Robert Baan (born 1 April 1943) is a Dutch football coach, appointed to the role of Technical Director for the Indian national team by the AIFF.[1] He was the Technical Director of All India Football Federation.[2]
![]() Baan as technical director of India in May 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Baan | ||
Date of birth | (1943-04-01) 1 April 1943 (age 79) | ||
Place of birth | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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Current team | Al-Ansar FC (manager) | ||
Teams managed | |||
Years | Team | ||
1965–1966 | Fortuna Vlaardingen (Youth) | ||
1965–1966 | Sparta Rotterdam (Youth) | ||
1966–1972 | ADO Den Haag (Assistant) | ||
1972–1978 | VVV-Venlo | ||
1978–1983 | Netherlands (Assistant) | ||
1981 | Netherlands (Caretaker) | ||
1983–1986 | ADO Den Haag | ||
1986–1987 | Roda JC | ||
1988–1990 | Sparta Rotterdam | ||
1990–1992 | Cambuur Leeuwarden | ||
1992–1994 | FC Twente | ||
1994–1995 | Excelsior Rotterdam | ||
1995–1998 | PSV Eindhoven (Assistant) | ||
1998–2004 | Feyenoord (Technical Director) | ||
2004–2005 | Al-Jazeera Club (Technical Director) | ||
2005–2006 | Netherlands (Youth Technical Director) | ||
2006 | ADO Den Haag (Technical Director) | ||
2007 | Australia U-23 | ||
2007–2008 | Australia (Technical Director) | ||
2011–2014 | India (Technical Director) |
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He announced his retirement from his job as technical director of Australian football and his position has been replaced by Han Berger.
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SC Cambuur – managers | |
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FC Twente – managers | |
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Excelsior Rotterdam – managers | |
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Australia national soccer team – managers | |
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