[2][3] In 1962 Fränkel emigrated to the Netherlands to play professional football in the newly formed Eredivisie, joining Blauw-Wit Amsterdam], helping them to a third place finish in his first season with the club.
Playing at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, he would become one of Suriname's earliest footballing exports, following in the footsteps of Herman Rijkaard who had joined Blauw-Wit from Robinhood a couple of years before him.
Participating in the Intertoto Cup of 1966 and 1968, where the team played against Union Luxembourg, Kilmarnock FC and Göztepe Izmir with a second round exit yielding the best result in the 1966–67 edition.
Having been relegated to the Tweede Klasse, he helped Royal Antwerp to promote back to the top flight before parting ways with the club.
Fränkel then played in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of professional football in the Netherlands, for SC Amersfoort before retiring as a player.