*anese footballer

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 05:43, 27 January 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2016

Mike Havenaar (ハーフナー・マイク, Hāfunā Maiku, born 20 May 1987) is a *anese professional footballer who plays as a striker for FC Bonbonera GIFU.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Club career
  • 2.1 Vitesse
  • 2.2 Córdoba
  • 2.3 HJK Helsinki
  • 2.4 ADO Den Haag
  • 2.5 Vissel Kobe
  • 2.6 FC Bonbonera GIFU
• 3 International career
• 4 Career statistics
  • 4.1 International
  • 4.2 Goals for senior national team
• 5 Honors
• 6 Personal life
• 7 References
• 8 External links

Early life

Havenaar's parents came to *an from the Netherlands in 1986 when his father Dido signed on to play for Hiroshima-based side Mazda FC of the *an Soccer League (now Sanfrecce Hiroshima of the J1 League). His mother was an athlete and a former national champion in the heptathlon. His younger brother Nikki currently plays for FC Thun and has previously played for the U-17 and U-18 *an national team as centre back. The Havenaar family became naturalized *anese 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 15 April 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 *uoka and Sagan Tosu and showed respectable results.

Havenaar playing for Ventforet Kofu in 2010

In 2010, he joined Ventforet Kofu, scoring 20 goals in 30 appearances for the club, helping them gain promotion to J1 League.

In 2011, Havenaar returned to Division 1 with Venforet and netted 17 times in 32 appearances. He received the J. League Best Eleven award after the season. Despite his contendership for the Top Scorer award, Kofu was relegated at the end of the season.

Vitesse

On 21 December 2011, Dutch side Vitesse Arnhem announced that they completed the signing of Havenaar on a two-and-a-half-year contract beating out the likes of Bundesliga side Wolfsburg for his signature.

Havenaar made his debut for the club as a 73rd-minute subs*ute for Nicky Hofs in their 1–0 away defeat to rivals NEC Nijmegen. His first goal came in his next appearance, a 3–1 loss to PSV. Havenaar made his first start for Vitesse on 4 February 2012 and provided an *ist to Nicky Hofs first goal of the season, securing a 1–0 win NAC Breda. Havenaar scored his second goal for his new club in another losing effort, this time a 4–1 loss to *le contenders FC Twente. Havenaar continued to impress for Vitesse, slotting the ball home after a cutting p* from Alexander Büttner to complete a 2–0 victory over De Graafschap on 4 March. Away against FC Groningen he made the third goal for Vitesse in the last minute, the game ended in 1–3 for Vitesse.

Córdoba

On 21 July 2014, it was announced by Córdoba CF that they had signed Havenaar. He made his La Liga debut on 25 August 2014, starting in a 0–2 away loss against Real Madrid.

On 30 December 2014 Havenaar was released by the Andalusians, after appearing in only five matches and scoring no goals during his spell for Córdoba CF.

HJK Helsinki

On 2 March 2015, it was announced by HJK Helsinki that they had signed Havenaar. He made his compe*ive debut for HJK on 6 March 2015 in the Finnish League Cup and scored the second goal in a 2–0 win. On 4 April 2015, Havenaar scored the second goal in the 57th minute to secure a 2–0 win and the League Cup against RoPS.

ADO Den Haag

On 11 August 2015, Dutch Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag announced that they had signed Mike Havenaar as a striker. On 3 July 2017, ADO Den Haag officially announced that Havenaar would be leaving the club to move back to *an and join J1 league side Vissel Kobe. During his two seasons at ADO, the striker scored a total of 27 goals, including a goal on the last day of the 2016/17 season in the 4–1 win over Excelsior.

Vissel Kobe

On 3 July 2017, Havenaar joined *anese J1 league side Vissel Kobe.

FC Bonbonera GIFU

On 26 January 2021, Havenaar joined Tōkai Adult Soccer League side FC.Bombonera.

International career

In 2007, Havenaar was picked to join the *an 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 *an's training squad.

He made his debut for *an on 2 September 2011 as a 70th-minute subs*ute 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 11 October 2011 in the same compe*ion. *an won the game 8–0. Havenaar also participated in FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 coming on as a subs*ute and playing a total of 11 minutes in the compe*ion.

Career statistics

As of 26:October:2019.

1Includes Emperor's Cup and KNVB Cup.

2Includes J. League Cup.

3Includes UEFA Europa League.

4Includes Eredivisie Playoffs.

International

As of 24:March:2016

Goals for senior national team

Honors

HJK Helsinki

Finish League Cup: 2015

Personal life

Havenaar is trilingual. He was brought up bilingual, speaking *anese and his parents' native Dutch and learned fluent English at the Yokohama International School. Havenaar got married in 2011 and in the same year, his first daughter was born on 5 August. His younger brother Nikki is also a professional footballer.

References

External links

• Mike Havenaar – FIFA compe*ion record (archived)
• Mike Havenaar at National-Football-Teams.com
• Mike Havenaar at Soccerway
• Mike Havenaar at J.League (in *anese)
• Mike Havenaar at Voetbal International (in Dutch)
• Mike Havenaar on Facebook
• Mike Havenaar on Twitter
• Mike Havenaar on Instagram