Rob Baan

Rob Baan
Personal information

Full name	Robert Baan
Date of birth	(1943-04-01) 1 April 1943
Place of birth	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Club information
Current team	India (Technical Director)
Teams managed
Years	Team
1965–1966	Fortuna Vlaardingen (Youth)
1965–1966	Sparta Rotterdam (Youth)
1966–1972	ADO Den Haag (Assistant)
1972–1978	VVV-Venlo
1978–1983	Netherlands (Assistant)
1981	Netherlands (Caretaker)
1983–1986	ADO Den Haag
1986–1987	Roda JC
1988–1990	Sparta Rotterdam
1990–1992	Cambuur Leeuwarden
1992–1994	FC Twente
1994–1995	Excelsior Rotterdam
1995–1998	PSV Eindhoven (Assistant)
1998–2004	Feyenoord Rotterdam (Technical Director)
2004–2005	Al-Jazeera Club (Technical Director)
2005–2006	Netherlands (Youth Technical Director)
2006	ADO Den Haag (Technical Director)
2007	Australia U-23
2007–2008	Australia (Technical Director)
2011–	India (Technical Director)

Robert Baan (born 1 April 1943) is a Dutch football coach, appointed to the role of Technical Director for the Indian national team by the AIFF.^[1] He is currently appointed as the Technical Director of All India Football Federation.^[2]

Biography

Baan was born in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland. Before joining the Indian team, he served the technical director role for the 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 Under 23 team. He was briefly appointed as a caretaker manager for the Netherlands for a 3–0 win over Cyprus in February 1981, and for Australia in 2007 for a 1–0 victory at Craven Cottage against Nigeria.^[3]

He announced his retirement from his job as technical director of Australian football and his position has been replaced by Han Berger.