 with a club called Den Haag. He played 80 games for them.
In 1986, Dido moved to Japan. He joined a club called Mazda in the Japan Soccer League. His coach there was Hans Ooft. Dido was chosen as one of the "Best Eleven" players in the 1986–87 season. His team also finished second in the 1987 Emperor's Cup.
After Mazda was moved to a lower division in 1988, Dido joined Yomiuri in 1989. He didn't play much there because of an injury. In 1991, he stopped playing for a short time. He became a coach for goalkeepers at Toyota Motors.
Returning to the Field
In 1992, a new top league called the J1 League started in Japan. Dido Havenaar decided to play again for Nagoya Grampus Eight. He played many games, often competing with another goalkeeper, Yuji Ito, for the main spot.
In 1994, Dido and his family became Japanese citizens. This meant they were officially part of Japan.
In 1995, he moved to Júbilo Iwata and played regularly. Then, in 1997, he joined Consadole Sapporo. He was their main goalkeeper. His great playing helped the club win the J2 League title in 1997. This win meant they moved up to the J1 League. Dido Havenaar stopped playing football at the end of the 1998 season. He was 41 years old.
Coaching Football Teams
Dido Havenaar started coaching goalkeepers in 1991 for Toyota Motors (which later became Nagoya Grampus). Even when he returned to playing in 1992, he kept coaching.
In 1993, he also coached the goalkeepers for the Japan national team. This was during the tryouts for the 1994 World Cup. He worked with manager Hans Ooft, who was his coach at Mazda.
Coaching in Top Leagues
From 1995 to 1996, Dido was a player and a goalkeeper coach at Júbilo Iwata. After he stopped playing for good in 1998, he became the goalkeeper coach for Consadole Sapporo until 2002.
In 2003, he moved to Yokohama F. Marinos as a goalkeeper coach. He worked with manager Takeshi Okada again. Under their coaching, the club won the J1 League titles in 2003 and 2004! He stayed there until 2006.
Later, in 2008, he went back to Nagoya Grampus as an assistant coach. In 2011, he moved to Shimizu S-Pulse to be a coach there. Finally, from 2013 to 2014, he coached goalkeepers for Suwon Samsung Bluewings in South Korea.
See also
In Spanish: Dido Havenaar para niños
