Simon Tahamata

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. ==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. 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. Since October 2014 Tahamata is back at Ajax. Since September 2015, next to his duties at Ajax, he also has a football academy, the Simon Tahamata Soccer Academy. On 22 May 2025, Tahamata was hired as the head of scouting for the Indonesian national team. ==Career statistics==

:''Scores and results list the Netherlands' goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Tahamata goal.'' ==Honours==

Ajax • Eredivisie: 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80 • KNVB Cup: 1978–79 Standard Liège • Belgian First Division: 1981–82, 1982–83 • Belgian Cup: 1980–81; runner-up 1983–84 • Belgian Super Cup: 1981, 1983 • European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1981–82 • Intertoto Cup Group Winners: 1980, 1982 Beerschot • Belgian Cup runner-up: 1994–95 Individual • Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 1990–91 • Belgian Fair Play Award: 1993–94, 1994–95 • DH The Best Standard Liège Team Ever: 2020 ==References==