Márcio Passos de Albuquerque (born 6 September 1978), known as Emerson Sheik or just Emerson, is a former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Early career

Emerson Sheik was born in

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, Brazil. As a promising teenager, he developed in

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's youth system. He made his senior side debut in 1998.

Japan

Emerson Sheik went to Japan to join

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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,

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, 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

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, for whom he has yet again excelled. He scored 71 league goals in 100 appearances for the Reds and won 2003 J1 League top scorer and 2004 J1 League MVP.

Al-Sadd

Emerson Sheik later joined Qatar outfit Al-Sadd with the transfer fee of 8 million US dollars in 2005.

Move to France

On 25 August 2007, Emerson Sheik signed a three-year contract with French side

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Return to Al-Sadd

Emerson Sheik could not break into the first team at Rennes. Meanwhile, his previous team

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were going through a lean phase. They had many bad results and were 14 points behind unbeaten leaders

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by the end of 2007. Their new import

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did not link up nicely with Emerson's ex-striking partner,

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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 19 December, the club's official website announced Emerson's return.

Flamengo

On 20 March 2009, the former

and

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forward signed a season-long deal with childhood favorite

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; the 30-year-old was a free agent after leaving

. He 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

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was one of the league's most effective forward lines. Club legend

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praised both players' performance.

Al Ain FC

On 5 September 2009, he signed a two-year deal with Al Ain FC. He was presented to the press on 6 September 2009 and was handed a number eight shirt.

Fluminense

On 16 June 2010, Emerson Sheik signed for Fluminense Football Club. On 5 December 2010, Emerson scored the winning goal for Fluminense to conquer the 1st division Brazilian title, making him Brazilian champion two years in a row.

Sport Club Corinthians Paulista

On 18 May 2011, Emerson Sheik signed for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. On 4 December 2011, he won his third Brazilian championship in a row with Corinthians, making him the first player in history to win three straight Brazilian championships with three different teams. On 4 July 2012, Emerson scored two goals in the second match of the 2012 Copa Libertadores Finals, helping Corinthians to win their first Copa Libertadores. On 16 December 2012, he was part of the Corinthians team which won the

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, beating

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1–0. In the last few minutes of the game, he was involved in an off-the-ball incident with

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, in which Emerson fell to the ground holding his face. Cahill received a red card, but the Englishman claimed Emerson fouled him first before diving. In an interview for ''Esporte Espetacular'', an attraction of

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, Emerson showed his dislike for

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, coach of the club. Emerson Sheik told reporters: "I do not wanna work with him anoanymore." Still, according to the former corintiano: "I think he anois a very limited coach. I did not see anything special in him, and I do not think he will improve, because he does not have the humility to ask something." Emerson Sheik returned to Corinthians in 2015 as Tite returned to the club as the new manager. He was a first choice for many of the first games of the season, including the

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. After Corinthians was eliminated in the Round of 16, the club opted against renegotiating Emerson's contract, due to end in 31 July of the same year. He was released on 12 June, after both sides reached an agreement on the matter.

Botafogo

In April 2014, he was loaned to

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, his third club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He took the shirt number seven, used before by Botafogo's biggest idol,

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International career

Emerson Sheik played 1999

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for U-20 Brazil, while he was still known as aged 18 instead of 21. 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 the Qatar national team on 4 March 2008 in a friendly against

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. He also played the next friendly, vs. Jordan, on 16 March and a World Cup qualifying match, vs. Iraq, on 26 March. In April 2008, it was revealed that Emerson Sheik had also played for the 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 26 March, Qatar breached the FIFA rules, and Qatar could have lost the three points they gained from the game against Iraq. FIFA confirmed the breach of laws but said that QFA is not responsible for any wrongdoing, and that Emerson has since not played for Qatar. Although FIFA has loosened the nationality transfer of uncapped players and players with multi-nationality, it was not beneficial to Emerson, because he did not hold multi-nationality when representing Brazil.

Controversy

Emerson Sheik was detained by the Brazilian federal police on his way back to Qatar on 20 January 2006 for allegedly falsifying a birth certificate to show that he was three years younger than his actual age. The fake birth certificate, which was used to issue his passport, said that he was born on 6 December 1981 in

with the name "Márcio Emerson Passos", but his original shows he was born 6 September 1978, with the name "Márcio Passos de Albuquerque".

Kiss issue

On 18 August 2013, after the 1–0 victory by

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against

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in the Brazilian League, Emerson Sheik celebrated the ''alvinegro'' triumph by kissing his friend and posting the photo on

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. On 19 August, one day after the incident, homophobic Corinthians supporters protested against the kiss at Joaquim Grava Training Center where

were undertaking a training session. Emerson Sheik called the protests an "idiotic prejudice". On 21 August, in the first game after the incident, a 1–0 loss against Luverdense in the 2013 Copa do Brasil, Emerson Sheik was sent off along with opposition player Zé Roberto after they argued on field. Speaking to the press after the game, Zé Roberto in reference to Emerson, said: "I am not the guy that takes a kiss from anyone, I do not accept this kind of thing."

Career statistics

Club

FIFA Club World Cup * Friendly

International

Honors

Club

Consadole Sapporo *

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Urawa Red Diamonds *

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Al Ain FC *

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: 2009 Flamengo *

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Fluminense *Campeonato Brasileiro Série A:

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Corinthians *Campeonato Brasileiro Série A:

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Individual

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: 2003 * J.League Top Scorer: 2004 *

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: 2002, 2003, 2004 *

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MVP: 2006 *

: 2012 Best Player

References

External links

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