Career
Han Berger is the youngest head coach ever in the history of professional football in The Netherlands. After suffering a severe knee injury, his playing career ended at the age of 22 and he was appointed youth and assistant coach at his hometown side Football Club Utrecht. When the then head coach January Rab was dismissed in January 1976, Han Berger was appointed head coach of Football Club Utrecht at the age of 25.
From 1998 till August 2000 Han Berger was in charge of the national youth teams program of the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) and head coach of The Netherlands U/21 and Olympic Team and in 2004 he coached Oita Trinita in the Japanese J-League.
As director of football at Football Club Utrecht and De Graafschap he acquired a reputation for implementing successful technical strategies, particularly in the field of youth development. Because of this he was offered the role of technical director of the Football Federation Australia.
He held this position from January 2009 till July 2014. In 2010 Berger also had a short spell as caretaker manager of the Socceroos.