Robert Baan (born 1 April 1943) is a Dutch football coach, appointed to the role of Technical Director for the India national team by the AIFF.[1] He was the Technical Director of All India Football Federation.[2]

Rob Baan
Baan as technical director of India in May 2012
Personal information
Full nameRobert Baan
Date of birth (1943-04-01) 1 April 1943 (age 81)
Place of birthRotterdam, Netherlands
Position(s)Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Al-Ansar FC (manager)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
1965–1966Fortuna Vlaardingen (Youth)
1965–1966Sparta Rotterdam (Youth)
1966–1972ADO Den Haag (Assistant)
1972–1978VVV-Venlo
1978–1983Netherlands (Assistant)
1981Netherlands (Caretaker)
1983–1986ADO Den Haag
1986–1987Roda JC
1988–1990Sparta Rotterdam
1990–1992Cambuur Leeuwarden
1992–1994FC Twente
1994–1995Excelsior Rotterdam
1995–1998PSV Eindhoven (Assistant)
1998–2004Feyenoord (Technical Director)
2004–2005Al-Jazeera Club (Technical Director)
2005–2006Netherlands (Youth Technical Director)
2006ADO Den Haag (Technical Director)
2007Australia U-23
2007–2008Australia (Technical Director)
2011–2014India (Technical Director)

Biography

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Baan was born in Rotterdam, South Holland. Before joining the Indian team, he served the technical director role for the Netherlands, Feyenoord Rotterdam and ADO Den Haag.

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 Netherlands for a 3–0 win over Cyprus in February 1981, and for Australia in 2007 for a 1–0 victory at Craven Cottage against Nigeria.[3]

He announced his retirement from his job as technical director of Australian football and his position has been replaced by Han Berger.

References

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  1. ^ "FFA goes Dutch with Baan". The World Game. 6 December 2006. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
  2. ^ "Rob Baan appointed AIFF Technical Director". Chris Punnakkattu Daniel. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Socceroos sink Nigeria". The World Game. 18 November 2007. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
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