Errol 'Emau' Rudolph Emanuelson (born April 16, 1953) is a retired

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se footballer who played as a

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for

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in the

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, and for the Suriname national team. He also spent a loan spell in

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playing for

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Career

Emanuelson began his career in

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, in the youth ranks of Santos at age 14. In 1970, he moved to

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to play in the youth teams of

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with whom he won the youth championship. In 1975, he made the move to

where he played as a

forming the attack of Robinhood together with Rinaldo Entingh and Roy George. In 1976, he made a name for himself in a friendly fixture against

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club

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while Robinhood were on a tour of the Netherlands. He helped Robinhood to win three national titles in 1975, 1976 and 1979, and was the league top scorer for three consecutive seasons in 1976, 1977 and 1978. He also helped Robinhood to placement in the

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finals, where they would finish as runners-up twice, conceding to C.D. Águila from

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in 1976 and

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side

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in 1977. On 30 July 1979 Robinhood were granted permission by the SVB to loan Emanuelson to

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side

where he played for one season.

International career

Emanuelson made his first appearance for the Suriname national team in 1971 playing in the Kingdom Games. In 1975, he was part of the Suriname Olympic football team playing in the preliminary rounds failing to qualify for the games. In 1978, he helped Suriname to win the

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hosted in

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scoring three goals against the

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in the 2nd round of the tournament.

Personal life

After his football career he moved to

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with his family. He is the father of three children.

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

, former professional footballer Julian Emanuelson, and their sister Sharifa Emanuelson, a former basketball player. Both of his Sons are products of the

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. His nephew

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Roché Emanuelson also plays professionally in

, having won the Surinamese Footballer of the Year award in 2000.

Career statistics

International goals

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

Honors

Club

;S.V. Robinhood *

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(3): 1975, 1976, 1979 *

Runners-up (2): 1976, 1977

International

;Suriname *

(1): 1978

Individual

Top Goalscorer (3): 1976, 1977, 1978

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Emanuelson, Errol 1953 births Footballers from Paramaribo Surinamese men's footballers Surinamese expatriate men's footballers Suriname men's international footballers S.V. Robinhood players SVB Eerste Divisie players Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Challenger Pro League players Surinamese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. players Men's association football forwards Living people