Ivanildo Rozenblad (16 May 1996 – 12 May 2021) was a Surinamese

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who played as a

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for

S.V. Robinhood Sport Vereniging Robinhood is a Surinamese football club based in Paramaribo that competes in the SVB Eerste Divisie, the highest level of football in Suriname. Founded on 6 February 1945, Robinhood is the most successful club in Surinamese foo ...

and the Suriname national team.

Career

Playing for

, 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.

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, trainer of

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, 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

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. 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 Database
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