Radjin de Haan

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Radjin de Haan

Personal information
Full name	Radjin de Haan
Date of birth	(1969-08-12) 12 August 1969 (age 54)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Telstar
1993–1996	FC Eindhoven	42	(2)
	FC Den Bosch
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Radjin de Haan (born 12 August 1969) is a retired

on 7 June 1989. He was the only player to return on the pitch after the disaster.

De Haan was known as a talented player and started his career at

.

Despite the broken vertebra he was able to return on the football pitches seven months after the disaster, making him the only player who survived the crash to make a comeback. Unfortunately for him he was unable to get his old form back and was forced to withdraw from professional football. He played for several amateur sides like FC Lisse, Holland Utrecht and the Koninklijke HFC. He later got another chance in professional football and was signed by FC Eindhoven. Later he would also move to FC Den Bosch, but in both occasions his injury prevented him from any outstanding performances.

After his career he became an amateur football manager and led the Koninklijke HFC to position eleven of the "Sunday 1A class" in the 2002-03 season, his first season as a manager. He managed the Koninklijke HFC for another two years, but moved to

, playing in the "Saturday 4E class" and became league champions in the 2005-06 season, resulting in promotion. A year later when the team played in the "Saturday 3C class" they would become champions again and were promoted to the second class for the 2007-08 season. At the end of the 2007-2008 season they became champions again and promoted to the first class for season 2008-2009. De Haan is following a managers education and his wish is to become a professional football manager in the near future.

External links

• De Haan at Voetbal International

References

• Crash report
• Crash website AndroKnel.nl (in Dutch)
• Short biography of Radjin de Haan (in Dutch)
• Managing career profile at trainers.voetbalnederland.nl^{[permanent dead link]} (in Dutch)
• Iwan Tol: Eindbesteming Zanderij; het vergeten verhaal van het Kleurrijk Elftal (
  ISBN 9020403664
  ) (in Dutch)