Simon Tahamata
![]() Simon Tahamata in 1979 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Simon Melkianus Tahamata | ||
Date of birth | 26 May 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Vught, Netherlands | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Ajax (technical youth coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1967–1971 | Theole | ||
1971–1976 | Ajax | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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) |
Total | 604 | (114) | |
National team | |||
1979–1986 | Netherlands | 22 | (2) |
Teams managed | |||
1996–2000 | Standard Liège (youth) | ||
2000–2004 | Germinal Beerschot (youth) | ||
2004–2009 | Ajax (youth) | ||
2009–2014 | Al-Ahli (youth) | ||
2014– | Ajax (youth) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Simon Melkianus Tahamata (born 26 May 1956) is a Dutch football coach and former professional player who played for Dutch and Belgian clubs. He also played 22 times for the Dutch national team, scoring twice. Tahamata was born in the Netherlands, but took Belgian nationality in 1990.[1]
International career
Tahamata made his national team debut on 22 May 1979 in Bern, Switzerland in the 75th Anniversary Match of the FIFA against Argentina.[2]
Managerial career
After his career as a professional football player Tahamata went on to work as a youth coach for Standard Liège, Germinal Beerschot and Ajax Amsterdam.[3] 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.[4] Since October 2014 Tahamata is back at Ajax.[5]
Since September 2015, next to his duties at Ajax, he also has a football academy, Simon Tahamata Soccer Academy.[6]
Career statistics
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Time |
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1. | 10 September 1980 | Dublin, Ireland | ![]() |
0–1 | 2–1 | World Cup 1982 qualifier | ![]() |
2. | 10 November 1982 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly match | ![]() |
Honours
Club
- Belgian First Division: 1981–82, 1982–83
- Belgian Cup: 1980–81 (winners), 1983-84 (runners-up)
- Belgian Super Cup: 1981, 1983
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1981-82 (runners-up)
- Intertoto Cup Group Winners: 1980,[10] 1982[11]
- Belgian Cup: 1994-95 (runners-up)
Individual
- Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 1990-91[13]
- Belgian Fair Play Award: 1993-94, 1994-95[14]
References
- ^ Naturalisation list Belgian Senate 20 June 1990. senate.be. (Document not viewable on website on 29 November 2016).
- ^ Line-up Dutch national team 22 May 1979. Voetbalstats.nl (22 May 1979). Retrieved on 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Tahamata terug als jeugdtrainer Ajax" (in Dutch). NRC. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Tahamata ruilt Ajax voor jeugd Al-Ahli" (in Dutch). De Gelderlander. 11 April 2009. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Simon Tahamata terug bij Ajax" (in Dutch). Trouw. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ Talentendag Simon Tahamata bij KFC 11 May 2015. Retrieved on 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Simon Tahamata – International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Ajax | Prijzenkast".
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External links
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- Living people
- Dutch footballers
- Netherlands international footballers
- Dutch football managers
- Dutch people of Moluccan descent
- AFC Ajax players
- Standard Liège players
- Feyenoord players
- Eredivisie players
- Dutch expatriate footballers
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Belgian First Division A players
- People from Vught
- Beerschot A.C. players
- AFC Ajax non-playing staff
- Dutch people of Indonesian descent
- Association football midfielders
- Standard Liège non-playing staff
- Beerschot A.C. non-playing staff
- Al Ahli Saudi FC non-playing staff