Personal information | |||
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Full name | Emerson de Souza Ferretti | ||
Date of birth | 9 March 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bahia (President) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1991 | Grêmio | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1995 | Grêmio | 97 | (0) |
1995–1996 | Flamengo | 25 | (0) |
1997 | America-RJ | ||
1997 | América-RN | ||
1998 | Ituano | ||
1998 | Bragantino | ||
1999 | Juventude | ||
2000–2005 | Bahia | 167 | (0) |
2006–2007 | Vitória | ||
International career | |||
1991 | Brazil U20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2023 |
Emerson de Souza Ferretti (born 3 September 1971) is a Brazilian former goalkeeper and current President of Bahia.
In 1999, Emerson won the Copa do Brasil with Juventude.[1] After that, he was twice champion of the Northeast (2001/2002) and champion of Bahia in 2001, playing for Bahia, and in 2007, for Vitória.[2] In total, he played over 500 games as a professional footballer, including 228 games with Bahia, 155 of which were consecutive, a national record.[3][4]
Emerson was a Brazil youth international.[5]
After retiring as a professional player, Emerson became a football commentator.[6] Emerson also worked as Sports Coordinator at the Municipal Office of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Salvador, Bahia, as a technical advisor at SUDESB and also at the Organizing Committee of the 2019 Copa América held in Brazil, as well as president of Ypiranga.[7]
In December 2023 he was elected president of EC Bahia.[8]