Ray Fränkel

Ray Fränkel
Personal information
Full name Raymond Fränkel
Date of birth (1981-09-15) September 15, 1981
Place of birth Paramaribo, Suriname
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Transvaal
Number 3
Youth career
1998 Transvaal
19982001 Feyenoord
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20022002 Flora Tallinn 14 (0)
20032005 Groningen 5 (0)
20042005Fortuna Sittard (loan) 12 (0)
20052007 Haarlem 49 (2[1])
20072010 Royal Antwerp 59 (3[2])
2010 FC Lisse 12 (1)
20112013 Al-Shahaniya 2 (0)
2013 Transvaal ? (?)
National team
2013 Suriname 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ray Fränkel (born 15 September 1982 in Paramaribo) is a Dutch Surinamese footballer who is currently playing for S.V. Transvaal.[3]

Career

Fränkel started his playing career at the local S.V. Transvaal, before being snapped by the Dutch giants Feyenoord Rotterdam.[4] After failing to break into the Feyenoord's first team, Fränkel moved to the Estonian Meistriliiga side Flora Tallinn. He made a total of 14 appearances for Flora, before returning to the Netherlands for the 2003-2004 season, when he signed with FC Groningen.

After failing to make any real impact and finding his first-team opportunities limited at the Eredivisie club, Fränkel moved again. This time to the Eerste Divisie side Fortuna Sittard, but after one season and not much first-team action at the new club, Ray moved to Fortuna's Eerste Divisie rivals HFC Haarlem. In 2007 Fränkel signed with the Belgian club Antwerp FC.[5] After three years was in summer 2010 released by Antwerp and signed on 4 September 2010 with Topklasse club FC Lisse.[6] After half year resigned his contract with Lisse and joined to Qatar.[7] In July 1, 2013 he signed with Surinamese greatest clubs S.V. Transvaal.

Personal life

Ray is the Son of Iwan Fränkel, and the cousin of Purrel Fränkel.[8]

References

  1. "Voetbal International - Ray Fränkel" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  2. "ROYAL ANTWERP FOOTBALL CLUB - Spelersfiche Ray Fränkel" (in Dutch). Antwerp FC. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  3. "FC Lis se neemt afscheid van drie spelers" (in Dutch). Topklasse. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  4. "Frankel verlaat FC Lisse" (in Dutch). Topklasse. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  5. "Ray Fränkel" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
  6. "Ray Fränkel naar Topklasser FC Lisse" (in Dutch). FOKSPORT.nl. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  7. "Ray Frankel vertrekt bij FC Lisse" (in Dutch). FC Lisse. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
  8. "Ray FRANKEL - Dutch Players Abroad" (in Dutch). Dutch Players Abroad. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
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