Ray Fränkel
Dutch Surinamese footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ray Fränkel (born 15 September 1982) is a Dutch Surinamese former professional footballer who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raymond Fränkel | ||
| Date of birth | 15 September 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Paramaribo, Suriname | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1998 | Transvaal | ||
| 1998–2001 | Feyenoord | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2002 | Flora Tallinn | 14 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Groningen | 5 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Fortuna Sittard (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Haarlem | 49 | (2[1]) |
| 2007–2010 | Royal Antwerp | 59 | (3[2]) |
| 2010 | FC Lisse | 12 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Al-Shahaniya | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Transvaal | ||
| International career | |||
| 2013 | Suriname | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022 | Suriname W | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Born in Paramaribo, Fränkel started his playing career at the local S.V. Transvaal, before being snapped by the Dutch club Feyenoord Rotterdam.[3] 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 2003–04 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 Eerste Divisie side Fortuna Sittard. After one season and not much first-team action at the new club, he moved to Fortuna's Eerste Divisie rivals HFC Haarlem. In 2007 Fränkel signed with the Belgian club Antwerp FC.[4] After three years was in summer 2010 released by Antwerp and signed on 4 September 2010 with Topklasse club FC Lisse.[5] After half a year resigned his contract with Lisse and joined Al-Shahaniya of Qatar.[6] On 1 July 2013, he signed with one of Suriname's most successful clubs S.V. Transvaal.
Personal life
Ray is the Son of Iwan Fränkel, and the cousin of Purrel Fränkel.[7]
References
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