Hans Ooft

Hans Ooft
Personal information
Full name	Marius Johan Ooft
Date of birth	June 27, 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth	Netherlands
Position(s)	Striker (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964-1970	Feijenoord
Managerial career
1976	Netherlands Youth
1987-1988	Mazda
1992-1993	Japan
1994-1996	Jubilo Iwata
1998	Kyoto Purple Sanga
2002-2003	Urawa Red Diamonds
2008	Jubilo Iwata
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marius Johan ("Hans") Ooft is a Dutch former football player and manager who became the first foreigner to head the Japanese football team.^[1] Under Ooft, Japan won the Asian Championship for the first time in 1992 but was fired a year later for failing to qualify them for the World Cup in a crucial match against Iraq.^[2]

Honors

Preceded by Carlos Alberto Parreira Saudi Arabia	1992 AFC Asian Cup Winning Coach 1992	Succeeded by Nelo Vingada Saudi Arabia

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