Márcio Emerson Passos

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Emerson
Personal information
Full name Márcio Emerson Passos de Albuquerque
Date of birth December 6, 1978 (1978-12-06) (age 29)
Place of birth    Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Al-Sadd
Number 9
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998-1999
2000
2001
2001-2005
2005-2007
2007-2008
2008-		 São Paulo FC
Consadole Sapporo
Kawasaki Frontale
Urawa Red Diamonds
Al-Sadd
Stade Rennais
Al-Sadd		 011 00(2)
034 0(31)
018 0(19)
100 0(71)
00? 0(36)
003 00(0)
001 00(1)   
National team2
1999
2008 -		 U-20 Brazil
Qatar
003 00(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 8 January 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 28 March 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Márcio Passos de Albuquerque (born December 06, 1978) is a Brazilian-Qatari football player who currently plays for Al-Sadd in Qatar.

He also known as his false given name Emerson.

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[edit] Controversy

Emerson played for Qatari club Al-Sadd and was detained by the Brazilian federal police on his way back to Qatar on the 20th January 2006 for allegedly falsifying a birth certificate to show that he is three years younger than his actual age. "The fake birth certificate, which was used to issue his passport, says he was born on September 6, 1981 in Nova Iguaçu using the name Márcio Emerson Passos, but his original shows he was born December 6, 1978, with the name Márcio Passos de Albuquerque. " [1]

[edit] Career

Emerson came to Japan to join Consadole Sapporo of the second division, for whom he scored 31 goals in 34 games during the 2000 season. After the season, he joined another second division team, Kawasaki Frontale, with whom he continued his goal-scoring domination, registering 19 goals in 18 league games. In the middle of the 2001 season, however, he left Frontale to join the first division Urawa Red Diamonds, for whom he has yet again excelled. Before coming to Japan, Emerson played for São Paulo of Brazil. Emerson later joined Qatar outfit Al-Sadd in 2005. He was runner-up to Younis Mahmoud in the top scorer list in 2007. He played a stellar role in Al-Sadd's record-breaking season in which they won all four domestic trophies. He also scored two goals in their Asian Champions League campaign. On 25 August 2007, he signed a three-year contract with French side Stade Rennais FC. [2]

[edit] Return to Al-Sadd

Emerson could not break into the first team at Rennes. Meanwhile, his previous team Al-Sadd were going through a lean phase. They had many bad results and were 14 points behind unbeaten leaders Al-Gharafa by the end of 2007. Their new import Mauro Zarate did not link up nicely with Emerson's ex-striking partner, Carlos Tenorio up front. The fans of Al-Sadd started rooting for the return of their favourite striker, Eme. So the Al-Sadd started negotiations with Emerson in December and on December 19, the club's official website announced Emerson's return. He is scheduled to join the team on January 5, 2008.

[edit] International career

Emerson played 1999 South American Youth Championship for U-20 Brazil, while he is still known as aged 18 instead of 21.[3] He became a Qatari citizen in 2008 and made his international debut for Qatar national team on March 4, 2008 in a friendly against Bahrain. He also played the next friendly on 16 March and World Cup qualifying match on 26 March.(Emerson) as his fake name has also played for Brazil under-21 which makes him ineligible to play for the Qatari national team because he has already played for Brazil. Taking that in consideration he represented Qatar in the world cup qualifier against Iraq on the 26th of March, Emerson playing for Qatar breaches FIFA rules and that Qatar could lose the 3 points they made from the game against Iraq. It comes as a worrying signs as Qatar did not play Emerson in the world cup qualifier vs. China on the 2/6/08 which proves that it is a serious issue that has to be looked at by FIFA as the laws are being breached as done previously by other nations, while the Qatari Football Federation tries to keep the issue quiet.

[edit] Honors and awards

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jogador de futebol é preso ao tentar sair do país com documentos falsos (Portuguese). Folha Online (2006-01-21). Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
  2. ^ Officiel : Emerson signe au Stade Rennais - Stade Rennais Online
  3. ^ Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol

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Preceded by
Flag of Japan Naohiro Takahara		 J-League Player of the Year
2003		 Succeeded by
Flag of Japan Yuji Nakazawa
Preceded by
Flag of Brazil Ueslei		 J-League Top Scorer
2004		 Succeeded by
Flag of Brazil Araújo