nationalcaps birth_date years youthyears caps goals image_size nationalyears image name fullname caption birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
73 4 april 1976 1992 2004 -- 2006 2006 -- 2007 2007 -- 2009 2009 -- 1993 1993 -- 1994 2000 -- 2004 1992 -- 1993 1993 -- 1994 54 82 105 67 28 27 6 8 11 13 4 1 0 0 200px 1997 -- 2006 emerson 2005.jpg Émerson Émerson ferreira da rosa Émerson in 2005 pelotas , rio grande do sul , brazil brazil 1.84 m ftin on 369 37 6 grêmio botafogo grêmio botafogo roma juventus real madrid milan santos defensive midfielder emerson ferreira da rosa

emerson ferreira da rosa

`` for the other footballers known as emerson , see emerson -lrb- given name -rrb- '' .
Émerson ferreira da rosa -lrb- born 4 april 1976 -rrb- , simply known as emerson , is a retired brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder .
he played 73 games for the brazil national team between 1997 and 2006 , winning the 1999 copa america and the 2005 confederations cup , also reaching the 1998 world cup final .
with brazil , he has taken part in two fifa world cups -lrb- 1998 , 2006 , missing out on the 2002 fifa world cup due to injury -rrb- , two copa americas -lrb- 1999 , 2001 -rrb- , and three fifa confederations cups -lrb- 1999 , 2003 , 2005 -rrb- .
an experienced footballer , who was nicknamed the `` puma '' due to his powerful but elegant , ball-winning style of play , he has played for two brazilian clubs -lrb- grêmio and santos -rrb- as well as several european clubs , including bayer leverkusen , roma , juventus , real madrid , and milan , winning several titles .
in addition to his brazilian passport , emerson also holds italian and german passports .
