Arnold Scholten

Arnold Scholten (born 5 December 1962) is a Dutch football coach and former player who works as youth coach at Feyenoord. He played as a midfielder for Den Bosch, Ajax, Feyenoord and JEF United Ichihara (Japan). Because of his white-blonde haircolor, Scholten was nicknamed The White Socrates after Brazilian playmaker Sócrates.[1]

Arnold Scholten
Scholten in 1989
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-12-05) 5 December 1962 (age 61)
Place of birthDen Bosch, Netherlands
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)Midfielder
Youth career
BVV
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1986Den Bosch74(10)
1986–1990Ajax69(5)
1990–1995Feyenoord165(20)
1995–1997Ajax44(3)
1997–1998JEF United Ichihara48(2)
1999–2001Den Bosch65(2)
Total465(42)
Managerial career
2001–2002Den Bosch (technical director)
2002–2006RKC Waalwijk (youth coach)
2006–2007Feyenoord (youth coach)
2009–2017Den Bosch (youth coach)
2017–Feyenoord (youth coach)
2019–2020Jong Feyenoord
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2]
ClubSeasonLeague
DivisionAppsGoals
Den Bosch1983–84Eredivisie91
1984–85311
1985–86348
Total7410
Ajax1986–87Eredivisie181
1987–88172
1988–89282
1989–9060
Total695
Feyenoord1989–90Eredivisie162
1990–91331
1991–92331
1992–93254
1993–94306
1994–95286
Total16520
Ajax1995–96Eredivisie161
1996–97282
Total443
JEF United Ichihara1997J1 League150
1998332
Total482
Den Bosch1998–99Eerste Divisie161
1999–00Eredivisie211
2000–01Eerste Divisie280
Total652
Career total46542

Honours

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Ajax

Feyenoord

Den Bosch

References

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  1. ^ "Scholten: 'Feyenoord en Ajax zijn grote clubs met veel uitstraling'". Feyenoord (in Dutch). 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Arnold Scholten » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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