Robert Baan (born 1 April 1943 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch

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coach. He was coach of FC VVV, Roda JC, and

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, assistant coach of PSV and assistant and interim coach of the Dutch national football team. He won Dutch First Division championships with FC Den Haag in 1986 and Cambur Leeuwarden in 1992. He was appointed to the role of

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for the India national team by the

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. He was the technical director of All India Football Federation.

Biography

Baan was born in

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. He played football in the 1960s for the youth team of Sparta and the amateur club RFC Rotterdam. In 1965 he became a youth coach at Fortuna Vlaardingen. Before joining the Indian team, he served the technical director role for the

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, Feyenoord Rotterdam and

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. While Graham Arnold was the caretaker coach for the Socceroos, Baan, alongside his technical director duties, was also briefly the caretaker coach for the Australia Under 23 team. He was briefly appointed as a caretaker manager for the

for a 3–0 win over

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in February 1981, and for

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in 2007 for a 1–0 victory at

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against Nigeria. He announced his retirement from his job as technical director of Australian football and his position has been replaced by Han Berger.

References

External links

Netherlands Football profile
1943 births Living people Dutch football managers Dutch expatriate football managers Feyenoord non-playing staff Excelsior Rotterdam managers Sparta Rotterdam managers SC Cambuur managers Roda JC Kerkrade managers VVV-Venlo managers Australia men's national soccer team managers Netherlands national football team managers FC Twente managers ADO Den Haag managers {{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub