Emil Roback

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Emil Roback
Personal information
Full name Emil Pakebba Joof Roback
Date of birth (2003-05-03) 3 May 2003 (age 20)
Place of birth Norrköping, Sweden
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 AC Milan
Youth career
IK Sleipner
IFK Norrköping
Västerhaninge IF
2015–2019 Hammarby IF
2020– AC Milan
2022–2023 → Nordsjælland (loan)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020 Hammarby IF 0 (0)
2020 → IK Frej (loan) 8 (0)
2020– AC Milan 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Nordsjælland (loan) 0 (0)
2023 → IFK Norrköping (loan) 3 (0)
International career
2019 Sweden U16 3 (3)
2019 Sweden U17 5 (1)
2021– Sweden U19 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 September 2023

Emil Pakebba Joof Roback (born 3 May 2003) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club AC Milan. Born in Sweden to Gambian parents, Roback represents the Sweden U19 national team.

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Club career

Early career

Roback started playing football as a youngster with IFK Norrköping, before representing IK Sleipner and Västerhaninge IF in two brief spells. [1]

Hammarby IF

In 2015, he joined the academy of Allsvenskan side Hammarby IF from Stockholm. [2] On 3 January 2020, Roback signed his first professional contract with Hammarby. [3] On 24 April 2020, Roback played striker alongside Hammarby IF shareholder Zlatan Ibrahimović in an internal friendly game with Hammarby during the COVID-19 pandemic that was televised by Dplay. [4]

Loan to Frej

He was loaned out to affiliated club IK Frej in Ettan, Sweden's third tier, for the remainder of the 2020 season. [5] He ended up playing 8 games for Frej in 2020. [6]

Return to Hammarby and debut

On 25 June 2020, Roback returned to Hammarby for their Svenska Cupen match against IFK Göteborg. [7] He made his professional debut after coming on as a 74th minute substitute for Imad Khalili as Hammarby would succumb to a 1–3 defeat. [8]

AC Milan

On 14 August 2020, Roback completed a transfer to Italian Serie A club AC Milan. [9] [10] The transfer fee was reportedly set at around 15-20 million Swedish kronor (approximately £1.3-1.8 million). [11] On January 13, 2022 he made his first team debut, as a substitute, playing the final minutes of a 3–1 victory against Genoa in the Coppa Italia.

On 31 August 2022 it was confirmed, that Roback had joined Danish Superliga club Nordsjælland on a season-long loan deal, with a reported purchase option of €2 million. However he only featured with the youth sector and his loan was cut shortly before the season concluded. [12]

In March 2023, Roback returned to Swedish Allsvenskan club IFK Norrköping on a season-long loan deal, the club where he had spent time as a youngster. [13]

International career

Roback has represented his nation Sweden at the under-16, under-17 and under-19 levels. [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 September 2023 [15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hammarby IF 2020 Allsvenskan 00100010
IK Frej (loan) 2020 Ettan Norra 8000—80
AC Milan 2021–22 Serie A 0010—10
Nordsjælland 2022–23 Superliga 0010—10
Norrköping (loan) 2023 Allsvenskan 3000—30
Career total1103000140

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    2. ↑ "Roback: "Laget är som en familj"" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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