.jpg) Emerson in October 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Márcio Passos de Albuquerque[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-09-06)6 September 1978 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Nova Iguaçu, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1998 | São Paulo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | São Paulo | 11 | (2) |
| 2000 | Consadole Sapporo | 34 | (31) |
| 2001 | Kawasaki Frontale | 18 | (19) |
| 2001–2005 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 100 | (71) |
| 2005–2007 | Al-Sadd | 32 | (24) |
| 2007 | Rennes | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Al-Sadd | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | Flamengo | 14 | (7) |
| 2009–2010 | Al Ain | 14 | (9) |
| 2010–2011 | Fluminense | 11 | (8) |
| 2011–2015 | Corinthians | 75 | (12) |
| 2014 | →Botafogo (loan) | 15 | (6) |
| 2015–2016 | Flamengo | 32 | (5) |
| 2017 | Ponte Preta | 23 | (4) |
| 2018 | Corinthians | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 401 | (198) | |
| International career | |||
| 1999 | Brazil U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2008 | Qatar | 3 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 December 2009 | |||
Márcio Passos de Albuquerque (born 6 September 1978), known asEmerson Sheik or justEmerson, is a former professionalfootballer who played as aforward.[2][3] Born in Brazil, he representedQatar internationally, leading to his nickname of "Sheik".
Emerson Sheik was born inNova Iguaçu and made his senior debut forSão Paulo FC in 1998.[4]
In 2000, Emerson Sheik joinedConsadole Sapporo in the Japanese second division, for whom he scored 31 goals in 34 games during the2000 season. After the season, he joined another second division club,Kawasaki Frontale, where he continued his impressive goalscoring record, netting 19 times in 18 league games. Midway through the2001 season, however, he left to join theUrawa Red Diamonds, for whom he yet again excelled, scoring 71 league goals in 100 appearances.Al-Sadd bought Emerson for US$8 million in 2005 and paired him with EcuadorianCarlos Tenorio.
On 25 August 2007, Emerson Sheik signed a three-year contract with French sideRennes.[5] However, he could not break into the first team. Meanwhile, Al-Sadd were going through a lean phase. They had many bad results and were 14 points behind unbeaten leadersAl Ahli by the end of 2007. In addition, their new importMauro Zárate did not link up well with Carlos Tenorio up front. On 19 December, Al-Sadd announced Emerson's return to fulfill fans' demands.[6]
On 1 February 2009, Emerson Sheik signed a season-long deal withFlamengo after leaving Al-Sadd as a free agent. He formed a fearsome strike partnership withAdriano, helping theMengão win the2009 Brasileirão Série A after a relatively bad start. Club legendAndrade praised both players' performances.[7]
On 24 July 2009, he signed a two-year deal with Emirati sideAl Ain. He was presented to the press on 6 September 2009 and was handed the number 8 shirt.
On 19 July 2010, Emerson signed for Fluminense. On 5 December 2010, Emerson scored the winning goal for Fluminense to conquer the Brasileirão Série A title, making him a Brazilian champion for two years in a row.
On 11 April 2011, Emerson Sheik signed forCorinthians. On 4 December 2011, he won his third Brazilian championship in a row with the Timão, making him the first player in history to win three straight Brazilian championships with three different teams.
On 4 July 2012, Emerson scored two goals in the second match of the2012 Copa Libertadores Finals, helping Corinthians to win their first Copa Libertadores.[8][9] On 16 December 2012, he was part of the Corinthians team which won the2012 FIFA Club World Cup, beatingChelsea 1–0.[10] In the last few minutes of the game, he was involved in an off-the-ball incident withGary Cahill, in which Emerson fell to the ground holding his face. Cahill received a red card, but the Englishman claimed Emerson fouled him first before diving.[citation needed]
In an interview forEsporte Espetacular, an attraction ofRede Globo, Emerson showed his dislike forMano Menezes, coach of the club. Emerson Sheik told reporters: "I do not wanna work with him [Mano] anymore." Still, according to the formerCorinthiano: "I think he [Mano] is a very limited coach. I did not see anything special in him, and I do not think he will improve, because he does not have the humility to ask something."[11]
Emerson Sheik returned to Corinthians in 2015 asTite returned to the club as the new manager. He was a first choice for many of the first games of the season, including the2015 Copa Libertadores. After Corinthians was eliminated in the Round of 16, the club opted against renegotiating Emerson's contract, due to end in 31 July of the same year. He was released on 12 June, after both sides reached an agreement on the matter.[12]
In February 2014, he was loaned to Botafogo, his third club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He took the shirt number seven, used before by Botafogo's biggest idol,Garrincha.
I was born and grew up in a very simple place, and I saw things that most of you (journalists) probably haven't seen. You asked me if I'd feel pressure, or like that, when playing atLa Bombonera. Pressure is sleeping afraid of stray bullets hitting your face, your chest,that's pressure. Playing in a packed stadium, with a brand new ball, perfect grass, that's something to enjoy, not to feel pressured.
Emerson Sheik played 1999South American Youth Championship forU-20 Brazil, while he was still known as aged 18 instead of 21.[14] He was offered Qatari citizenship by Al-Sadd so that they could accommodate one more foreign player in their line-up. He accepted and he became a Qatari citizen in 2008. He made his international debut for theQatar national team on 4 March 2008 in a friendly againstBahrain. He also played the next friendly, vs. Jordan, on 16 March and aWorld Cup qualifying match, vs. Iraq, on 26 March.[citation needed]
In April 2008, it was revealed that Emerson Sheik had also played for the Brazil under-20 team which makes him ineligible to play for the Qatari national team. Taking that into consideration, and that he represented Qatar in the World Cup qualifier against Iraq on 26 March, Qatar breached the FIFA rules, and Qatar could have lost the three points they gained from the game against Iraq. FIFA confirmed the breach of laws but said that QFA is not responsible for any wrongdoing, and that Emerson has since not played for Qatar. Although FIFA has loosened the nationality transfer of uncapped players and players with multi-nationality, it was not beneficial to Emerson, because he did not hold multi-nationality when representing Brazil.[citation needed]
Emerson Sheik was detained by the Brazilian federal police on his way back to Qatar on 20 January 2006 for allegedly falsifying a birth certificate to show that he was three years younger than his actual age. The fake birth certificate, which was used to issue his passport, said that he was born on 6 December 1981 inNova Iguaçu with the name "Márcio Emerson Passos", but his original shows he was born 6 September 1978, with the name "Márcio Passos de Albuquerque".[15]
On 25 August 2013, after the 1–0 victory overCoritiba in theBrasileirão, Emerson Sheik celebrated by kissing his friend and posting the photo onInstagram.[16]
On 26 August, one day after the incident, homophobic Corinthians supporters protested the kiss during a training session. Emerson Sheik called the protests an "idiotic prejudice".[17]
On 28 August, in the first game after the incident, a 1–0 loss againstLuverdense in the2013 Copa do Brasil, Emerson Sheik was sent off along with opposition player Zé Roberto after they argued. Speaking to the press after the game, Zé Roberto, in reference to Emerson, said: "I am not the guy that takes a kiss from anyone, I do not accept this kind of thing."[18]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Domestic League | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Campeonato Paulista | Total | ||||||||
| 1998 | São Paulo | Série A | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1999 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | |||||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | League Cup | Asia | Domestic League | Total | ||||||||
| 2000 | Consadole Sapporo | J1 League | 34 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 35 | 31 | |
| 2001 | Kawasaki Frontale | J1 League | 18 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 19 | 20 | |
| 2001 | Urawa Reds | J1 League | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | |
| 2002 | 24 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21 | |||
| 2003 | 25 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | - | 0 | 0 | 34 | 26 | |||
| 2004 | 26 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | 32 | 31 | |||
| 2005 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | 0 | 17 | 9 | |||
| Qatar | League | Emir of Qatar Cup | League Cup | Asia | Domestic League | Total | ||||||||
| 2005–06 | Al-Sadd | Qatari League | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
| 2006–07 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 27 | ||
| France | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Domestic League | Total | ||||||||
| 2007–08 | Rennes | Ligue 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Qatar | League | Emir of Qatar Cup | League Cup | Asia | Domestic League | Total | ||||||||
| 2007–08 | Al-Sadd | Qatari League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 |
| 2008–09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Campeonato Carioca | Total | ||||||||
| 2009 | Clube de Regatas do Flamengo | Série A | 14 | 7 | 5 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | |
| United Arab Emirates | League | UAE President's Cup | League Cup | Asia | Domestic League | Total | ||||||||
| 2009–10 | Al Ain | UAE Pro League | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 14 | |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Campeonato Carioca | Total | ||||||||
| 2010 | Fluminense | Série A | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 |
| 2011 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Campeonato Paulista | Total | ||||||||
| 2011 | Corinthians | Série A | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 6 |
| 2012 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 39* | 12 | ||
| 2013 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 59 | 5 | ||
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Campeonato Carioca | Total | ||||||||
| 2014 | Botafogo | Série A | 15 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Campeonato Paulista | Total | ||||||||
| 2015 | Corinthians | Série A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 20* | 3 |
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | Primeira Liga | South America | Campeonato Carioca | Total | ||||||||
| 2015 | Flamengo | Série A | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21* | 5 |
| 2016 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 5 | ||
| Total | Brazil | 159 | 40 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 8 | 63 | 13 | 280 | 64 | |
| Japan | 152 | 121 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 24 | - | 0 | 0 | 181 | 145 | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 34 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 50 | ||
| France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 362 | 194 | 27 | 10 | 50 | 42 | 78 | 14 | 63 | 13 | 554 | 273 | ||
FIFA Club World Cup
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Corinthians | FIFA Club World Cup | 2 | 0 |
| Total | – | – | 2 | 0 |
* Friendly
| Qatar national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 |
Consadole Sapporo
Urawa Reds
Al Ain
Flamengo
Fluminense
Corinthians
Individual
