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

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. A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, he spent most of his career playing as a midfielder for Dutch club

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. He also played for Holland Sport,

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in the Netherlands, and for

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

Club career

Born in Paramaribo, Suriname, Emanuelson immigrated to the Netherlands with his family where he progressed through the ranks of the Ajax Youth Academy. Having played for the clubs' third team Ajax Zaterdag in 1995, he was unable to break into the first team, and transferred to nearby

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in 1996, playing in the Eerste Divisie, the 2nd tier of professional football in the Netherlands. In 1999 Emanuelson transferred to Holland Sport from where he spent a six month loan spell in Austria playing for

. Returning to the Netherlands, he joined

, playing in the Topklasse before joining

in Amsterdam.

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 Errol 'Emau' Rudolph Emanuelson (born April 16, 1953) is a retired Surinamese footballer who played as a forward for SV Robinhood in the Hoofdklasse, and for the Suriname national team. He also spent a loan spell in Belgium playing for Sint-Nikl ...

was a professional footballer who played for S.V. Robinhood in

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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 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 ...

, also a product of the Ajax Youth Academy, played professionally for Ajax, Milan,

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and Atalanta as well as the Netherlands national team. While his cousin

Jean-Paul Boëtius Jean-Paul Boëtius (born 22 March 1994) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a winger for the Netherlands national team. He made his debut for hometown club Feyenoord in 2012 at the age of 18 and remained at the club for three year ...

has played for Feyenoord and for the Netherlands national team as well, his paternal cousin

Roché Emanuelson Roché Emanuelson (born April 5, 1982) is a Surinamese footballer who plays as a defender for Boma Star in the Hoofdklasse, and for the Suriname national team. He has also played for SV Transvaal, SV Robinhood, Royal '95 and SV Leo Victor in ...

played for the Suriname national team, having played for various clubs in the

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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