Emerson Moisés Costa

Emerson Moisés Costa ( born April 12, 1972 in Rio de Janeiro ), short Emerson, is a Brazilian footballer. The midfielder played for the Cypriot first division club APOEL Nicosia.

His career began in the running strong players in Flamengo Rio de Janeiro in his hometown, where he joined a few years after its launch to Coritiba. From here he went in 1992 to Belenenses Lisbon to Portugal. With good performances he was also reflected in the larger clubs in the country a name and in 1994 was committed by the giants FC Porto. Under the English coach Bobby Robson Emerson took two consecutive Portuguese league titles and the 1996 Super Cup in Portugal. This was also his last title in Portugal, because he moved in the summer of the same year to the English club Middlesbrough FC tradition.

Here he remained only one and a half years, in January 1998 he and his wife flew back to Brazil. The reasons he gave to difficulties with the circumstances of life. He announced, " never to return to Europe". This statement, he did not follow but then, but moved shortly afterwards to CD Tenerife to Spain. As he descended with his club, they tried in Middlesbrough, retrieve Emerson. However, this declined and moved within Spain for Deportivo La Coruña. There was the most disappointing part of his career: Neither in Galicia still at Atletico Madrid and Rangers, he was able to prevail. After he had flunked the Scots, he went back to his home about the club CR Vasco da Gama in 2004. A year after his return he received an offer from the Greek first division club Skoda Xanthi. There he once again became a regular player and soon a fixture in the defensive midfield. Only half a year after the conclusion of the contract, he was lured away by AEK Athens. In the summer of 2007, he then signed a contract with the Cypriot club APOEL Nicosia. In summer 2009, Emerson has decided to end his playing career.

Awards and achievements

  • Player of the Year in Portugal: 1996
  • Portuguese champions: 1995, 1996
  • Portuguese Supercup winner: 1996
  • Soccer Player (Brazil )
  • Born in 1972
  • Man
England Middlesbrough F.C. Greece A.E.K. Athens F.C.
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