Urby Emanuelson

Urby Emanuelson

Emanuelson warming up with Milan in August 2012.
Personal information
Full name Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson
Date of birth (1986-06-16) 16 June 1986
Place of birth Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Left Back / Midfielder / Winger
Club information
Current team
 Sheffield Wednesday
Number 26
Youth career
Voorland
1994–2004 Ajax
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2011 Ajax 173 (17)
2011–2014 Milan 75 (3)
2013 → Fulham (loan) 13 (1)
2014–2015 Roma 2 (0)
2015 → Atalanta (loan) 9 (1)
2016 Verona 10 (0)
2016– Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
National team
2005–2008 Netherlands U21 13 (1)
2006–2012 Netherlands 16 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 March 2016.


Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson[1] (born 16 June 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer of Surinamese descent, who plays for English team Sheffield Wednesday and the Netherlands national team. As a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he spent most of his career at Ajax playing as a left wing-back, before being played more as a left midfielder or left winger by manager Martin Jol. After his move to Milan, Massimiliano Allegri has played Emanuelson also as an attacking midfielder, midfielder and right winger.

Club career

Ajax

Emanuelson with Ajax in 2006

Emanuelson is a product of Ajax's youth system, joining them from Voorland SC. He made his debut during the 2004–05 season on 10 April 2005 in a 4–2 home win over AZ. As of the 2005–06 season he became first-choice left back and he won his first career trophies, starting with the 2005 Johan Cruijff-schaal and the 2006 KNVB Cup. As a result, for his efforts he was named "Amsterdam talent of the year 2006". Both the Johan Cruijff-schaal and the KNVB Cup were successfully defended in the 2006–07 season and the Johan Cruijff-schaal was won for the third consecutive time at the start of the 2007–08 season.

In his last season at Ajax, Emanuelson primarily played as a left midfielder because of his weak defending abilities. He has since flourished in his new role on the left wing, frequently making runs and assisting from the flanks while scoring goals himself.

In the 2009-10 Eredivisie season Emanuelson won the KNVB-cup for the third time in his career.

Milan

On 23 January 2011, Serie A club Milan announced the signing of Emanuelson on a three-and-a-half-year contract, for a fee of around €1.7 million.[2] After the 2010–11 Serie A season, this fee increased with €750,000, making a total fee of around €2.5 million.[3]

He made his debut for the club on 26 January 2011 in a Coppa Italia match against Sampdoria, providing an assist for Alexandre Pato. Milan won the match 2–1. He played his first game in Serie A, coming on as a substitute against Catania.

Emanuelson scored his first goal for Milan in a Coppa Italia game against Palermo, he scored the equaliser to help Milan draw 2–2. He helped Milan to win their first Scudetto in seven years acting mostly as a substitute. He also won the 2011 Supercoppa Italiana.

He scored his first Serie A goal for Milan in an away match against Cesena on 19 February 2012. He scored his second Serie A goal for Milan in an away game against Parma on 17 March 2012.

Fulham (loan)

Emanuelson signed for Premier League side Fulham on loan until the end of the season on 31 January 2013.[4] He made his début on 2 February against Manchester United at Craven Cottage, coming on for Giorgos Karagounis.[5] He scored his first goal for Fulham in a 3–0 win over Swansea City on the final day of the season.[6]

Roma

On 11 July 2014, Emanuelson signed a one-year deal with Roma with the option for the club to extend his contract for another two seasons.[7]

Verona

On 3 January 2016, Emanuelson joined Verona on a free transfer.

Sheffield Wednesday

After being released by Verona in the summer 2016, Emanuelson joined Football League Championship side Sheffield Wednesday in England on September 6 for a free transfer.[8]

International career

Emanuelson in action for the Netherlands.

He was a member of the Dutch squad playing at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2005 held in his home country The Netherlands. The team was eliminated in the quarter final against Nigeria. He also was a member of the Dutch squad that won the UEFA U-21 Championship in 2006 and was named in the UEFA Team of the Tournament as a left back. The last major tournament he played was the 2008 Summer Olympics where the team was eliminated in the quarter finals by later winner Argentina.

On 16 August 2006 he made his debut for the Dutch national team in a friendly match against the Republic of Ireland. Despite playing for the Netherlands occasionally during the qualifiers for Euro 2008, he was not selected in the final squad that would participate in the tournament itself.

Personal life

Emanuelson comes from a football playing family. His father Errol Emanuelson was a professional footballer who played for S.V. Robinhood in Suriname and Sint-Niklaas in Belgium before settling in Amsterdam. His older brother Julian Emanuelson, also a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, played professionally for HFC Haarlem, and for FC Lustenau 07 in Austria. His sister Sharifa Emanuelson, a former basketball player, and his cousin Roché Emanuelson has played for various clubs in the SVB Hoofdklasse and for the Suriname national team.[9] His maternal cousin is FC Basel midfielder Jean-Paul Boëtius.

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Netherlands League KNVB Cup Europe Other Total
2004–05AjaxEredivisie3010100040
2005–06261218050412
2006–07313406050463
2007–08313204040413
2008–093241090–424
2009–1031572101-488
2010–111813110010322
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
2010–11MilanSerie A902100-111
2011–12302407010422
2012–131212061-202
England League FA Cup Europe Other Total
2012-13FulhamPremier League13100--131
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Other Total
2013–14MilanSerie A2401080-330
2014–15RomaSerie A200000-20
AtalantaSerie A900000-90
2015–16HellasSerie A1100000-110
Totals Netherlands 1721720448115025522
Italy 97391211101285
England 13100--131
Career totals 2822129569216039628
Statistics accurate as of 16 May 2016.[10]

International

As of 12 October 2012.[11]
Netherlands national team
YearAppsGoals
200640
200760
200810
200900
201020
201110
201220
Total160

Honours

Emanuelson (far left, with Wesley Sneijder, Maarten Stekelenburg, Zdeněk Grygera, and John Heitinga) played for Ajax from 2004–2011

Club

Ajax
Milan

International

Netherlands

Individual

References

  1. ↑ FIFA player statistics
  2. ↑ "PIACERE, EMANUELSON" [WELCOME, EMANUELSON]. AC Milan (in Italian). 23 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "AC Milan win boosts Ajax' coffers". Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "Emanuelson Signs". Fulham FC. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Fulham 0–1 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Swansea 0 – 3 Fulham". BBC. 19 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "OPERAZIONI DI MERCATO URBY EMANUELSON" (PDF). AS Roma (in Italian). 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Owls sign Urby Emanuelson". Sheffield Wednesday Official Site. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "De hele familie is trots op Urby". De Gelderlander. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "Urby Emanuelson - Voetbal International profile" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Emanuelson, Urby". National Football Teams. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  12. ↑ Talent of the year 2006, ajax.nl
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