Martin Haar

Martin Haar

Martin Haar in 1982
Personal information
Date of birth	(1952-05-02) 2 May 1952
Place of birth	Zwolle, Netherlands
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1973	Go Ahead Eagles
1973–1974	De Graafschap
1974–1977	Go Ahead Eagles
1977–1983	HFC Haarlem
1983–1986	AZ Alkmaar
1986–1988	HFC Haarlem
1988	Sparta Rotterdam
1988–1989	FC Wageningen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Haar (born 2 May 1952) is a Dutch former football defender, who is the current serving as assistant coach at AZ Alkmaar.

Haar was born in Zwolle, Overijssel. He played for Go Ahead Eagles (1971–1977), HFC Haarlem (1977–1983), AZ '67 (1983–1986), HFC Haarlem (1986–1988), Sparta Rotterdam (1988–1989) and FC Wageningen (1989). He was a member of the famous Haarlem team, that competed in the UEFA Cup in the 1982–83 season, for the first time in the club's history. However this campaign was to be overshadowed by the Luzhniki disaster.

Since then, he served as assistant coach to Louis van Gaal during the successful 2008–09 Eredivisie campaign of AZ, that ended in the second Dutch champions title for the Alkmaar club. He was confirmed also in the 2009–10 season under new trainer Ronald Koeman, after van Gaal left AZ to join FC Bayern Munich, and briefly served as caretaker manager after Koeman was fired in December 2009.

References

• Martin Haar at WorldFootball.net
• (in Dutch) Profile