Julian Emanuelson (born 2 June 1977) is a former professional

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. A product of the

Ajax Youth Academy The Ajax Youth Academy (Dutch: ''Ajax Jeugdopleiding'') is a football youth academy based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from where the organization manages a total of 13 youth teams (ages 7–18). The academy is the primary youth clinic of Dutch foo ...

, he spent most of his career playing as a

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for Dutch club

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. He also played for

Holland Sport Scheveningse Voetbal Vereniging Scheveningen is an association football club from Scheveningen, a district of The Hague, Netherlands. The club was founded 1 July 1919. It is currently playing in the Tweede Divisie, the third tier of football in ...

FC Lisse FC Lisse is a Dutch football club from Lisse, founded in 1981. It currently plays in the Derde Divisie. History The history of FC Lisse is linked to its Catholic religion, the first version of a football club being formed in 1911 by a local Cat ...

FC Türkiyemspor FC Türkiyemspor was a Dutch football club based in Amsterdam which was active from 1987 to 2009 when the club went bankrupt. The club quickly rose through the ranks of amateur football, winning four promotions between 1996 and 2002. Türkiyemspo ...

in the Netherlands, and for

FC Lustenau 07 FC Lustenau 07 is a football club based in Lustenau, Vorarlberg. They currently compete in the Vorarlbergliga, one of the fourth tiers of Austrian football. Until the 2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It i ...

in Austria. Born in Suriname, he represented the Netherlands U18 national team internationally.

Club career

Born in

Paramaribo Paramaribo ( , , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of Suriname, located on the banks of the Suriname River in the Paramaribo District. Paramaribo has a population of roughly 241,000 people (2012 census), almost half of Suriname's p ...

, Suriname, Emanuelson immigrated to the Netherlands with his family where he progressed through the ranks of the

. Having played for the clubs' third team Ajax Zaterdag in 1995, he was unable to break into the first team, and transferred to nearby

HFC Haarlem HFC Haarlem was a Dutch football club from the city of Haarlem, established in 1889 and dissolved in 2010. The club won the Eredivisie in 1946 and reached five Cup finals, winning in 1902 and 1912. Haarlem reached the second round of the 1982� ...

in 1996, playing in the

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (; ) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as the Keuken Kampioen Divisie due to sponsorship reasons, while ...

, the 2nd tier of professional football in the Netherlands. In 1999 Emanuelson transferred to

from where he spent a six month loan spell in Austria playing for

. Returning to the Netherlands, he joined

, playing in the

Topklasse The Derde Divisie (; ), formerly known as Topklasse (; ), is the fourth tier of football in the Netherlands, which had its inaugural season as a third tier in 2010–11 and as a fourth tier in 2016–17. The league is placed between the Tweede Div ...

before joining

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International career

Emanuelson made four appearances for the Netherlands U18 national team.

Personal life

Emanuelson comes from a football playing family. His father Errol Emanuelson was a professional footballer who played 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 ...

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and

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in Belgium. His younger brother

Urby Emanuelson Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson (born 16 June 1986) is a Dutch former professional association football, footballer. He is the currently assistant trainer of Jong Ajax. As a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Emanuelson spent most of his career ...

, also a product of the

, played professionally for

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and

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as well as the Netherlands national team. While his cousin

Jean-Paul Boëtius Jean-Paul Patrick Boëtius (born 22 March 1994) is a professional Association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking Midfielder, attacking midfielder and a Midfielder#Winger, winger for club SV Darmstadt 98, Darmstadt 98. A ...

has played for

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and for the Netherlands national team as well, his paternal cousin Roché Emanuelson played for the Suriname national team, having played for various clubs in the

SVB Hoofdklasse The SVB Eerste Divisie is the second highest football championship for clubs run by the Surinaamse Voetbal Bond. The league currently comprises twelve teams and operates a system of promotion and relegation. Seasons run from November to June, w ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Emanuelson, Julian 1977 births Living people Dutch sportspeople of Surinamese descent Dutch men's footballers Footballers from Paramaribo Men's association football midfielders Eerste Divisie players Derde Divisie players AFC Ajax players AFC Ajax (amateurs) players HFC Haarlem players FC Lustenau 07 players FC Lisse players FC Türkiyemspor players ASV De Dijk players Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Austria Expatriate men's footballers in Austria