Emerson (footballer, born February 1986)

Emerson
	Emerson (left) with Benfica in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Emerson da Conceição
Date of birth	23 February 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
	Corinthians-PR
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006	Corinthians-PR
2007–2011	Lille
2011–2012	Benfica
2012–2013	Trabzonspor
2013–2014	Rennes
2013–2014	Rennes B
2014–2015	Atlético Mineiro
2016–2017	Coritiba
2018	Rio Branco
2018–2019	Cianorte
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Emerson da Conceição (born 23 February 1986), known as Emerson, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a left back.

Club career[edit]

In January 2007, aged only 20, São Paulo-born Emerson left his country and moved to Lille OSC in France. He appeared in only two Ligue 1 games in his first season, his debut coming on 8 April in a 1–4 away loss against Olympique de Marseille.

Emerson became first-choice from the 2008–09 campaign onwards, and contributed with 20 league matches in 2010–11 as Les Dogues won their first national championship in 57 years. He also helped the team win the Coupe de France, but remained on the bench during the final against Paris Saint-Germain FC.

In late July 2011, Emerson signed for Portuguese club S.L. Benfica, for an undisclosed fee.^[1] In his first and only season, he beat competition from World and European champion Joan Capdevila.

On 3 September 2012, Emerson joined Trabzonspor in Turkey for €1.6 million.^[2] One year later he signed for Stade Rennais F.C. in the French top flight, returning to his homeland in 2014 with Clube Atlético Mineiro.^[3]

As of 9 January 2012^[4]

Club	Season	Domestic League		Domestic Cup		League Cup & Supercup		European Competition		Total
Club	Season	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals	App	Goals
Lille	2006–07	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2007–08	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	2008–09	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
	2009–10	22	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	31	0
	2010–11	26	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	29	0
	Total	87	0	1	0	0	0	17	0	108	0
Benfica	2011–12	21	0	1	0	1	0	9	0	24	0
Career totals		96	0	2	0	1	0	26	0	135*	0

^ Benfica formally unveil Eduardo, Emerson & Ezequiel Garay; Goal.com, 21 July 2011
^ Trabzonspor sign Brazilian Benfica left back Emerson Da Conceiçao; Turkish Football, 3 September 2012
^ "Atlético acerta com lateral-esquerdo e espera apenas a liberação do Rennes" [Atlético agrees with left-back and awaits only for Rennes release] (in Portuguese). O Tempo. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
^ Emerson at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 May 2014.