Simon Tahamata
Simon Melkianus Tahamata is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. He is currently the head of scouting of the football team|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.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
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 10 September 1980 | Dublin, Ireland | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1982 [FIFA World Cup qualification] | |
| 2 | 10 November 1982 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Honours
AjaxStandard Liège
- Belgian First Division: 1981–82, 1982–83
- Belgian Cup: List of [Belgian Cup finals|1980–81]; runner-up 1983–84
- Belgian Super Cup: 1981, 1983
- European Cup Winners' Cup runner-up: 1981–82 [European Cup Winners' Cup|1981–82]
- Intertoto Cup Group Winners: 1980, 1982
- Belgian Cup runner-up: 1994–95