Stefano Rijssel
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stefano Rodney Rijssel | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Suriname | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Inter Moengotapoe | ||
| Number | 26 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | SV Leo Victor | 14 | (4) |
| 2011–2012 | Inter Moengotapoe | 8 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | W Connection | 16 | (9) |
| 2014– | Inter Moengotapoe | 20 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010– | Suriname | 30 | (10) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:03, 12 July 2016 (UTC) |
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Stefano Rijssel (born 26 March 1992) is a Surinamese footballer who currently plays for Inter Moengotapoe and the Suriname national football team.
Rijssel began his career with SV Leo Victor and Inter Moengotapoe, both of Suriname's Hoofdklasse. After being the league's top scorer with SV Leo Victor with 14 goals during the 2010-2011 season, Rijssel was offered a two-week trial with Belgium's Germinal Beerschot but ultimately was not signed by the club. It was reported that Rijssel made a favorable impression with the club, particularly with his ability to adapt to the difference in the level of play between the Suriname league and the Belgian league over the two-week period, but was unable to set himself apart from the attackers already on the roster, particularly considering the poor financial situation of the club at the time. Also in 2010-2011, Rijssel scored 4 goals in 3 matches for Leo Victor in the 2010 CFU Club Championship but that was not enough to help his club advance to the second round of the competition. After returning home from Belgium and playing a season for Inter Moengotapoe, Rijssel signed for W Connection on a 3-year contract in July 2012 after impressing the club at the 2012 CFU Club Championship with Inter. In this competition, Rijssel tallied 11 goals in the first round before being eliminated by Antigua Barracuda, Victory Sportif Club, and W Connection.
By signing for W Connection, Rijssel became the only fully professional footballer representing Suriname internationally at that time. During his first season with W Connection, Rijssel made two appearances against C.D. Guadalajara of Mexico and one appearance against Club Xelajú MC of Guatemala in the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League. During the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League, Rijssel made three appearances in the group stage including two against CD Árabe Unido of Panama and one against the Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer. On 6 September 2013, Rijssel scored W Connection's fourth goal in a 4-2 victory over Defence Force F.C. in the 2013 Trinidad and Tobago Charity Shield, an annual match between the previous season's league winner and the winner of the Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl. After being out for months because of injury, Rijssel returned to league action on 7 December 2013 as a second-half substitute against Central FC. He marked his return with a 78th-minute strike, the game-winner in the 1-0 victory. In total, Rijssel amassed 16 league appearances for the Trinidadian club, scoring 9 goals and 1 goal international. Rijssel became the MVP of the 2014 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl after scoring 2 goals in the final.
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