Mike Havenaar

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Mike Havenaar
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Personal information
Full name Mike Havenaar
Date of birth May 20, 1987 (1987-05-20) (age 21)
Place of birth    Hiroshima, Japan
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Playing position forward
Club information
Current club Avispa Fukuoka
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2006-2007
2008-
Yokohama F. Marinos
Avispa Fukuoka (loan)
024 00(0)
003 00(0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 16 May 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Mike Havenaar (ハーフナー・マイク Hāfunā Maiku?, born May 20, 1987 in Hiroshima, Japan) is a Dutch-Japanese footballer for J. League Division 2 side Avispa Fukuoka, on loan from Division 1 side Yokohama F. Marinos. Playing as a forward, Havenaar made his debut as a professional on April 15, 2006, against Gamba Osaka. Havenaar and his father Dido are the first father-son combination to play in the J. League.

Havenaar's parents came to Japan from the Netherlands in 1986 when his father signed on to play for Mazda F.C. of the Japan Soccer League in Hiroshima (now Sanfrecce Hiroshima of the J. League). The Havenaar family naturalized to Japan in 1994.

Havenaar began his career with the Consadole Sapporo U-15 side, where his father played and was the goalkeeper coach. When Dido became the goalkeeper coach with the Marinos, Mike joined the Marinos youth side. In 2007, he was picked to join the U-20 Japan squad to compete 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.

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