Emerson Sheik
Márcio Passos de Albuquerque (born September 6, 1978 in Nova Iguaçu, Brazil), also known as Emerson or Emerson Sheik, is a Brazilian-Qatari football striker, who plays for Corinthians Paulista.
Controversy
Emerson played for Qatari club Al-Sadd and was detained by the Brazilian federal police on his way back to Qatar on the 20 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 6 December 1981 in Nova Iguaçu using the name Márcio Emerson Passos, but his original shows he was born September 6, 1978, with the name Márcio Passos de Albuquerque. " [1]
Club career
Early career
As a promising teenager, Emerson developed in São Paulo FC's youth system. He made his senior side debut in 1998.
Japan
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. He scored 71 league goals in 100 appearances for the Reds and won 2003 J. League top scorer and 2004 J. League MVP. Emerson is considered the best Urawa Reds striker alongside former Brazil international Washington.
Al-Sadd
Emerson later joined Qatar outfit Al-Sadd with the transfer fee of 8 million US dollars in 2005. In 2006 he received the Qatari league MVP award. 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.
Move to France
On 25 August 2007, Emerson signed a three-year contract with French side Stade Rennais FC.[2]
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 Emerson. So Al-Sadd started negotiations with Emerson in December and on December 19, the club's official website announced Emerson's return.[3]
Flamengo
On 20 March 2009 the former São Paulo FC and Rennes forward has signed a season long deal with childhood favorite Flamengo; the 30 year old was a free agent after leaving Al-Sadd. He's generally kept a good scoring record for the club, which long sought a competent striker before his arrival. In the Série A 2009 season, his partnership with Adriano has been one of the league's most effective frontlines. Club legend Andrade praised both players' performance.[4]
Al Ain FC
On 5 September 2009 he signed a two-year deal with Al Ain FC the Brazilian forward comes from Clube de Regatas do Flamengo.He was presented to the press on 6 September 2009 and was handed a number 8 shirt.
Fluminense
On 16 June 2010 Emerson signed for Fluminense Football Club. On December 5, 2010, Emerson scored the winning goal for Fluminense to conquer the 1st division Brazilian title. Making him two times in a row Brazilian champion.
International career
Emerson played 1999 South American Youth Championship for U-20 Brazil, while he is still known as aged 18 instead of 21.[5] 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 Qatar national team on 4 March 2008 in a friendly against Bahrain. He also played the next friendly on 16 March and World Cup qualifying match on 26 March.
- Nationality issue
In April 2008, it was revealed that Emerson has also played for 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 March 26, Qatar breached FIFA rules and Qatar could lose the 3 points they gained from the game against Iraq. FIFA has confirmed the breach of laws but has said that QFA is not responsible for any wrongdoing and that Emerson has since not played for Qatar. Although FIFA loosen the nationality transfer of uncapped player and players with multi-nationality, it was not beneficial to Emerson because he did not hold multi-nationality when representing Brazil.
Career statistics
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Honors and awards
Club
Individual
References
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Emerson, Marcio Emerson Passos |
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Date of birth |
6 December 1978 |
Place of birth |
Nova Iguaçu, Brazil |
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