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.

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.

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

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