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Mike Havenaar 
Personal information Full name Mike Havenaar Date of birth 20 May 1987 Place of birth Hiroshima, Japan Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Ventforet Kofu Number 14 Youth career Sapporo FC 2000–2002 Consadole Sapporo 2003–2005 Yokohama F. Marinos Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006–2010 Yokohama F. Marinos 26 (0) 2008 → Avispa Fukuoka (loan) 26 (7) 2009 → Sagan Tosu (loan) 33 (15) 2010– Ventforet Kofu 59 (36) National team‡ 2005 Japan U18 1 (0) 2006 Japan U19 3 (0) 2007 Japan U20 3 (1) 2011– Japan 3 (2) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 October 2011Mike Havenaar (ハーフナー・マイク Hāfunā Maiku, born May 20, 1987) is a Japanese professional footballer of Dutch descent. He currently plays as a striker for J. League Division 1 club Ventforet Kofu. Havenaar speaks Japanese, Dutch and English.[1]
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Early life
Havenaar's parents came to Japan from the Netherlands in 1986 when his father Dido signed on to play for Mazda F.C. of the Japan Soccer League in Hiroshima (now Sanfrecce Hiroshima of the J. League). His mother was an athlete and a former national champion of Heptathlon. His younger brother Nikki currently plays for Nagoya Grampus youth team and U-17 Japan as centre back[2]. The Havenaar family became naturalized Japanese citizens in 1994.
Club career
Havenaar began his career with the Consadole Sapporo U-15 side, where his father played and later worked as goalkeeper coach.
When Dido moved to powerhouse Yokohama F. Marinos, Mike joined the Marinos youth side and promoted to the top team in 2006. Playing as a forward, Havenaar made his debut as a professional on April 15, 2006, against Gamba Osaka. Havenaar and his father are the first father-son combination to play in the J. League.
He was loaned to second division club Avispa Fukuoka[3] and Sagan Tosu and showed respectable results.
In 2010 he joined Ventforet Kofu, scoring 20 goals in 30 appearances for the club, helping them gain promotion to J. League Division 1.
In November 2011 it was reported that Dutch side Vitesse was interested. Manager John van den Brom admitted he went to Japan to take a look at the tall striker.
International career
In 2007, Havenaar was picked to join the Japan U-20 squad to compete 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada and played one match against Nigeria U-20.
In August 2011, he was called up to Japan's training squad.[4]
He made his debut for Japan on September 2, 2011 as a 70th minute substitute against North Korea in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier match, striking the post. He scored his first ever goals for the national team with a brace, both headers, against Tajikistan on October 11, 2011 in the same competition. Japan won the game 8-0.[5]
Career statistics
Club Season League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Total Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yokohama F. Marinos 2006 9 0 - 6 0 15 0 2007 15 0 - 4 1 19 1 Total 24 0 0 0 10 1 34 1 Avispa Fukuoka 2008 26 7 - - 26 7 Total 26 7 0 0 - 26 7 Yokohama F. Marinos 2009 2 0 - - 2 0 Total 2 0 - - 2 0 Sagan Tosu 2009 33 15 2 2 - 35 17 Total 33 15 2 2 - 35 17 Ventforet Kofu 2010 31 20 1 0 - 32 20 2011 30 17 2 1 32 18 Total 61 37 1 0 2 1 64 38 Career total 146 59 3 2 13 2 162 63 International
- As of 11 October 2011
Japan national team Year Apps Goals 2011 3 2 Total 3 2 Awards and honours
Individual
- J. League Division 2 Top scorer (1): 2010
Personal life
Havenaar married a Japanese woman in 2011[8] and in the same year, his first daughter was born on 5 August.[9]
References
- ^ "'Flying Dutchman' lifts Japanese hopes" (in English). AsiaOne. 12 October 2011. http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20111012-304662.html. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "U-17 squad for Niigata International named" (in English). Japan Football Association. 7 July 2011. http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/topics/2011/293.html. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "横浜ハーフナー・マイクがＪ２福岡移籍へ" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 29 November 2007. http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/p-sc-tp0-20071129-289067.html. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
- ^ "JFA picks 23 players for training camp". The Japan Times. 29 July 2011. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sw20110729a1.html. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ "'Flying Dutchman' lifts Japanese hopes" (in English). AsiaOne. 12 October 2011. http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Sports/Story/A1Story20111012-304662.html. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "Japan - Mike Havenaar - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.com. http://www.soccerway.com/players/mike-havenaar/5407/.
- ^ "Mike Havenaar > Club matches". Worldfootball.net. http://aus.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/mike-havenaar/2/.
- ^ "ハーフナー マイク選手入籍のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Ventforet Kofu Official Website. 18 May 2011. http://www.ventforet.co.jp/information/press/20110510.html. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ^ "ハーフナーマイク選手に第一子(長女)誕生のお知らせ" (in Japanese). Ventforet Kofu Official Website. 5 August 2011. http://www.ventforet.co.jp/information/press/2011087.html. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
External links
- Mike Havenaar – FIFA competition record
- Mike Havenaar – Ventforet Kofu official site (Japanese)
- Mike Havenaar – Yahoo! Japan sports (Japanese)
Japan squad – 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup 
Ventforet Kofu – current squad 1 Ogi · 2 Kobayashi · 3 Tomita · 4 Yamamoto · 5 Daniel · 6 Yoshida · 7 Ishihara · 8 Yabu · 10 Paulinho · 11 Davi · 13 Uchiyama · 14 Havenaar · 15 Uchida · 16 Matsuhashi · 17 Tsuda · 18 Kashiwa · 19 Kim · 20 Katagiri · 21 Aratani · 22 Oka · 23 Koike · 24 Horigome · 25 Ichikawa · 26 Abe · 27 Ito · 28 Izawa · 29 Inuzuka · 30 Hosaka · 31 Kabe · Manager: Sakuma
Categories:- 1987 births
- Living people
- Japanese footballers
- J. League Division 1 players
- J. League Division 2 players
- Yokohama F. Marinos players
- Avispa Fukuoka players
- Sagan Tosu players
- Ventforet Kofu players
- Japan international footballers
- People from Hiroshima Prefecture
- Japanese people of Dutch descent
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- Association football forwards
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