Hans van de Haar

In this Dutch name, the surname is van de Haar, not Haar.

Johannes "Hans" van de Haar (born 1 February 1975) is a Dutch football manager and former player who is currently assistant coach of Eerste Divisie club TOP Oss.

Hans van de Haar

Personal information
Full name	Johannes van de Haar
Date of birth	(1975-02-01) 1 February 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Amersfoort, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	TOP Oss (assistant)
Youth career
	SC Hoevelaken
	USV Elinkwijk
	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1996	Haarlem	48	(8)
1996–1998	De Graafschap	46	(12)
1999	Uerdingen 05	21	(5)
1999–2001	SSV Ulm	33	(11)
2001	Bregenz	9	(1)
2002–2003	De Graafschap	44	(16)
2003–2005	Utrecht	56	(16)
2005–2007	RKC Waalwijk	49	(6)
2007–2009	ADO Den Haag	33	(9)
2008–2009	→ AGOVV (loan)	20	(5)
2009–2010	AGOVV	18	(3)
2010	Dayton Dutch Lions	11	(3)
2010–2012	Spakenburg
Managerial career
2013–2016	Lienden
2016–2017	Spakenburg
2016–2018	Utrecht (assistant)
2018–2020	Lienden
2020–2024	TEC
2025–	TOP Oss (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Professional career

Netherlands, Austria & Germany

Van de Haar was born in Amersfoort. He played in the Dutch, German and Austrian football leagues, having played with HFC Haarlem, De Graafschap, KFC Uerdingen 05, SSV Ulm 1846, SW Bregenz, FC Utrecht and RKC Waalwijk, ADO Den Haag and AGOVV Apeldoorn. He won the KNVB Cup once with Utrecht in 2004, and subsequently played in the UEFA Cup.

United States

In May 2010, van de Haar signed a two-and-a-half-year contract^[1] to play for the new American team Dayton Dutch Lions in the USL Premier Development League. Van de Haar made his first appearance for the Dutch Lions on 15 May 2010 against the Cleveland Internationals, and scored his team's second goal in a 3–0 victory.^[2]

He returned to the Netherlands to play for SV Spakenburg following the conclusion of the 2010 PDL season in August.^[3][4]

Managerial career

In the summer of 2013, Van de Haar became manager of Topklasse side FC Lienden. In 2016, he moved to SV Spakenburg to become the head coach of the team in the newly formed Tweede Divisie, where he was a fired on 7 January 2017.^[5]

On 8 May 2018 he was added to FC Lienden's staff for the remainder of the 2017–2018 season.^[6] He was also an assistant-coach at FC Utrecht.

In February 2020, it was announced that Van de Haar left would leave Lienden after the 2019–20 season, to join Tweede Divisie club TEC as their new manager.^[7] In January 2024, it was announced that Van de Haar and his assistant Eric Meijers would leave the club at the end of the 2023–24 season.^[8][9]

On 9 January 2025, Van de Haar was appointed assistant coach to Sjors Ultee at Eerste Divisie club TOP Oss.^[10][11]

Honours

Utrecht

• KNVB Cup: 2003–04^[12]