Career
He is currently appointed as the Technical Director of All India Football Federation. 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He announced his retirement from his job as technical director of Australian football and his position has been replaced by Han Berger.