While in pursuit of becoming a professional foobtballer, he faced strong resistance from his parents who wanted their eldest son of four children to build up his career in conventional means.
[1] In 2018, with advice from his mentor Prashanta Kumar Dey, Emon came to Dhaka and took part in the trials for the Mohammedan SC U18 team.
[3] On 25 November 2021, Emon joined Mohammedan SC, after impressing the clubs former striker Alfaz Ahmed, who regularly trained the Army Football Team.
On 2 December 2021, Emon scored the winning goal as Army caused a major upset by defeating his parent club Mohammedan 2–1 to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament.
[10][11] Emon made his debut for the Bangladesh national team on 11 June 2024 in a World Cup qualifier against Lebanon at the Khalifa International Stadium in Qatar.