Emil Rockov

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

Emil Rockov
Personal information
Full name Emil Rockov
Date of birth (1995-01-27) 27 January 1995
Place of birth Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Fehérvár
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– Fehérvár 12 (0)
National team‡
2012 Serbia U17 2 (0)
2019– Serbia 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2019

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 overgrown 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 July the 17th 2020, Rockov joined Hungarian side MOL Fehérvár FC.[21]

International

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.[22]

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 graduated English language.[1] Rockov has also studied psychology at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy.[23]

Career statistics

Club
As of 18 December 2020[8]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sloga Temerin (loan) 2014–15[6] Serbian League Vojvodina 280———280
Proleter Novi Sad 2015–16[6] Serbian First League 22[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 1]0——230
2016–17[6] 14000——140
Total 36010——370
Vojvodina 2016–17[24] Serbian SuperLiga 16030——190
2017–18[25] 3602020—400
2018–19[26] 35030——380
2019–20[27] 27030——300
Total 114011020—1270
Fehérvár 2020–21[28] Nemzeti Bajnokság I 1201000—130
Career total 190013020—2050
  1. 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]

Honours
Vojvodina

References
  1. Емил Роцков: Нисам таленат, јесам вансеријски радник. Dnevnik (in Serbian). 17 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ФК "Проф. Болесников" Школа фудбала и место за рекреацију. FK Profesor Bolesnikov official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  3. "EMIL ROCKOV – VOŠIN GOLMAN SA TELEPA". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 19 June 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  4. "KOSANOVIĆ : ŠANSA ZA MLADE U KRUŠEVCU". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 23 May 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  5. "Uz dres i auto". kanal9tv.com (in Serbian). 23 January 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  6. "Rockov, Emil". srbijafudbal.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. "ФК Војводина: 14 in, 16 out". Radio Television of Vojvodina (in Serbian). 3 September 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  8. Emil Rockov at Soccerway
  9. "U VOŠINOM OKU: IGRALI SVI USTUPLJENI IGRAČI VOJVODINE". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 7 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  10. "VOJVODINA PREDSTAVILA ŠESTORICU NOVIH IGRAČA". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 16 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  11. "22.Kolo: Spartak Ždrepčeva krv - Vojvodina". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). 19 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  12. "Spartak - Vojvodina ukupno 1:9!". Arena Sport (in Serbian). 19 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  13. Роцков пред долазак Партизана у Нови Сад: Олимпијакос их потрошио, вероватно већ сад мисле на Видеотон.... Sportski žurnal (in Serbian). 11 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  14. "Rockov činio čuda protiv Partizana, na kraju ipak kapitulirao". sportske.net (in Serbian). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  15. ПАРТИЗАН СЛАВИО У НОВОМ САДУ: Остојић матирао сјајаног Роцкова за тријумф црно-белих (ВИДЕО). Večernje novosti (in Serbian). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  16. "Vojvodina slavila i protiv Borca, Voždovac trijumfovao na JNA". 021.rs (in Serbian). 9 August 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  17. Vojvodina čuva Rockova: Rušimo tradiciju! at mondo.rs, 29-12-2017 (in Serbian)
  18. "Emil Rockov najbolji igrač Voše u ovoj sezoni". FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 18 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  19. EMIL ROCKOV PRODUŽIO UGOVOR SA VOŠOM at FK Vojvodina official website, 18-9-2018 (in Serbian)
  20. Емил Роцков поново најбољи играч Војводине у сезони. FK Vojvodina official website (in Serbian). 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  21. Emil Rockov a Vidi játekosa. MOL Fehérvár FC official website (in Hungarian). 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  22. "Serbia v Paraguay game report". ESPN. 10 October 2019.
  23. "Sve odbrane bih menjao za tri boda protiv Partizana, pa čak i za jedan". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 14 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  24. "Rockov, Emil 2016–17 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  25. "Rockov, Emil 2017–18 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  26. "Rockov, Emil 2018–19 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  27. "Rockov, Emil 2019–20 season". Serbian SuperLiga official website (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  28. http://ada1bank.mlsz.hu/player?itemId=1174068
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