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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]

Simon Tahamata

Simon Tahamata in 1979
Personal information
Full name	Simon Melkianus Tahamata
Date of birth	(1956-05-26) 26 May 1956 (age 66)
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

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

[7]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Time
1.	10 September 1980	Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	0–1	2–1	World Cup 1982 qualifier	57'
2.	10 November 1982	Rotterdam, Netherlands	France	1–0	1–2	Friendly match	6'

Honours

Club

AFC Ajax[8]

• Eredivisie: 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80
• KNVB Cup: 1978–79

Standard Liège[9]

• 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]

Beerschot[12]

• 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

External links

• Profile (in Dutch)

На других языках

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[de] Simon Tahamata

Simon Melkianus Tahamata (* 26. Mai 1956 in Vught) ist ein niederländischer ehemaliger Fußballspieler mit Vorfahren von den Molukken, der mit Ajax Amsterdam dreimal niederländischer und mit Standard Lüttich zweimal belgischer Meister wurde. Von 1979 bis 1986 spielte er in der niederländischen Nationalmannschaft.

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- [en] Simon Tahamata

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[fr] Simon Tahamata

Simon Melkianus Tahamata, né le 26 mai 1956 à Vught aux Pays-Bas, est un ancien footballeur international néerlandais originaire des îles Moluques.

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[it] Simon Tahamata

Simon Melkianus Tahamata (Vught, 26 maggio 1956) è un ex calciatore olandese, originario delle Isole Maluku (Molucche), di ruolo ala sinistra.

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[ru] Тахамата, Симон

Симо́н Тахама́та (нидерл. Simon Tahamata; 26 мая 1956, Вюгт, Северный Брабант) — нидерландский футболист и футбольный тренер. Выступал на позиции полузащитника. В 1990 году Тахамата получил также бельгийское гражданство.

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