Urby Emanuelson

Urby Emanuelson

Emanuelson warming up with Milan in August 2012.
Personal information
Full name	Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson
Date of birth	(1986-06-16) 16 June 1986
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left Back / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Milan
Number	28
Youth career
	Voorland
1994–2004	Ajax
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2011	Ajax	173	(17)
2011–	Milan	67	(3)
2013	→ Fulham (loan)	13	(1)
National team
2005–2008	Netherlands U21	13	(1)
2006–2012	Netherlands	16	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:10, 27 January 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Urby Vitorrio Diego Emanuelson^[1] (born 16 June 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer of Surinamese descent, who plays for Serie A club Milan and for the Netherlands national team. He spent most of his career at Ajax playing as a left wing-back, before being played more as a left midfielder or left winger by manager Martin Jol. After his move to Milan, Massimiliano Allegri has played Emanuelson also as an attacking midfielder, midfielder and right winger.

Club career

Ajax

Emanuelson with Ajax in 2006

Emanuelson is a product of Ajax's youth system, joining them from Voorland SC. He made his debut during the 2004–05 season on 10 April 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. 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.

In his last period at Ajax, Emanuelson primarily played 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.

In the 2009-10 Eredivisie season Emanuelson won the KNVB-cup for the third time in his career.^{[citation needed]}

Milan

On 23 January 2011, Serie A club Milan announced the signing of Emanuelson to a three-and-a-half-year contract, for a fee of around €1.7 million.^[2] After the 2010–11 Serie A season, this fee increased with €750,000, making a total fee of around €2.5 million.^[3]

He made his debut for the club on 26 January 2011 in a Coppa Italia match against Sampdoria, providing an assist for Alexandre Pato. Milan won the match 2–1. He played his first game in Serie A, coming on as a substitute against Catania.

Emanuelson scored his first goal for Milan in a Coppa Italia game against Palermo, he scored the equaliser to help Milan draw 2–2. He helped Milan to win their first Scudetto in seven years acting mostly as a substitute. He also won the 2011 Supercoppa Italiana.

He scored his first Serie A goal for Milan in an away match against Cesena on 19 February 2012. He scored his second Serie A goal for Milan in an away game against Parma on 17 March 2012.

Fulham (loan)

Emanuelson signed for English Premier League side Fulham on loan until the end of the season on 31 January 2013.^[4] He made his début on 2 February against Manchester United at Craven Cottage, coming in for Giorgos Karagounis.^[5] He scored his first goal for Fulham in a 3–0 win over Swansea City on the final day of the season.^[6]

International career

Emanuelson in action for the Netherlands.

He was a member of the Dutch squad playing at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2005 held in his home country The Netherlands. The team was eliminated in the quarter final against Nigeria. He also 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. The last major tournament he played was the 2008 Summer Olympics where the team was eliminated in the quarter finals by later winner Argentina.

On 16 August 2006 he made his debut for the Dutch national team in a friendly match against the Republic of Ireland. Despite playing for the Netherlands occasionally during the qualifiers for Euro 2008, he was not selected in the final squad that would participate in the tournament itself.

Career Statistics

Statistics accurate as of last match played on 26 January 2014.^[7]

International

As of 12 October 2012.^[8]

Honours

Emanuelson (far left, with Wesley Sneijder, Maarten Stekelenburg, Zdeněk Grygera, and John Heitinga) played for Ajax from 2004–2011

Club

Ajax

• KNVB Cup (3): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2009–10
• Johan Cruijff-schaal (3): 2005, 2006, 2007

Milan

• Serie A (1): 2010–11
• Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2011

International

Netherlands

• UEFA U-21 Championship Gold medal: 2006

Individual

• Amsterdam Talent of the Year: 2006^[9]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Urby Emanuelson.

• Urby Emanuelson career stats at Soccerbase
• Official website
• Urby Emanuelson – FIFA competition record
• Holland stats at OnsOranje

Netherlands squads v t e Netherlands men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Velthuizen 2 Zuiverloon 3 Marcellis 4 Jaliens 5 Pieters 6 Luyckx 7 de Guzmán 8 Emanuelson 9 Makaay 10 Sibon 11 Babel 12 Maduro 13 Jong-a-Pin 14 Sno 15 Drenthe 16 Beerens 17 Bakkal 18 Vermeer Coach: de Haan