Dido Havenaar (born 26 September 1957) is a Dutch football coach and former professional

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who played as a

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, primarily in Japan. His sons

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and Nikki are also footballers.

Playing career

Havenaar was born in

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on 26 September 1957. In 1979, he joined

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. He played in 80 matches for the club. In 1986, he moved to Japan and joined

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club

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and coach

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. 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

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(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

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. In 1995, he moved to

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and played regularly. In 1997, he moved to

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club

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. 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

(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

who was coach when Havenaar played for

. 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

after the end of the 1998 season and became goalkeeper coach at Consadole under manager

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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
/ref> In 2013, he moved to South Korea and became a goalkeeper coach for

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. He coached the club until 2014.

References

External links

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Yokohama F. Marinos profile

Shimizu S-Pulse profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Havenaar, Dido 1957 births Living people People from Hazerswoude Dutch men's footballers Japan Soccer League players J1 League players Japan Football League (1992–1998) players 20th-century Japanese sportsmen ADO Den Haag players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Tokyo Verdy players Nagoya Grampus players Júbilo Iwata players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Japan Dutch expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Naturalized citizens of Japan Men's association football goalkeepers Dutch expatriate football managers Footballers from South Holland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen