Martin Haar (born 2 May 1952) is a Dutch

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coach and a former defender. He is an assistant coach with

Jong AZ Jong AZ is a Dutch association football team, based in Wijdewormer in the Zaanstreek. It is the reserve team of AZ, based in Alkmaar, and plays in the Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Net ...

. Haar was born in

Zwolle Zwolle () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the Capital city, capital of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel ...

Overijssel Overijssel (; ; ; ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name comes from the perspective of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, Episcopal principality of Utrecht ...

. He played for

Go Ahead Eagles The Go Ahead Eagles are a Dutch professional football club from the city of Deventer in the province of Overijssel. They play in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football, having achieved promotion from the second tier Eerste Divisie in th ...

(1971–1977),

HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982� ...

(1977–1983), AZ '67 (1983–1986), HFC Haarlem (1986–1988),

Sparta Rotterdam Sparta Rotterdam () is a Dutch professional football club based in Rotterdam. Established on 1 April 1888, Sparta Rotterdam is the oldest professional football team in the Netherlands. Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...

(1988–1989) and

FC Wageningen FC Wageningen (before 1978 ''Wageningen'' and ''WVV Wageningen'') was a Dutch football club which was founded on 27 August 1911., The club played its matches in the Wageningse Berg stadium. History FC Wageningen spent most of its history in ...

(1989). He was a member of the famous Haarlem team, that competed in the

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in the 1982–83 season, for the first time in the club's history. However this campaign was to be overshadowed by the

Luzhniki disaster The Luzhniki disaster was a deadly crowd crush that took place at the Grand Sports Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium (, now known as Luzhniki Stadium) in Moscow during the 1982–83 UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem on ...

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1952 births Footballers from Zwolle Living people Men's association football midfielders Dutch men's footballers Dutch football managers AZ Alkmaar managers AZ Alkmaar players HFC Haarlem players Go Ahead Eagles players Sparta Rotterdam players FC Wageningen players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Eerste Divisie managers Dutch expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Austria Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Austria 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{netherlands-footy-defender-stub