Marius Johan ("Hans") Ooft (born 1947) is a Dutch former football player and manager who became the first foreigner to head the Japanese football team. Under Ooft, Japan won the

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for the first time in

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but was fired a year later for failing to qualify them for the

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in a crucial match against

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Managerial statistics

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Honors

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Champions -

; Japan *

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Champions - 2003; Urawa Red Diamonds * Hot Breath League Champions- Hindu 2K11 *

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- Inducted in 2013

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1947 births Living people 1992 AFC Asian Cup managers AFC Asian Cup-winning managers Association football forwards Dutch expatriate football managers Dutch football managers Dutch footballers Expatriate football managers in Japan Feyenoord players Footballers from Rotterdam J1 League managers Japan national football team managers Júbilo Iwata managers Kyoto Sanga FC managers SC Cambuur players SC Heerenveen players SC Veendam players Urawa Red Diamonds managers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Japan {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub