Roché Emanuelson (born April 5, 1982) is a

Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...

se footballer who plays as a defender for Boma Star in the

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, and for the Suriname national team. He has also played for

SV Transvaal Sport Vereniging Transvaal is a Surinamese association football club, which plays in the top of football in Suriname. They play their home games in Paramaribo at André Kamperveen Stadion to a capacity of 7,100. The team is one of Suriname's mos ...

SV Robinhood Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese professional football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese football, hav ...

Royal '95 Royal '95 is a Surinamese football club based 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 r ...

and

SV Leo Victor Sport Vereniging Leo Victor, known as SV Leo Victor, is a Surinamese football club which plays in the Eerste Divisie. They play their home games in Paramaribo at the Dr. Ir. Franklin Essed Stadion. History Founded on 9 January 1934 as a Roman Ca ...

in the past. He also plays

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, having played for Styx Kuldipsingh, and for

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in the SZVB Hoofdklasse and for the national futsal team.

Career

Emanuelson began his career 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 ...

. In 1999, he made his debut in the

playing for

, helping his side to the national championship, winning the Surinamese Footballer of the Year award by the end of the season. The following season, however, no competition was held in Suriname. In 2002, he signed with

, the former club of his heralded Uncle Errol Emanuelson. After two seasons, Emanuelson transferred once more, this time to

, only to return to Robinhood after three seasons. In 2009 Emanuelson signed with

whom he helped to win the

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in 2014, having also played in the

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. The following season saw Emanuelson join his fifth club in the league when he signed with Boma Star.

International career

Emanuelson plays for the Suriname national team. He has played in

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qualification matches, as well as the

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. In 2010, he helped Suriname to win the

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, scoring once in the final against

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, in a 2–2 draw which was decided on penalties.

Personal life

Emanuelson is the nephew of former

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football star Errol Emanuelson. His cousins are

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footballer

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 ...

, and former professional footballer Julian Emanuelson both brothers, and their sister Sharifa Emanuelson, a former basketball player in the Netherlands.

Career statistics

International goals

:''Scores and results list Suriname' goal tally first.''

Honors

Club

;S.V. Transvaal *

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: 1999–2000 ;S.V. Leo Victor *

: 2014

International

;Suriname *

: 2010

Individual

* Surinamese Footballer of the Year: 2000

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Emanuelson, Roche Living people 1982 births Footballers from Paramaribo Surinamese men's footballers Surinamese men's futsal players Suriname men's international footballers S.V. Leo Victor players S.V. Robinhood players S.V. Transvaal players SVB Eerste Divisie players Men's association football defenders