Arie Haan

February 18th, 2008 | by: Eros | Comments Off

The Dutch legend, who scored those two great goals in the 1972 World Cup, is the new Albanian national team manager. This will be his third time managing a national team, as he previously was the manager of China, and Cameroon. Arie led the Chinese national team to the final of the Asian Cup, during his two year reign, from 2002 untill 2004. His spell with Cameroon was even shorter, because he did not like the interference from the president of Cameroon Football Federation Mohammed.

In December 2007, reports came out that he will be the next coach of Albania, and in a press conference in January 2008 it was confirmed. His job is to lead Albania into a high spot in their Group 1, which includes Portugal, Sweden, Danmark, Hungary, and Malta.

Arie Haan and the Albanian fans will be hoping that the players will stay together, and not get separated into two teams(as Kosova has gained their independence now). If they do stay united, then it will be interesting to see how the Albanian national team will match against Ronaldo’s Portugal, and Ibrahimovic’s Sweden.