- Urby Emanuelson
Infobox Football biography| playername= Urby Emanuelson
fullname = Urby Emanuelson
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1986|6|16
cityofbirth =Amsterdam
countryofbirth =Netherlands
height = Height|m=1.76
currentclub =Ajax
clubnumber = 8
position = Left Back / Left Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Voorland SC
Ajax
years = 2004–
clubs = Ajax
caps(goals) = 085 00(7)
nationalyears = 2006–
nationalteam = Netherlands
nationalcaps(goals) = 011 00(0)
pcupdate = March 1, 2008
ntupdate = May 25, 2008Urby Emanuelson (born
June 16 ,1986 inAmsterdam ) is a Dutch footballer ofSurinam ese descent who currently plays as a left-back forAFC Ajax , he is also suitable to play as a left midfielder. Despite being a defender he is best known for attacking attributes such as pace and dribbling.Biography
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 2005Johan Cruijff-schaal and the 2006KNVB Cup .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. OnAugust 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.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.
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.tatistics
Honours
*1 x Talent of the Year (2006),
Amsterdam [ [http://www.ajax.nl/web/show/id=154417/contentid=61412 Talent of the year 2006] , ajax.nl]
*1 x European Championship Under-21 Cup: 2006
*3 xJohan Cruijff-schaal : 2005-2006, 2006-2007, 2007-2008
*2 x Dutch Cup: 2005-06 , 2006-07External links
* [http://www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlayer=7038 FootballDatabase profile and statistics]
* [http://www.ajax.nl/show/id=120640/dbid=166/typeofpage=1823 Official Ajax profile]
*References
* [http://www.vi.nl Voetbal International website and 2007/2008 presentation magazine]
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