Dido Havenaar (ハーフナー・ディド, Havenaar Dido, born 26 September 1957) is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in the Netherlands, Havenaar is a naturalized Japanese citizen. His sons Mike and Nikki are also footballers.

Dido Havenaar
ハーフナー・ディド
Havenaar in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-09-26) 26 September 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
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)
Managerial career
1991–1992 Toyota Motors (GK coach)
1993 Japan (GK coach)
1995–1996 Júbilo Iwata (GK coach)
1999–2002 Consadole Sapporo (GK coach)
2003–2006 Yokohama F. Marinos (GK coach)
2007 Ryutsu Keizai University (Coach)
2008–2011 Nagoya Grampus (Coach)
2011–2012 Shimizu S-Pulse (Coach)
2013–2014 Suwon Samsung Bluewings (GK coach)
Medal record
Mazda
Runner-up Emperor's Cup 1987
Yomiuri
Winner Japan Soccer League 1990/91
Runner-up Japan Soccer League 1989/90
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Havenaar was born in Hazerswoude-Dorp, Netherlands, on 26 September 1957. In 1979, he joined Den Haag. He played in 80 matches for the club.[1] In 1986, he moved to Japan and joined Japan Soccer League club Mazda and coach Hans Ooft. He was elected to the Best Eleven in the 1986–87 season and the club was runner-up in the 1987 Emperor's Cup. 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 Toyota Motors (later Nagoya Grampus Eight) in 1991.

In 1992, the Japan Soccer League was folded and the J1 League 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 Japanese citizens.[2][3][4] In 1995, he moved to Júbilo Iwata and played regularly. In 1997, he moved to Japan Football League club Consadole Sapporo. 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

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In 1991, Havenaar retired from playing and became a goalkeeper coach for Toyota Motors (later Nagoya Grampus). In 1992, he returned as a player. In 1993, he also served as goalkeeper coach for the Japan national team for 1994 World Cup qualification under manager Hans Ooft who was coach when Havenaar played for Mazda. In 1995, he moved to Júbilo Iwata and became a playing goalkeeper coach. He left the club at the end of the 1996 season.

Havenaar retired from playing at Consadole Sapporo after the end of the 1998 season and became goalkeeper coach at Consadole under manager Takeshi Okada 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 2003 and 2004 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 Shimizu S-Pulse and became a coach as goalkeeper coach Masanori Sanada's successor.[5] In 2013, he moved to South Korea and became a goalkeeper coach for Suwon Samsung Bluewings. He coached the club until 2014.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Mazda 1986–87 JSL (Div. 1) 22 0 22 0
1987–88 22 0 1 0 23 0
1988–89 JSL (Div. 2) 27 0 3 0 30 0
Total 71 0 4 0 75 0
Yomiuri 1989–90 JSL (Div. 1) 4 0 4 0 3 0 11 0
1990–91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 4 0 4 0 3 0 11 0
Nagoya Grampus Eight 1992 J1 League - 10 0 10 0
1993 19 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1994 27 0 0 0 0 0 27 0
Total 46 0 0 0 10 0 56 0
Júbilo Iwata 1995 J1 League 52 0 2 0 - 54 0
1996 16 0 1 0 14 0 31 0
Total 68 0 3 0 14 0 85 0
Consadole Sapporo 1997 JFL ('92-'98) 26 0 3 0 8 0 37 0
1998 J1 League 34 0 0 0 3 0 37 0
Total 60 0 3 0 11 0 74 0
Career total 249 0 10 0 42 0 301 0
  1. ^ Includes Emperor's Cup.
  2. ^ Includes J.League Cup.

References

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  1. ^ "Statistieken: Dido Havenaar". ADOSTATS. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Havenaar: Japan is where my roots are". FIFA.com. 22 May 2012. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  3. ^ jleague.jp
  4. ^ Shimizu S-Pulse(in Japanese)
  5. ^ Shimizu S-Pulse(in Japanese)
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