1. Mike Havenaar is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a forward.
17 Facts About Mike Havenaar
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Mike Havenaar's mother was an athlete and a former national champion in the heptathlon.
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Mike Havenaar began his career with the Consadole Sapporo U-15 side, where his father played and later worked as goalkeeper coach.
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When Dido moved to powerhouse Yokohama F Marinos, Mike joined the Marinos youth side and promoted to the top team in 2006.
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Mike Havenaar was loaned to second division club Avispa Fukuoka and Sagan Tosu and showed respectable results.
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In 2011, Mike Havenaar returned to Division 1 with Venforet and netted 17 times in 32 appearances.
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Mike Havenaar received the J League Best Eleven award after the season.
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On 30 December 2014 Mike Havenaar was released by the Andalusians, after appearing in only five matches and scoring no goals during his spell for Cordoba CF.
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On 3 July 2017, ADO Den Haag officially announced that Mike Havenaar would be leaving the club to move back to Japan and join J1 league side Vissel Kobe.
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On 3 July 2017, Mike Havenaar joined Japanese J1 league side Vissel Kobe.
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On 26 January 2021, Mike Havenaar joined Tokai Adult Soccer League side Bombonera Gifu.
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In 2007, Mike 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.
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Mike Havenaar made his debut for Japan on 2 September 2011 as a 70th-minute substitute against North Korea in a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier match, striking the post.
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Mike Havenaar scored his first ever goals for the national team with a brace, both headers, against Tajikistan on 11 October 2011 in the same competition.
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Mike Havenaar participated in FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 coming on as a substitute and playing a total of 11 minutes in the competition.
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Mike Havenaar was brought up bilingual, speaking Japanese and his parents' native Dutch and learned fluent English at the Yokohama International School.
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Mike Havenaar got married in 2011 and in the same year, his first daughter was born on 5 August.