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Emerson (given name)
Emerson, a given name that may refer to: * Emerson Ramos Borges , Brazilian footballer* Emerson da Conceição , Brazilian footballer* Emerson Moisés Costa , retired Brazilian footballer...

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Émerson Ferreira da Rosa (born April 4, 1976), simply known as Emerson, is a retired Brazilian footballer

Football in Brazil

Football is the most popular sport in Brazil. The Brazilian national football team has won the FIFA World Cup tournament a record 5 times, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002, and is the only team to succeed in qualifying for every World Cup competition ever held. It is among the favourites to win...

who played as a midfielder

Midfielder

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. He had 73 caps for Brazil from 1997 to 2006.

Grêmio

He made a name for himself in his native Brazil, He was known for looking so old and out of shape despite his being young at Grêmio

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as just Grêmio , is a Brazilian professional association football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded by English and German immigrants on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa...

, where he won three state championships, two Brazilian Cups, one Brazilian Championship and one Copa Libertadores da America, but eventually losing the Intercontinental Cup on the penalty kicks to Ajax; before going to Europe to play for Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen is a German football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the most well-known department of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen, a sports club whose members also participate in athletics, gymnastics, basketball and other sports.-Origins and early years:On 27 November...

Bayer Leverkusen

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

Roma

Emerson signed with A.S. Roma

A.S. Roma

Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...

in summer 2000 for 35 billion Italian lire. He signed a 5-year contract with average salary of 7.2 billion Italian lire per year before tax. 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. He made his Serie A debut on January 28, 2000, replaced Marco Delvecchio

Marco Delvecchio

Marco Delvecchio is an Italian retired footballer. He spent the most of his career at AS Roma where he is still remembered for his ease in scoring against the rivals of SS Lazio in the Derby della Capitale....

on the 56th minute. The match Roma won S.S.C. Napoli

S.S.C. Napoli

Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli, commonly referred to as Napoli, is a professional Italian football club based in Naples and founded in 1926. The club has spent most of its history in Serie A, where it currently plays its 2011–12 season....

3–0. Roma eventually won the Scudetto and the Italian Super Cup in 2001.

Juventus

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 €12million plus Matteo Brighi

Matteo Brighi

Matteo Brighi is an Italian football player. He currently plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta. Brighi was named Serie A Young Footballer of the Year in 2002. Brighi is noted for his stamina, tackling, and aerial abilities.-Club career:Brighi started his career at Rimini...

, which tagged as € 16 million, following in the footsteps of his former club coach, Fabio Capello. Moreover, additional €4 million was paid to the agents, made Emerson cost €32 million in total.

Real Madrid

After two seasons with Juventus FC with coach Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello

Fabio Capello is an Italian football manager and former player. He is the manager of the England national football team.Capello has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every club he has coached throughout his career...

, he moved to Real Madrid

Real Madrid

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on July 19, 2006, again following Capello, costing Real Madrid €16 million. 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.

By May, his performances had picked up considerably, along with a great improvement in the team's results, and on May 12, 2007 he declared his intention to remain with Real. But in his conversation with the radio program "El Larguero", the president of Real Madrid

Real Madrid

, Ramon Calderon

Ramón Calderón

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, said that Emerson would leave Real Madrid this summer along with the Italian

Italy

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striker Antonio Cassano

Antonio Cassano

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for technical reasons.

Milan

On August 21, 2007, Milan officially confirmed the transfer of the Brazilian midfielder for €6 million. He made his official debut in Milan's 3–1 UEFA Super Cup victory over Sevilla F.C. on August 31. Emerson has not been able to contribute to his new club much due to injury, only managing 20 appearances for Milan in the 2007–08 campaign. On April 21, 2009, he and the club arrived at a mutual consent to terminate his contract because of how out of shape and old he looked for someone who is 32.

Immediately following his release, Emerson began negotiations with Grêmio

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

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.

Santos

He signed a contract to Santos on July 26, 2009, after his releasing from A.C. Milan

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan , is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Lombardy, that plays in the Serie A. Milan was founded in 1899 by English lace-maker Herbert Kilpin and businessman Alfred Edwards among others...

. On October 16, 2009 Emerson has decided to terminate his contract and leave Santos due to injury, the former AS Roma, Juventus and AC Milan player underwent surgery and retired from active competition.

Playing style

He is a combative and dynamic defensive midfielder renowned for his tackling and passing, his nickname is Il Puma for his feline

Felidae

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movements in midfield.

Statistics

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|1994||rowspan="4"|Grêmio

Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense

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Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...

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|1995||11||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||11||1
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|1996||19||6||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||19||6
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|1997||22||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||22||1

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|1997–98||rowspan="3"|Bayer Leverkusen||rowspan="3"|Bundesliga||25||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||25||1
|-
|1998–99||28||5||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||28||5
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|1999–00||29||5||colspan="2"|-||6||0||35||5

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|2000–01||rowspan="4"|Roma

A.S. Roma

||rowspan="4"|Serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

||13||3||0||0||1||0||14||3
|-
|2001–02||28||5||2||0||11||2||41||7
|-
|2002–03||31||2||6||3||11||1||48||6
|-
|2003–04||33||3||1||0||8||2||42||5
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|2004–05||rowspan="2"|Juventus

Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...

||rowspan="2"|Serie A

Serie A

||33||2||0||0||11||1||44||3
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|2005–06||34||2||3||0||9||1||46||3

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|2006–07||Real Madrid

Real Madrid C.F.

||La Liga

La Liga

The Primera División of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, for sponsorship reasons, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional association football division of the Spanish football league system...

||27||1||colspan="2"|-||6||0||33||1

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|2007–08||rowspan="2"|Milan

A.C. Milan

||rowspan="2"|Serie A

Serie A

||15||0||2||0||3||0||20||0
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|2008–09||12||0||1||0||5||0||18||0

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|2009||Santos||Série A

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A

||6||0||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||6||0
76||10||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||76||10
82||11||colspan="2"|-||6||0||88||11
199||17||15||3||59||7||273||27
27||1||colspan="2"|-||6||0||33||1
384||39||15||3||71||7||470||49
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|1997||3||1
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|1998||2||0
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|1999||17||2
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|2000||8||2
|-
|2001||11||0
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|2002||4||0
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|2003||10||0
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|2004||0||0
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|2005||13||1
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|2006||5||0
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!Total||73||6
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Honours

Brazilian Cup: 1994, 1997
Rio Grande do Sul State League: 1995, 1996
Libertadores Cup: 1995
Brazilian League: 1996
Recopa: 1996
Copa America: 1999
Italian Supercup: 2001
Confederations Cup: 2005
Italian League:2000/2001,2004/2005,2005/2006
Spanish League: 2007
European Supercup: 2007
FIFA Club World Championship: 2007

Naranja Cup of Valencia (Spain): 1996
Berlusconi Trophy (Milano): 2004

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