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
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.Line-up Dutch national team 22 May 1979. Voetbalstats.nl (22 May 1979). Retrieved on 29 November 2016.
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.Talentendag Simon Tahamata bij KFC 11 May 2015. Retrieved on 27 February 2017.
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.
+ List of international goals scored by Simon TahamataNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition1 10 September 1980 Dublin, Ireland 1–0 1–2 1982 FIFA World Cup qualification2 10 November 1982 Rotterdam, Netherlands 1–0 1–2 Friendly
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
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