Zak Ben Emmerson (born 12 August 2004) is an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for club

FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in the National League (division), National League, the fifth level of English football league system. They replac ...

Career

On 22 October 2019, Emmerson made his debut for

Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is a professional association football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. As of the 2025–26 EFL League Two, 2025–26 season, the team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the Eng ...

as an 85th minute substitute in a 2–0 win against

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...

. Upon doing so, Emmerson became the second-youngest player in

English Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ...

history at 15 years and 73 days old, 28 days older than the record youngest player

Reuben Noble-Lazarus Reuben Courtney Noble-Lazarus (born 16 August 1993) is an English-born Grenadian professional Association football, footballer. On 30 September 2008, he became the youngest player to debut in the The Football League, English Football League, at 1 ...

. On 15 July 2020, Emmerson joined the academy and development squad of

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side

Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to as Brighton, is a professional football club based in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Their home gr ...

for an undisclosed fee. On 1 September 2022, Emmerson joined

EFL Championship The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet Championship, is a professional association football league in England and Wales. Contested by 24 clubs, it is the highest divi ...

club

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

for an undisclosed fee. On 23 July 2024, Emmerson joined

from Blackpool for an undisclosed fee.

International career

On 3 September 2021, Emmerson made his England U18s debut during a 1–1 draw with Wales at

Newport International Sports Village Newport International Sports Village is a multi-sport complex located at Lliswerry in the southeast of the city of Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales. It is known locally as Spytty Park, the name coming from the original Spytty Fields on whi ...

Career statistics

References

2004 births Living people Men's association football forwards English men's footballers Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players Blackpool F.C. players Eastbourne Borough F.C. players FC Halifax Town players English Football League players National League (English football) players England men's youth international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-forward-2000s-stub