Simon Tahamata

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 Netherlands national team, scoring twice. He took Belgian nationality in 1990.

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.

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 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, Simon Tahamata Soccer Academy.

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