Career
During his career he served Telstar, Football Club Eindhoven and Football Club Den Bosch. He was one of the football players that survived the Surinam Airways Flight PY764 air crash in Paramaribo 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 Telstar where he made his debut.
The Surinam Airways Flight PY764 crashed during approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport, killing 176 of the 187 on board, making it the worst ever aviation disaster in Suriname"s history. After the crash De Haan saw dead bodies all around him.
He managed to grab a little kid and brought himself and the kid in safety, while having a fractured vertebra. 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 Football Club Lisse, Holland Utrecht and the Koninklijke HFC. He later got another chance in professional football and was signed by Football Club Eindhoven. Later he would also move to Football Club 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 2002-2003 season, his first season as a manager.
He managed the Koninklijke HFC for another two years, but moved to Geel Wit"20 in between (2004-2005).
He then moved to VV Young Boys, playing in the "Saturday 4E class" and became league champions in the 2005-2006 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 2007-2008 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.
