Emmanuel van de Blaak
Dutch footballer (born 2005)
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Emmanuel van de Blaak (born 15 February 2005) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Almere City.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 February 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Lagos, Nigeria | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Almere City | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2011 | Advendo | ||
| 2011–2015 | RKVV JEKA | ||
| 2015–2020 | Willem II | ||
| 2020–2021 | PSV | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2025 | Jong PSV | 89 | (2) |
| 2025– | Almere City | 28 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020 | Netherlands U15 | 5 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Netherlands U17 | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 April 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024 | |||
Early life
Club career
Van de Blaak spent his early career with Advendo, RKVV JEKA and Willem II,[3] signing for PSV in May 2020.[4]
He made his professional debut for Jong PSV in August 2021, aged 16.[2][3] He suffered a serious knee injury in November 2021, ruling him out for the rest of the season.[5] In July 2022, he signed a new contract until 2025.[6] Later that year, on 3 November, he made his senior debut for PSV in a 2–1 away win over Bodø/Glimt in the Europa League, becoming one of the youngest debutants at the club following Jetro Willems and Zakaria Bakkali.[7]
On 22 September 2025, Van de Blaak signed a two-year contract with an option for an additional season with Eerste Divisie club Almere City.[8]
International career
Career statistics
- As of match played 10 May 2024[11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jong PSV | 2020–21 | Eerste Divisie | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | Eerste Divisie | 11 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Eerste Divisie | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Eerste Divisie | 31 | 2 | — | — | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 54 | 2 | — | — | — | 54 | 2 | |||||
| PSV | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 2 | ||
- Appearance in UEFA Europa League
