Arnold Scholten

Arnold Scholten

Scholten in 1989
Personal information
Date of birth	(1962-12-05) 5 December 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Den Bosch, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position	Midfielder
Youth career
	BVV
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–1986	Den Bosch	74	(10)
1986–1990	Ajax	69	(5)
1990–1995	Feyenoord	165	(20)
1995–1997	Ajax	44	(3)
1997–1998	JEF United Ichihara	48	(2)
1999–2001	Den Bosch	65	(2)
Total		465	(42)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Den Bosch (technical director)
2002–2006	RKC Waalwijk (youth coach)
2006–2007	Feyenoord (youth coach)
2009–2017	Den Bosch (youth coach)
2017–	Feyenoord (youth coach)
2019–2020	Jong Feyenoord
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arnold Scholten (born 5 December 1962) is a Dutch football coach and former player who works as youth coach at Feyenoord. He played as a midfielder for Den Bosch, Ajax, Feyenoord and JEF United Ichihara (Japan). Because of his white-blonde haircolor, Scholten was nicknamed The White Socrates after Brazilian playmaker Sócrates. ^[1]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^[2]

Club	Season	League
		Division	Apps	Goals
Den Bosch	1983–84	Eredivisie	9	1
	1984–85		31	1
	1985–86		34	8
	Total		74	10
Ajax	1986–87	Eredivisie	18	1
	1987–88		17	2
	1988–89		28	2
	1989–90		6	0
	Total		69	5
Feyenoord	1989–90	Eredivisie	16	2
	1990–91		33	1
	1991–92		33	1
	1992–93		25	4
	1993–94		30	6
	1994–95		28	6
	Total		165	20
Ajax	1995–96	Eredivisie	16	1
	1996–97		28	2
	Total		44	3
JEF United Ichihara	1997	J1 League	15	0
	1998		33	2
	Total		48	2
Den Bosch	1998–99	Eerste Divisie	16	1
	1999–00	Eredivisie	21	1
	2000–01	Eerste Divisie	28	0
	Total		65	2
Career total			465	42

Honours

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1995–96
• KNVB Cup: 1986–87
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1986–87
• Johan Cruijff Schaal: 1995
• UEFA Super Cup: 1995
• Intercontinental Cup: 1995
• UEFA Champions League runner-up: 1995-96

Feyenoord

• Eredivisie: 1992–93
• KNVB Cup: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95
• Johan Cruijff Schaal: 1991

Den Bosch

• Eerste Divisie: 1998–99, 2000–01

References

1. "Scholten: 'Feyenoord en Ajax zijn grote clubs met veel uitstraling'". Feyenoord (in Dutch). 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
2. "Arnold Scholten » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

External links

• (in Dutch) Profile
• Arnold Scholten at J.League ( archive ) (in Japanese)