Urby Emanuelson
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left wingback, Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ajax | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1994 | Voorland | ||
| 1994–2004 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004– | Ajax | 151 | (16) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006– | Netherlands | 11 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 May 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:35, 10 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson[1] (born 16 June 1986) is a Dutch footballer of Surinamese descent who currently plays as a left winger for AFC Ajax, he is also suitable to play as a left midfielder or left back. Despite playing as a defender he is best known for attacking attributes such as pace and dribbling.
Club career
Ajax
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Emanuelson is a product of Ajax's youth system, joining them from Voorland SC. He made his debut during the 2004–05 season on April 10, 2005 in a 4–2 home win over AZ. As of the 2005–06 season he became first-choice left back and he won his first career trophies, starting with the 2005 Johan Cruijff-schaal and the 2006 KNVB Cup.
During the transfer period in the summer of 2007, Ajax issued a do-not-touch label on Urby as a warning to other clubs who planned to make a bid for the young talent.
When Marco van Basten took over as club coach in 2008–09, Emanuelson began on the left back position. But later, after numerous of disappointing matches and bad defending, Emanuelson was placed as left midfielder or left winger, letting him focus more on attacking play than defensive. On 30 November 2008, Emanuelson played his 150th match for the club. Now, Emanuelson primarily plays as a left midfielder because of his weak defending abilities. He has since flourished in his new role on the left wing, frequently making runs and assisting from the flanks while scoring goals himself.
International career
He was a member of the Dutch squad that won the UEFA U-21 Championship in 2006 and was named in the UEFA Team of the Tournament as a left back.
On August 16, 2006 he made his debut for the Dutch national team in a friendly match against the Republic of Ireland. As a result for his efforts he was named "Amsterdam talent of the year 2006". Both the Johan Cruijff-schaal and the KNVB Cup were successfully defended in the 2006–07 season and the Johan Cruijff-schaal was won for the third consecutive time at the start of the 2007–08 season.
Despite playing for the Netherlands on numerous occasions during the qualifiers for Euro 2008, he was not selected in the final squad that would participate in the tournament itself.
Statistics
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Honours
- Amsterdam Talent of the Year: 2006[4]
- UEFA U-21 Championship: 2006
- Johan Cruijff-schaal: 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008
- Dutch Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10
References
- ^ FIFA player statistics
- ^ "Urby Emanuelson Statistics". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ "Urby Emanuelson Statistics". Voetbal International. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
- ^ Talent of the year 2006, ajax.nl
External links
- Urby Emanuelson – FIFA competition record (archived)
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