Ivanildo Rozenblad (16 May 1996 – 12 May 2021) was a Surinamese
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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for
S.V. Robinhood
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and the
Suriname national team.
Career
Playing for
S.V. Robinhood
Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese professional association football, football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the SVB Eerste Divisie, most su ...
, he scored 20 league goals in the 2016–17 season and 22 goals in 2017–18. The latter season he helped win the double, having also been cup champion in 2016.
Rozenblad came to prominence during the 2016 match against Guyana. The game was deadlocked 1–1. During the 30 minutes extra time, Rozenblad managed to secure a decisive victory.
Death
The career of Rozenblad started promising.
Henk Fraser
Hendrikus "Henk" Fraser (born 7 July 1966) is a Dutch football coach and former player.
He played as a defender for various Dutch teams. Born in Suriname, he earned seven caps for the Netherlands national team in which he scored one goal. He ...
, trainer of
Sparta Rotterdam
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Sparta currently competes in the Eredivisie, the top flig ...
, disclosed in an interview that Rozenblad was one of the two players he wanted to see in action during his visit to Suriname. Rozenblad had to stop playing football due to heart disease.
On 12 May 2021, it was confirmed that he had died while playing football in
Coronie.
The cause of death has not yet been disclosed.
Career statistics
:''Scores and results list Suriname's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rozenblad goal''.
References
External links
Caribbean Football Databaseprofile
1996 births
2021 deaths
Surinamese men's footballers
21st-century Surinamese sportsmen
Suriname men's international footballers
Men's association football forwards
S.V. Robinhood players
Footballers from Paramaribo
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