Emerson Ferreira da Rosa

Emerson
Personal information
Full name	Emerson Ferreira da Rosa
Date of birth	April 4, 1976 (1976-04-04) (age 33)
Place of birth	Pelotas, Brazil
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Free Agent
Youth career
	Botafogo
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993–1997 1997–2000 2000–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009	Grêmio Bayer Leverkusen Roma Juventus Real Madrid Milan	115 (15) 082 (11) 105 (13) 067 0(4) 028 0(1) 027 0(0)
National team
1997–2006	Brazil	073 0(6)[1]
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 April 2009. * Appearances (Goals)

For the other footballer known as Emerson, see Emerson Moisés Costa.

Emerson Ferreira da Rosa (born April 4, 1976, in Pelotas), simply known as Emerson, is a Brazilian football midfielder. His nickname is Il Puma for his feline movements in midfield.

He is a combative and dynamic defensive midfielder renowned for his tackling and passing.

Club

He made a name for himself in his native Brazil, at Grêmio, before going to Europe to for Bayer Leverkusen.

Bayer Leverkusen

Emerson spent 5-year at Leverkusen and acquire a German passport.

Roma

Emerson signed with AS Roma, winning the Scudetto and the Italian Super Cup in 2001.

Juventus

After a pro-longed transfer saga, in which Roma wanted to sell him to Real Madrid instead of league rivals Juventus but Emerson preferred to sign for Juventus, he was sold for €12million plus Matteo Brighi, which tagged as €16million, following his former coach Capello's foot steps.

Real Madrid

After two seasons with Juventus FC with coach Fabio Capello, he moved to Real Madrid in July 19, 2006, again following Capello, costing Real Madrid €16 million.^[2] 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.^[3] However, 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.^[4] But in his conversation with the radio program "El Larguero", the president of Real Madrid, Ramon Calderon, said that Emerson would leave Real Madrid this summer along with the Italian striker Antonio Cassano for technical reasons.^[5]

Milan

On August 21, 2007, Milan officially confirmed the transfer of the Brazilian midfielder.^[6] 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.

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 is unable to join Grêmio until August 2009 at the earliest.^[7]

International career

He participated for Brazil at the 1998 and 2006 World Cups but missed out on the victorious 2002 squad after suffering an unfortunate training injury shortly before the tournament began.

References

External links

• All about Emerson on sambafoot.com
• Profile on A.C. Milan official website

Brazil squad v • d • 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 • 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 • d • e Brazil squad – Copa América 1999 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 • d • 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 Roni • 19 Warley • 20 Vampeta • Coach: Luxemburgo v • d • e Brazil squad – Copa América 2001 1 Marcos • 2 Belletti • 3 Cris • 4 Roque Júnior • 5 Eduardo Costa • 6 Roger • 7 Geovanni • 8 Emerson • 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 • d • e Brazil squad – 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Dida • 2 Belletti • 3 Lúcio • 4 Juan • 5 Emerson • 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 Souza • 20 Alex • 21 Ilan • 22 Luís Fabiano • 23 Fábio • Coach: Parreira v • d • 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 • 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 • d • e Brazil squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Dida • 2 Cafu • 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