Simon Tahamata

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Simon Tahamata
Simon Tahamata 1978c.jpg
Tahamata in 1979
Personal information
Full name Simon Melkianus Tahamata
Date of birth (1956-05-26) 26 May 1956 (age 69)
Place of birth Vught, Netherlands
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Indonesia (head of scouting)
Indonesia U23 (assistant coach)
Youth career
1967–1971 Theole
1971–1976 Ajax
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976–1980 Ajax 109 (14)
1980–1984 Standard Liège 129 (40)
1984–1987 Feyenoord 87 (29)
1987–1990 Beerschot 99 (12)
1990–1996 Germinal Ekeren 180 (19)
Total604(114)
International career
1979–1986 Netherlands 22 (2)
Managerial career
2025– Indonesia (head of scouting)
2025– Indonesia U23 (assistant coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Simon Melkianus Tahamata (born 26 May 1956) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. He is currently the head of scouting of the Indonesia national team and assistant coach of the Indonesia national under-23 team.

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Throughout his career, Tahamata played for multiple Dutch and Belgian clubs. He also played 22 times for the Netherlands national team, scoring twice.

International career

Tahamata made his debut for the Netherlands national team on 22 May 1979 in Bern, Switzerland in the 75th Anniversary Match of the FIFA against Argentina. [1]

Coaching career

After his career as a professional football player Tahamata went on to work as a youth coach for Standard Liège, Germinal Beerschot and AFC Ajax. [2] Occasionally he also played for the team of old Ajax players, named Lucky Ajax. From 2009 he worked for a period as a technical coach for the youth teams of under-10 until under-15 of the Saudi Arabian football club Al-Ahli. [3] Since October 2014 Tahamata is back at Ajax. [4]

Since September 2015, next to his duties at Ajax, he also has a football academy, the Simon Tahamata Soccer Academy. [5]

On 22 May 2025, Tahamata was hired as the head of scouting for the Indonesian national team. [6]

Career statistics

Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tahamata goal.
List of international goals scored by Simon Tahamata [7]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 September 1980 Dublin, IrelandFlag of Ireland.svg  Republic of Ireland 1–01–2 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification
210 November 1982 Rotterdam, NetherlandsFlag of France.svg  France 1–01–2 Friendly

Honours

Ajax [8]

Standard Liège [9]

Beerschot [12]

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Line-up Dutch national team 22 May 1979. Voetbalstats.nl (22 May 1979). Retrieved on 29 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Tahamata terug als jeugdtrainer Ajax" (in Dutch). NRC. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Tahamata ruilt Ajax voor jeugd Al-Ahli" (in Dutch). De Gelderlander. 11 April 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Simon Tahamata terug bij Ajax" (in Dutch). Trouw. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Talentendag Simon Tahamata bij KFC 11 May 2015. Retrieved on 27 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Simon Tahamata Resmi Jadi Kepala Pemandu Bakat PSSI" (in Indonesian). CNN Indonesia. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "Simon Tahamata – International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  8. ↑ "Ajax | Prijzenkast".
  9. ↑ "Standard de Liège | Palmares".
  10. ↑ "Wildstat | Intertoto Cup 1980".
  11. ↑ "Wildstat | Intertoto Cup 1982".
  12. ↑ "Beerschot | Palmares".
  13. ↑ "Homme de la saison belge".
  14. ↑ "Palmares Profvoetballer van het Jaar".
  15. ↑ "Voici votre onze de légende du Standard: Gerets et Witsel les plus plébiscités". dhnet.be. La Dernière Heure. 18 May 2020.
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