Renaud Emond

Virton

Born in Arlon, Belgium, Emond began his career at R.E. Virton, where his father was the president of the club. As a result, he said: "At one point Virton had no choice but to ask my father to become president. I told him not to do it but there was no other way. I knew the others were going to look at me wrong, because I was the president's son." After making his professional debut during the 2009–10 season, Emond scored his first goal on 8 January 2011, which was against La Louvière Centre. Later in January, he scored five more goals, scoring twice against Olympic Charleroi and then a hat–trick against KSKL Ternat. At the end of the 2010–11 season, Emond went on to make 17 appearances and scoring 8 times in all competitions. The following 2011–12 season, Emond suffered an illness at the start of the season but soon recovered and scored his first goals of the season, in a 4–0 win over R.C.S. Verviétois on 2 October 2011. He went on to make 27 appearances and scoring 7 times in all competitions. For his performance, his contract was extended. The 2012–13 season saw Emond score his first goal of the season, in a 1–1 draw against Royal Géants athois on 9 September 2012. On 2 December 2012, he added his tally to eight when he scored four times, in a 5–1 win over Diegem Sport. As a result, his performance attracted interests from clubs in Belgium but stayed throughout January. At the beginning of 2013, he scored two goals on two occasions, which were against RU…

As of match played 13 April 2024

Emond is married to his wife, Gabriella and together, they have a son, Ruben, who was born in January 2018. Emond revealed that prior to his football he used to work as a car salesman. In April 2018, Emond and his father were helping Royal Excelsior Virton to save the club from financial problems.

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Belgian Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18 Individual

Omnisports' Personality of the Year: 2015 Belgian Cup Final Man of the Match: 2017–18