Emerson Ferreira da Rosa

Émerson

Émerson in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Émerson Ferreira da Rosa
Date of birth	(1976-04-04) 4 April 1976 (age 37)
Place of birth	Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Youth career
1992–1993	Grêmio
1993–1994	Botafogo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1994–1997	Grêmio	54	(8)
1997–2000	Bayer Leverkusen	82	(11)
2000–2004	Roma	105	(13)
2004–2006	Juventus	67	(4)
2006–2007	Real Madrid	28	(1)
2007–2009	Milan	27	(0)
2009	Santos	6	(0)
Total		369	(37)
National team
1997–2006	Brazil	73	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

For the other footballers known as Emerson, see Emerson (given name).

Émerson Ferreira da Rosa (born 4 April 1976), simply known as Emerson, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder. He played 73 games for Brazil from 1997 to 2006.

Club career [edit]

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Grêmio [edit]

He made a name for himself in his native Brazil, playing for Grêmio, where he won two state championships, two Brazilian Cups, one Brazilian Championship and one Copa Libertadores. He then went to Europe to play for German club Bayer Leverkusen.

Bayer Leverkusen [edit]

Emerson spent three years at Bayer Leverkusen, scoring 11 goals in 82 league appearances.

Roma [edit]

Emerson signed for Roma in the summer of 2000 for 35 billion Italian lire. He signed a 5-year contract with an average salary of 7.2 billion Italian lire per year before tax.^[2][3] But due to non-EU quota, he was unable to play until Emerson acquired Italy nationality in October 2000, as his wife is Italian–Brazilian.^[4] He made his Serie A debut in a 3–0 victory on 28 January 2001 against Napoli, replacing Marco Delvecchio in the 56th minute. Roma eventually won the Scudetto and the Italian Super Cup in 2001.

Juventus [edit]

After a prolonged transfer saga, in which Roma wanted to sell him to Real Madrid instead of league rivals Juventus but his will leaned towards the Italian club, he was sold for €12 million plus Matteo Brighi, which tagged as € 16 million,^[5] following in the footsteps of his former club coach, Fabio Capello. Moreover, an additional €4 million was paid to the agents, which made Emerson cost €32 million in total.

Real Madrid [edit]

After two seasons with Juventus, he moved to Real Madrid on 19 July 2006, again following Capello, costing Real Madrid €16 million.^[6] However, due to the declining relationship between Emerson and Capello and Emerson's poor performances for Real Madrid, the player, in January 2007, declared his desire to return to Juventus, rumoured to be willing to take a pay cut.^[7]

By May, his performances had picked up considerably, along with a great improvement in the team's results, and on 12 May 2007 he declared his intention to remain with Real.^[8] But in his conversation with the radio program "El Larguero", the president of Real Madrid, Ramon Calderon, said that Emerson would leave Real Madrid in the summer along with the Italian striker Antonio Cassano for technical reasons.^[9]

Milan [edit]

On 21 August 2007, Milan officially confirmed the transfer of the Brazilian midfielder for €6 million.^[10] He made his official debut in Milan's 3–1 UEFA Super Cup victory over Sevilla on 31 August. Emerson was not able to contribute much to his new club due to injury, only managing 20 appearances for Milan in the 2007–08 campaign. On 21 April 2009, he and the club arrived at a mutual consent to terminate his contract.

Immediately following his release, Emerson began negotiations with Grêmio with the aim of ending his career with his first club. However, due to international transfer restrictions, Emerson was unable to join Grêmio until August 2009 at the earliest.^[11]

Santos [edit]

He signed a contract with Santos on 26 July 2009, after his release from Milan.^[12] On 16 October 2009, Emerson decided to terminate his contract and leave Santos due to injury problems.

The former AS Roma, Juventus and AC Milan player then underwent surgery and retired from active competition.^[13]

International career [edit]

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Emerson was a late replacement for Romário at the 1998 World Cup, where they lost the final 3–0 against France, and then suffered a reversal four years later. The original captain of Brazil's 2002 World Cup team, Emerson dislocated his shoulder in training before the first game.^[14] He was replaced by Ricardinho of Corinthians, and Cafu replaced him as captain. Brazil later went on to win the tournament. In the 2006 World Cup he played in three of five games as Brazil was knocked out in the quarterfinal by France. He retired from the national team after the World Cup.

International goals [edit]

Émerson – goals for Brazil[15]
#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	10 September 1997	Estádio Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil	Ecuador	4–1	4–2	Friendly
2.	31 March 1999	National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan	Japan	0–2	0–2	Friendly
3.	30 June 1999	Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay	Venezuela	2–0	7–0	1999 Copa América
4.	23 February 2000	Rajamangala National Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Thailand	0–4	0–7	Friendly
5.				0–7
6.	30 March 2005	Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay	Uruguay	1–1	1–1	2006 World Cup qualifier

Playing style [edit]

He is a combative and dynamic defensive midfielder renowned for his efficient tackling and simple passing style, his nickname is Il Puma for his feline movements in midfield.

Statistics [edit]

Club [edit]

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Brazil [edit]

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Honours [edit]

Notes [edit]

1. ^ Includes Copa Libertadores (3? games in 1996, 7? games, 2 goals in 1997), Copa CONMEBOL (2 games in 1994) and Supercopa Libertadores (2 games in 1994, 2 games in 1995, 1 game in 1996)
2. ^ Includes State League, 1995 Intercontinental Cup and 1996 Recopa Sudamericana (1 game)
3. ^ Includes Supercoppa Italiana, 2007 UEFA Super Cup (1 game) and 2007 FIFA Club World Cup (1 game)

References [edit]

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Émerson

• Émerson – FIFA competition record
• Émerson profile at Sambafoot.com

Brazil squads v t e Brazil squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Taffarel 2 Cafu 3 Aldair 4 Júnior Baiano 5 César Sampaio 6 Roberto Carlos 7 Giovanni 8 Dunga (c) 9 Ronaldo 10 Rivaldo 11 Emerson 12 Carlos Germano 13 Zé Carlos 14 Gonçalves 15 André Cruz 16 Zé Roberto 17 Doriva 18 Leonardo 19 Denílson 20 Bebeto 21 Edmundo 22 Dida Coach: Zagallo v t e Brazil squad – 1999 Copa América Winners (6th Title) 1 Dida 2 Cafu 3 Odvan 4 Antônio Carlos 5 Emerson 6 Roberto Carlos 7 Amoroso 8 Vampeta 9 Ronaldo 10 Rivaldo 11 Alex 12 Marcos 13 Evanílson 14 César Belli 15 João Carlos 16 Serginho 17 Marcos Paulo 18 Flávio Conceição 19 Beto 20 Christian 21 Ronaldinho 22 Zé Roberto Coach: Luxemburgo v t e Brazil squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Dida 2 Evanílson 3 Odvan 4 João Carlos 5 F. Conceição 6 Serginho 7 Ronaldinho 8 Émerson 9 Christian 10 Alex 11 Zé Roberto 12 Marcos 13 César 14 Luiz Alberto 15 Marcos Paulo 16 Athirson 17 Beto 18 Rôni 19 Warley 20 Vampeta Coach: Luxemburgo v t e Brazil squad – 2001 Copa América 1 Marcos 2 Belletti 3 Cris 4 Roque Júnior 5 Eduardo Costa 6 Roger 7 Geovanni 8 Emerson (c) 9 Guilherme 10 Juninho Paulista 11 Denílson 12 Dida 13 Alessandro 14 Luisão 15 Juan 16 Júnior 17 Juninho Pernambucano 18 Rochemback 19 Fernando 20 Alex 21 Ewerthon 22 Jardel Coach: Scolari v t e Brazil squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Dida 2 Belletti 3 Lúcio 4 Juan 5 Emerson (c) 6 Gilberto 7 Ronaldinho 8 Kléberson 9 Adriano 10 Ricardinho 11 Gil 12 Júlio César 13 Maurinho 14 Fábio Luciano 15 Edu Dracena 16 Kléber 17 Eduardo Costa 18 Dudu Cearense 19 Adriano Gabiru 20 Alex 21 Ilan 22 Luís Fabiano 23 Fábio Coach: Parreira v t e Brazil squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (2nd title) 1 Dida 2 Maicon 3 Lúcio 4 Roque Júnior 5 Emerson 6 Gilberto 7 Robinho 8 Kaká 9 Adriano 10 Ronaldinho (c) 11 Zé Roberto 12 Marcos 13 Cicinho 14 Juan 15 Luisão 16 Léo 17 Gilberto Silva 18 Juninho 19 Renato 20 Júlio Baptista 21 Oliveira 22 Edu 23 Gomes Coach: Parreira v t e Brazil squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Dida 2 Cafu (c) 3 Lúcio 4 Juan 5 Emerson 6 Roberto Carlos 7 Adriano 8 Kaká 9 Ronaldo 10 Ronaldinho 11 Zé Roberto 12 Rogério Ceni 13 Cicinho 14 Luisão 15 Cris 16 Gilberto 17 Gilberto Silva 18 Mineiro 19 Juninho 20 Ricardinho 21 Fred 22 Júlio César 23 Robinho Coach: Parreira