Emil Rockov

Emil Rockov
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-01-27) 27 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Sarajevo
Number 42
Youth career
2004–2006 Prof. Bolesnikov
2006–2014 Vojvodina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Vojvodina 0 (0)
2014–2015 → Sloga Temerin (loan) 28 (0)
2015 → Proleter Novi Sad (loan) 7 (0)
2016 Proleter Novi Sad 29 (0)
2017–2020 Vojvodina 114 (0)
2020–2024 Fehérvár 19 (0)
2022 → Vojvodina (loan) 16 (0)
2024– Sarajevo 8 (0)
International career‡
2019 Serbia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2019

Emil Rockov (Serbian Cyrillic: Емил Роцков; born 27 January 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo. He represented Serbia under-17 level and made his senior national debut in 2019.[1]

Club career

Vojvodina

Rockov started playing football at "Bolesnikov" football academy at the age of 9,[2] where he has started growing up as a goalkeeper.[3] Later, at the age of 11, he joined Vojvodina where he passed youth categories[1] and joined the first team as a back-up choice during the 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga season.[4] In 2014, Rockov also signed his first professional contract.[5] For the next season, after he overgrew youth team, he was loaned to Serbian League Vojvodina side Sloga Temerin, where he played mostly matches as a bonus player.[1][6] In summer 2015, Rockov moved to Proleter Novi Sad. After he spent the first half-season as a loaned player under contract with Vojvodina,[7] having split playing time with Nemanja Buzadžija, and playing 8 matches in total,[8] Rockov joined Proleter as a single-player in the winter break off-season.[9]

After he spent the whole year under contract with Proleter, Rockov returned to Vojvodina at the beginning of 2017 and signed a three-year contract with club.[10] He made his debut for the first team of Vojvodina in the 22nd fixture match of the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga season, against Spartak Subotica, played on 19 February 2017, under coach Dragan Ivanović.[11] During the game, Rockov neutralized several big chances for the opponent team, and he was also nominated for the man of the match on his first official appearance for the team.[12] Rockov collected over 720 minutes without a conceded goal in the Serbian SuperLiga matches between May and August 2017, including 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons.[13] After four clean sheets he kept at the beginning of the season, Rockov had been beaten by Bojan Ostojić in 89 minute of the match against Partizan on 13 August 2017, for the first Vojvodina's lost game in the 2017–18 Serbian SuperLiga season.[14] Despite the one ball in his goal, Rockov was elected for the man of the match.[15] In the meantime, Rockov also made an assist to Joseph Bempah in 2–0 away victory over Borac Čačak on 9 August 2017.[16] On 29 December 2017, Rockov signed a one-year-extension to his contract with the club.[17] In May 2018, Rockov was elected for the best player of FK Vojvodina in the past season, by fans choice.[18] On 18 September 2018, Rockov signed another one-year-extension to his contract with the club, until June 2022.[19] In May 2019, Rockov, then a club captain, was elected for the best player of FK Vojvodina in the past season for the second consecutive time.[20]

On 17 July 2020, Rockov joined Hungarian side Fehérvár FC.[21]

On 20 January 2022, Rockov returned to Vojvodina on loan from Fehérvár until the end of the season.[22]

On 19 June 2024, Rockov signed with Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo.[23]

International career

He made his Serbia national football team debut on 10 October 2019 in a friendly against Paraguay. He substituted Predrag Rajković in the 89th minute.[24]

Personal life

Born in Novi Sad,[6] Rockov grown up in the local neighborhood Telep. In his early years, Rockov trained Karate.[3] Emil's parents are scientists. They are physicists by the profession, and his older sister completed a degree in English language.[1] Rockov has also studied psychology at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy.[25]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 December 2024[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sloga Temerin (loan) 2014–15[6] Serbian League Vojvodina 28 0 — — 28 0
Proleter Novi Sad 2015–16[6] Serbian First League 22[b] 0 1[b] 0 — 23 0
2016–17[6] Serbian First League 14 0 0 0 — 14 0
Total 36 0 1 0 — 37 0
Vojvodina 2016–17[26] Serbian SuperLiga 16 0 3 0 — 19 0
2017–18[27] Serbian SuperLiga 36 0 2 0 2[c] 0 40 0
2018–19[28] Serbian SuperLiga 35 0 3 0 — 38 0
2019–20[29] Serbian SuperLiga 27 0 3 0 — 30 0
Total 114 0 11 0 2 0 127 0
Fehérvár 2020–21[30] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 18 0 1 0 0 0 19 0
2021–22[31] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1 0 1 0 1[d] 0 3 0
2023–24 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 19 0 2 0 1 0 22 0
Vojvodina (loan) 2021–22[32] Serbian SuperLiga 16 0 2 0 — 18 0
Sarajevo 2024–25 Bosnian Premier League 8 0 0 0 4[d] 0 12 0
Career total 221 0 16 0 7 0 244 0
  1. ^ Includes Serbian Cup, Magyar Kupa
  2. ^ a b Rockov spent the first half-season as a loaned player with 7 league appearances and 1 cup match,[7] after which he joined the club permanently[9]
  3. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Vojvodina

References

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  2. ^ ФК "Проф. Болесников" Школа фудбала и место за рекреацију. FK Profesor Bolesnikov official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b "EMIL ROCKOV – VOŠIN GOLMAN SA TELEPA". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. ^ "KOSANOVIĆ : ŠANSA ZA MLADE U KRUŠEVCU". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
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  9. ^ a b "U VOŠINOM OKU: IGRALI SVI USTUPLJENI IGRAČI VOJVODINE". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 7 March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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  20. ^ Емил Роцков поново најбољи играч Војводине у сезони. FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  21. ^ Emil Rockov a Vidi játekosa. MOL Fehérvár FC official website (in Hungarian). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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