Arnold Scholten
Encyclopedia
Arnold Scholten is a retired football
midfielder
from the Netherlands
. He played for Den Bosch, Ajax, Feyenoord and JEF United Ichihara
(Japan). Because of his white-blonde haircolor, Scholten was nickname
d The White Socrates after Brazilian playmaker Sócrates
.
|1983/84||rowspan="3"|Den Bosch||rowspan="3"|Eredivisie
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|1984/85||30||1
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|1985/86||34||8
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|1986/87||rowspan="4"|Ajax||rowspan="4"|Eredivisie
||18||1
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|1987/88||17||2
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|1988/89||29||2
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|1989/90||5||0
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|1989/90||rowspan="6"|Feyenoord||rowspan="6"|Eredivisie
||16||2
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|1990/91||33||1
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|1991/92||33||1
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|1992/93||25||4
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|1993/94||30||6
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|1994/95||28||6
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|1995/96||rowspan="2"|Ajax||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
||16||1
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|1996/97||28||2
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|1997||rowspan="2"|JEF United Ichihara
||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||15||0
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|1998||33||2
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|1998/99||rowspan="3"|Den Bosch||Eerste Divisie
||16||1
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|1999/00||Eredivisie
||21||1
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|2000/01||Eerste Divisie
||30||0
418||40
48||2
466||42
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: 1990
, 1996
, (Ajax). 1993
, (Feyenoord).
Dutch Cup
: 1987, (Ajax). 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, (Feyenoord).
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
midfielder
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
from the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. He played for Den Bosch, Ajax, Feyenoord and JEF United Ichihara
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...
(Japan). Because of his white-blonde haircolor, Scholten was nickname
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
d The White Socrates after Brazilian playmaker Sócrates
Sócrates
Sócrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, MD, , more commonly known simply as Sócrates, is a Brazilian former association footballer....
.
Club career statistics
|-|1983/84||rowspan="3"|Den Bosch||rowspan="3"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||9||1
|-
|1984/85||30||1
|-
|1985/86||34||8
|-
|1986/87||rowspan="4"|Ajax||rowspan="4"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||18||1
|-
|1987/88||17||2
|-
|1988/89||29||2
|-
|1989/90||5||0
|-
|1989/90||rowspan="6"|Feyenoord||rowspan="6"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||16||2
|-
|1990/91||33||1
|-
|1991/92||33||1
|-
|1992/93||25||4
|-
|1993/94||30||6
|-
|1994/95||28||6
|-
|1995/96||rowspan="2"|Ajax||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||16||1
|-
|1996/97||28||2
|-
|1997||rowspan="2"|JEF United Ichihara
JEF United Ichihara Chiba
is a Japanese professional football club that plays in J. League Division 2. On February 1, 2005, the club changed its name from JEF United Ichihara to the current name after Chiba city had joined Ichihara, Chiba as its hometown in 2003. The club name, JEF -taken from JR East and Furukawa Electric-...
||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||15||0
|-
|1998||33||2
|-
|1998/99||rowspan="3"|Den Bosch||Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
||16||1
|-
|1999/00||Eredivisie
Eredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
||21||1
|-
|2000/01||Eerste Divisie
Eerste Divisie
The Eerste Divisie is the second-highest division of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via a promotion/relegation system. It is also known as the Jupiler League due to sponsorship, which is the same name as the top league in Belgium...
||30||0
418||40
48||2
466||42
|}
Honours
Dutch ChampionEredivisie
The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....
: 1990
Eredivisie 1989-90
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1989/1990 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship.-League standings:1 Ajax didn't qualify for the European Cup. On September 27 1989, Austrian goalkeeper Franz Wohlfahrt was hit and injured by a bar, thrown by a home supporter at an Ajax-Austria Wien...
, 1996
Eredivisie 1995-96
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1995/1996 season was contested by 18 teams. Ajax won the championship. From this season onwards a match win was rewarded with 3 points instead of 2.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup...
, (Ajax). 1993
Eredivisie 1992-93
The Dutch Eredivisie in the 1992/1993 season was contested by 18 teams. Feyenoord won the championship.-League standings:1 Winners KNVB Cup. 2 Fortuna Sittard and FC Den Bosch both relegated after losing their promotion/relegation play-offs....
, (Feyenoord).
Dutch Cup
KNVB Cup
The KNVB Cup is a competition in the Netherlands organized by the Royal Dutch Football Association since 1899. It was based on the format of the English FA Cup. Outside of the Netherlands, it is often referred to as the Dutch Cup...
: 1987, (Ajax). 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, (Feyenoord).