Emerson Ferreira da Rosa
Emerson in 2005
Emerson Ferreira da Rosa (short Emerson, born April 4, 1976 in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ) is a former Brazilian footballer.
Career
In 1997, the defensive midfielder made the jump to Europe and moved from his Brazilian club Gremio tribe to Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the German Bundesliga. Three highly successful seasons later he was transferred to the then Bundesliga record transfer fee of DM 36 million for AS Roma, with whom he was in 2000/ 01 Italian masters.
In summer 2004, Emerson joined together with success Fabio Capello to Juventus and completed two seasons for the Italian giants. As Juve was convicted in 2006 in the wake of the manipulation scandal to relegation to Serie B, he left the club and was, like Capello, committed by Real Madrid.
In August 2007, Emerson moved back to Serie A for AC Milan, as he no longer played a role in the plans of Real coach Schuster. In Milan, the Brazilian completed in two years, 40 games, but did not make it definitive, to fight for a regular place. On 21 April 2009, he broke his contract in Milan on personal reasons. After he had dissolved his contract with AC Milan, he hired the Brazilian club Santos. On 17 October 2009, he finished his career.
Emerson took part in the World Championships in 1998 and 2006. In the Football World Cup 2002, he should accrue as captain of the Seleção, but a violation retired to just before start of the tournament, as he stood in an internal Trainingsspielchen the Brazilian national team goal. Brazil won the World Cup without him.