Martin Haar

Club

Haar was born in Zwolle, Overijssel. He played for Go Ahead Eagles (1971–1977), Haarlem (1977–1983), AZ '67 (1983–1986), Haarlem (1986–1988), Sparta (1988–1989) and FC Wageningen (1989). He was a member of the famous Haarlem team, that competed in the UEFA Cup in the 1982–83 season, for the first time in the club's history. He captained the team in the match away at Moscow Spartak which became infamous as the Luzhniki disaster.(Report) He was crowned best Eredivisie player in 1982.

International

Haar played for the Netherlands Olympic football team during qualification for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Haar managed BSV Bad Bleiberg to the league title in Austria's third tier before returning to AZ in 2000 to take care of the club's U19 team. He and his son Dennis were named caretaker managers of AZ in 2013 after Gertjan Verbeek was sacked. Living in Velserbroek, he retired after 24 years with AZ in 2019 and took charge of local amateur side RKVV Velsen.