View source for Rob Baan

{{Short description|Dutch football coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Rob Baan
| fullname       = Robert Baan
| image          = 9 - Rob Baan.jpg
| caption        = Baan as technical director of [[India national football team|India]] in May 2012
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=y|1943|4|1}}
| birth_place    = [[Rotterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| currentclub    = [[Al-Ansar FC]] (manager)
| position       = Midfielder 
| manageryears1  = 1965–1966
| managerclubs1  = Fortuna Vlaardingen (youth)
| manageryears2  = 1965–1966
| managerclubs2  = [[Sparta Rotterdam]] (youth)
| manageryears3  = 1966–1972
| managerclubs3  = [[ADO Den Haag]] (assistant)
| manageryears4  = 1972–1978
| managerclubs4  = [[VVV-Venlo]]
| manageryears5  = 1978–1983
| managerclubs5  = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] (assistant)
| manageryears6  = 1981
| managerclubs6  = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] (caretaker)
| manageryears7  = 1983–1986
| managerclubs7  = [[ADO Den Haag]]
| manageryears8  = 1986–1987
| managerclubs8  = [[Roda JC]]
| manageryears9  = 1988–1990
| managerclubs9  = [[Sparta Rotterdam]]
| manageryears10 = 1990–1992
| managerclubs10 = [[Cambuur Leeuwarden]]
| manageryears11 = 1992–1994
| managerclubs11 = [[FC Twente]]
| manageryears12 = 1994–1995
| managerclubs12 = [[Excelsior Rotterdam]]
| manageryears13 = 1995–1998
| managerclubs13 = [[PSV Eindhoven]] (assistant)
| manageryears14 = 1998–2004
| managerclubs14 = [[Feyenoord]] (technical director)
| manageryears15 = 2004–2005
| managerclubs15 = [[Al-Jazeera Club]] (technical director)
| manageryears16 = 2005–2006
| managerclubs16 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] (youth technical director)
| manageryears17 = 2006
| managerclubs17 = [[ADO Den Haag]] (technical director)
| manageryears18 = 2007
| managerclubs18 = [[Australia men's national under-23 soccer team|Australia U-23]]
| manageryears19 = 2007–2008
| managerclubs19 = [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] (technical director)
| manageryears20 = 2011–2014
| managerclubs20 = [[India national football team|India]] (technical director)
}}

'''Robert Baan''' (born 1 April 1943 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch [[Association football|football]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]]. He was coach of [[VVV-Venlo|FC VVV]], [[Roda JC Kerkrade|Roda JC]], and [[FC Twente]], assistant coach of [[PSV Eindhoven|PSV]] and assistant and interim coach of the Dutch national football team. He won Dutch First Division championships with [[ADO Den Haag|FC Den Haag]] in 1986 and [[SC Cambuur|Cambur Leeuwarden]] in 1992. He was appointed to the role of [[technical director]] for the [[India national football team|India national team]] by the [[All India Football Federation|AIFF]].<ref>{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=79246
 |title       = FFA goes Dutch with Baan
 |date        = 6 December 2006
 |access-date  = 7 December 2008
 |publisher   = [[The World Game]]
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080120173021/http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=79246
 |archive-date = 20 January 2008
}}</ref> He was the technical director of All India Football Federation.<ref>{{cite news
| url        = http://www.chrispd.de/wordpress/2011/10/12/rob-baan-appointed-aiff-technical-director/
| title      = Rob Baan appointed AIFF Technical Director
| date       = 12 October 2011
| access-date = 12 October 2011
| publisher  = [[Chris Punnakkattu Daniel]]}}</ref>

==Biography==
Baan was born in [[Rotterdam]], [[South Holland]]. 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 [[Netherlands national football team|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 men's national under-23 soccer team|Australia Under 23 team]].
He was briefly appointed as a caretaker manager for the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] for a 3–0 win over [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]] in February 1981, and for [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] in 2007 for a 1–0 victory at [[Craven Cottage]] against Nigeria.<ref>{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=99978
 |title       = Socceroos sink Nigeria
 |date        = 18 November 2007
 |access-date  = 7 December 2008
 |publisher   = [[The World Game]]
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://archive.today/20121230203536/http://www.theworldgame.com.au/home/index.php?pid=st&cid=99978
 |archive-date = 30 December 2012
}}</ref>

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

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category}}
* [http://home.wanadoo.nl/ronald.zwiers/Spelers/B/Baan,%20Rob/Rob%20Baan.htm Netherlands Football profile] {{in lang|nl}}

{{VVV Venlo managers}}
{{Netherlands national football team managers}}
{{ADO Den Haag managers}}
{{Roda JC managers}}
{{Sparta Rotterdam managers}}
{{SC Cambuur managers}}
{{FC Twente managers}}
{{SBV Excelsior managers}}
{{Australia national football team managers}}
{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baan, Rob}}
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Dutch football managers]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Feyenoord non-playing staff]]
[[Category:Excelsior Rotterdam managers]]
[[Category:Sparta Rotterdam managers]]
[[Category:SC Cambuur managers]]
[[Category:Roda JC Kerkrade managers]]
[[Category:VVV-Venlo managers]]
[[Category:Australia men's national soccer team managers]]
[[Category:Netherlands national football team managers]]
[[Category:FC Twente managers]]
[[Category:ADO Den Haag managers]]


{{Australia-footy-bio-stub}}
{{Netherlands-footy-midfielder-stub}}