Emil Rockov

Vojvodina

Rockov started playing football at "Bolesnikov" football academy at the age of 9, where he has started growing up as a goalkeeper. Later, at the age of 11, he joined Vojvodina where he passed youth categories and joined the first team as a back-up choice during the 2013–14 Serbian SuperLiga season. In 2014, Rockov also signed his first professional contract. 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. In summer 2015, Rockov moved to Proleter Novi Sad. After he spent the first half-season as a loaned player under contract with Vojvodina, having split playing time with Nemanja Buzadžija, and playing 8 matches in total, Rockov joined Proleter as a single-player in the winter break off-season. 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. 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. 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. Rockov collected over 720 minutes without a conceded goal in the Serbian SuperLiga matches between May and August 2017,…

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.

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As of match played 10 May 2025

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