Brett Emerton

**Brett Michael Emerton** (born 22 February 1979) is an Australian former professional footballer who played for Sydney Olympic, Sydney FC, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Blackburn Rovers and the Australia national team.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|Sydney Olympic|1996–97|National Soccer League|18|2|–|–|18|2|||
|1997–98|National Soccer League|24|3|–|–|24|3|||||
|1998–99|National Soccer League|21|2|–|–|21|2|||||
|1999–2000|National Soccer League|31|9|–|–|31|9|||||
|rowspan="4"|Feyenoord|2000–01|Eredivisie|28|2|3|1|7|0|35|3|
|2001–02|Eredivisie|31|6|2|0|9|0|43|6|||
|2002–03|Eredivisie|33|3|2|0|6|1|43|4|||
|rowspan="10"|Blackburn Rovers|2003–04|Premier League|37|2|1|0|2|1|40|3|
|2004–05|Premier League|37|4|7|1|0|0|44|5|||
|2005–06|Premier League|30|1|7|1|0|0|37|2|||
|2006–07|Premier League|34|0|7|0|6|0|47|0|||
|2007–08|Premier League|33|1|3|0|4|0|40|1|||
|2008–09|Premier League|20|1|2|1|0|0|22|2|||
|2009–10|Premier League|24|0|5|2|0|0|29|2|||
|2010–11|Premier League|30|4|2|0|0|0|32|4|||
|2011–12|Premier League|2|0|1|0|0|0|3|0|||
|rowspan="4"|Sydney FC|2011–12|A-League|26|4|–|–|26|4|||
|2012–13|A-League|22|3|–|–|22|3|||||
|2013–14|A-League|9|0|–|–|9|0|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|Australia|1998|5|0|
|1999|0|0|||
|2000|10|1|||
|2001|7|3|||
|2002|0|0|||
|2003|2|1|||
|2004|10|4|||
|2005|11|2|||
|2006|9|0|||
|2007|8|1|||
|2008|7|4|||
|2009|3|1|||
|2010|6|0|||
|2011|13|1|||
|2012|4|2|||

- _Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Emerton goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|15 November 2000|Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland||2–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|20 June 2001|Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand||1–0|2–0|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|3|2–0|||||||||||||
|4|24 June 2001|Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia||2–0|4–1|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|5|12 February 2003|Upton Park, London, England||3–1|3–1|Friendly||||||||
|6|4 June 2004|Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia||2–0|3–0|2004 OFC Nations Cup||||||||
|7|6 June 2004|Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia||2–1|2–2|2004 OFC Nations Cup||||||||
|8|9 October 2004|Lawson Tama, Honiara, Solomon Islands||4–0|5–1|2004 OFC Nations Cup||||||||
|9|12 October 2004|Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia||6–0|6–0|2004 OFC Nations Cup||||||||
|10|3 September 2005|Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia||7–0|7–0|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|11|6 September 2005|Lawson Tama, Honiara, Solomon Islands||2–1|2–1|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|12|7 February 2007|Loftus Road, London, England||1–3|1–3|Friendly||||||||
|13|15 June 2008|Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar||1–0|3–1|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|14|2–0|||||||||||||
|15|15 October 2008|Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia||2–0|4–0|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|16|3–0|||||||||||||
|17|14 November 2009|Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman||2–1|2–1|2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification||||||||
|18|25 January 2011|Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar||4–0|6–0|2011 Asian Cup||||||||
|19|29 February 2012|Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia||4–2|4–2|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification||||||||
|20|3 December 2012|Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong||1–0|1–0|2013 EAFF East Asian Cup||||||||

## Honours

**Feyenoord**
- UEFA Cup: 2001–02

**Australia**
- OFC U-17 Championship: 1995
- OFC U-20 Championship: 1997
- OFC Nations Cup: 2000, 2004

**Individual**
- NSL U21 Player of the Year: 1997–98
- Australian Sports Medal: 2000
- Oceania Footballer of the Year: 2002
- A-League All Stars: 2013

## Other websites

- Oz Football profile
- Socceroo profile

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Brett Emerton
- **image**: File:Brett Emerton - Sydney FC.jpg
- **caption**: Emerton with Sydney FC in 2012
- **fullname**: Brett Michael Emerton
- **birth place**: Bankstown, New South Wales, Bankstown, Sydney, Australia
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Right midfielder, right back
- **youthclubs1**: Gunners Soccer Club
- **youthclubs2**: Macarthur Rams FC, Macarthur Rams
- **youthclubs3**: Marconi Stallions
- **youthyears4**: 1996
- **youthclubs4**: New South Wales Institute of Sport, NSWIS
- **youthyears5**: 1996–1997
- **youthclubs5**: Australian Institute of Sport, AIS
- **years1**: 1996–2000
- **clubs1**: Sydney Olympic
- **caps1**: 94
- **goals1**: 16
- **years2**: 2000–2003
- **clubs2**: Feyenoord
- **caps2**: 92
- **goals2**: 11
- **years3**: 2003–2011
- **clubs3**: Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers
- **caps3**: 247
- **goals3**: 13
- **years4**: 2011–2014
- **clubs4**: Sydney FC
- **caps4**: 57
- **goals4**: 7
- **totalcaps**: 390
- **totalgoals**: 47
- **nationalyears1**: 1994–1995
- **nationalteam1**: Australia national under-17 association football team, Australia U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 11
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 1996–1999
- **nationalteam2**: Australia national under-20 association football team, Australia U20
- **nationalcaps2**: 16
- **nationalgoals2**: 1
- **nationalyears3**: 1997–2000
- **nationalteam3**: Australia national under-23 association football team, Australia U23
- **nationalcaps3**: 25
- **nationalgoals3**: 7
- **nationalyears4**: 1998–2012
- **nationalteam4**: Australia national association football team, Australia
- **nationalcaps4**: 95
- **nationalgoals4**: 20