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Emerson Sheik
Emerson in October 2024
Personal information
Full name Márcio Passos de Albuquerque[1]
Date of birth (1978-09-06) 6 September 1978 (age 47)
Place of birth Nova Iguaçu, Brazil
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Forward
Youth career
1996–1998 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 São Paulo 11 (2)
2000 Consadole Sapporo 34 (31)
2001 Kawasaki Frontale 18 (19)
2001–2005 Urawa Red Diamonds 100 (71)
2005–2007 Al-Sadd 32 (24)
2007 Rennes 3 (0)
2008–2009 Al-Sadd 2 (0)
2009 Flamengo 14 (7)
2009–2010 Al Ain 14 (9)
2010–2011 Fluminense 11 (8)
2011–2015 Corinthians 75 (12)
2014 → Botafogo (loan) 15 (6)
2015–2016 Flamengo 32 (5)
2017 Ponte Preta 23 (4)
2018 Corinthians 17 (0)
Total 401 (198)
International career
1999 Brazil U20 6 (0)
2008 Qatar 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 December 2009

Márcio Passos de Albuquerque (born 6 September 1978), known as Emerson Sheik or just Emerson, is a former professional footballer who played as a forward.[2][3] Born in Brazil, he represented Qatar internationally, leading to his nickname of "Sheik".

Club career

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Early days

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Emerson Sheik was born in Nova Iguaçu and made his senior debut for São Paulo FC in 1998.[4]

Japan and Qatar

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In 2000, Emerson Sheik joined Consadole Sapporo in the Japanese second division, for whom he scored 31 goals in 34 games during the 2000 season. After the season, he joined another second division club, Kawasaki Frontale, where he continued his impressive goalscoring record, netting 19 times in 18 league games. Midway through the 2001 season, however, he left to join the Urawa Red Diamonds, for whom he yet again excelled, scoring 71 league goals in 100 appearances. Al-Sadd bought Emerson for US$8 million in 2005 and paired him with Ecuadorian Carlos Tenorio.

Rennes and return to Al-Sadd

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On 25 August 2007, Emerson Sheik signed a three-year contract with French side Rennes.[5] However, he could not break into the first team. Meanwhile, Al-Sadd were going through a lean phase. They had many bad results and were 14 points behind unbeaten leaders Al Ahli by the end of 2007. In addition, their new import Mauro Zárate did not link up well with Carlos Tenorio up front. On 19 December, Al-Sadd announced Emerson's return to fulfill fans' demands.[6]

Flamengo

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On 1 February 2009, Emerson Sheik signed a season-long deal with Flamengo after leaving Al-Sadd as a free agent. He formed a fearsome strike partnership with Adriano, helping the Mengão win the 2009 Brasileirão Série A after a relatively bad start. Club legend Andrade praised both players' performances.[7]

Al Ain

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On 24 July 2009, he signed a two-year deal with Emirati side Al Ain. He was presented to the press on 6 September 2009 and was handed the number 8 shirt.

Fluminense

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On 19 July 2010, Emerson signed for Fluminense. On 5 December 2010, Emerson scored the winning goal for Fluminense to conquer the Brasileirão Série A title, making him a Brazilian champion for two years in a row.

Corinthians

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Emerson with Corinthians in the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final

On 11 April 2011, Emerson Sheik signed for Corinthians. On 4 December 2011, he won his third Brazilian championship in a row with the Timão, 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.[8][9] On 16 December 2012, he was part of the Corinthians team which won the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup, beating Chelsea 1–0.[10] In the last few minutes of the game, he was involved in an off-the-ball incident with Gary Cahill, 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.[citation needed]

In an interview for Esporte Espetacular, an attraction of Rede Globo, Emerson showed his dislike for Mano Menezes, coach of the club. Emerson Sheik told reporters: "I do not wanna work with him [Mano] anymore." Still, according to the former Corinthiano: "I think he [Mano] is 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."[11]

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 2015 Copa Libertadores. 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.[12]

Botafogo

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In February 2014, he was loaned to Botafogo, his third club in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He took the shirt number seven, used before by Botafogo's biggest idol, Garrincha.

I was born and grew up in a very simple place, and I saw things that most of you (journalists) probably haven't seen. You asked me if I'd feel pressure, or like that, when playing at La Bombonera. Pressure is sleeping afraid of stray bullets hitting your face, your chest, that's pressure. Playing in a packed stadium, with a brand new ball, perfect grass, that's something to enjoy, not to feel pressured.

— Emerson Sheik, after the title of 2012 Copa Libertadores[13]

International career

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Emerson Sheik played 1999 South American Youth Championship for U-20 Brazil, while he was still known as aged 18 instead of 21.[14] 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 Bahrain. He also played the next friendly, vs. Jordan, on 16 March and a World Cup qualifying match, vs. Iraq, on 26 March.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

Controversy

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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 Nova Iguaçu with the name "Márcio Emerson Passos", but his original shows he was born 6 September 1978, with the name "Márcio Passos de Albuquerque".[15]

Kiss issue

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On 25 August 2013, after the 1–0 victory over Coritiba in the Brasileirão, Emerson Sheik celebrated by kissing his friend and posting the photo on Instagram.[16]

On 26 August, one day after the incident, homophobic Corinthians supporters protested the kiss during a training session. Emerson Sheik called the protests an "idiotic prejudice".[17]

On 28 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. 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."[18]

Career statistics

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Club

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Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Domestic League Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Campeonato Paulista Total
1998São PauloSérie A30---0030
199982---0082
Japan League Emperor's Cup League Cup Asia Domestic League Total
2000Consadole SapporoJ1 League34310010-003531
2001Kawasaki FrontaleJ1 League18190011-001920
2001Urawa RedsJ1 League1370010-00147
200224150066-003021
200325180098-003426
200426270064-003231
20051240055-00179
Qatar League Emir of Qatar Cup League Cup Asia Domestic League Total
2005–06Al-SaddQatari League7610321100129
2006–072518318622003827
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Domestic League Total
2007–08RennesLigue 130---0060
Qatar League Emir of Qatar Cup League Cup Asia Domestic League Total
2007–08Al-SaddQatari League2022324200116
2008–09000048000048
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Campeonato Carioca Total
2009Clube de Regatas do FlamengoSérie A14753-51202611
United Arab Emirates League UAE President's Cup League Cup Asia Domestic League Total
2009–10Al AinUAE Pro League14954-31002214
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Campeonato Carioca Total
2010FluminenseSérie A12800000000128
2011000000207191
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Campeonato Paulista Total
2011CorinthiansSérie A28600000000286
2012144000013510339*12
2013302300080183595
2014000000009090
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Campeonato Carioca Total
2014BotafogoSérie A15630000000186
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Campeonato Paulista Total
2015CorinthiansSérie A300000717220*3
Brazil League Copa do Brasil Primeira Liga South America Campeonato Carioca Total
2015FlamengoSérie A2253000000021*5
2016100203031104285
Total Brazil 1594016330388631328064
Japan 152121002924-00181145
Saudi Arabia 342463181875006550
France 300000300060
Career total 3621942710504278146313554273

FIFA Club World Cup

Season Club League Apps Goals
2012 Corinthians FIFA Club World Cup 2 0
Total – – 2 0

* Friendly

International

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[19]

Qatar national team
YearAppsGoals
200830
Total30

Honors

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Consadole Sapporo

Urawa Reds

Al Ain

Flamengo

Fluminense

  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2010

Corinthians

Individual

References

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  1. ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 presented by Toyota: List of Players" (PDF). FIFA. 29 November 2012. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Ponte Preta anuncia lista de dispensas com Emerson Sheik, Renato Cajá e Lucca Archived 12 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine‚ superesportes.com.br, 5 December 2017
  3. ↑ "La increíble historia de Emerson, el jugador brasileño que le hizo frente a Riquelme" (in Spanish). La Nación. 5 July 2012. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Caras Novas do São Paulo" (PDF). São Paulo Notícias (in Portuguese). No. 96. August 1999. p. 15. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Officiel : Emerson signe au Stade Rennais". Stade Rennais Online. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Emerson returns to Al-Sadd
  7. ↑ Andrade sugere Emerson na seleção: ‘Por que não?’, responde o jogador Archived 2 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
  8. ↑ "Corinthians wins Copa Libertadores for 1st time". Sports Illustrated. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ↑ "Corinthians, the cream of South America". FIFA. 5 July 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  10. ↑ "Chelsea 0-1 Corinthians". BBC. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  11. ↑ Janeiro, Por Globoesporte comRio de (27 April 2014). "Sheik para Mano: "Mudaria o lado da rua para não ter que passar perto dele"". globoesporte.com. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Emerson encerra contrato com Timão, mas terá homenagem fora de campo". globoesporte.globo.com. 12 June 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  13. ↑ Laurentiis, Francisco De (5 July 2012). "'Favelado' dá título ao 'time do povo', nega ser herói e diz que sonhou com gol – Futebol – iG". Esporte. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  14. ↑ [permanent dead link]
  15. ↑ "Jogador de futebol é preso ao tentar sair do país com documentos falsos". Brasil em Folhas (in Portuguese). 21 January 2006. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2008.
  16. ↑ "Sheik comemora vitória do Corinthians com selinho em amigo". uolesporte.blogosfera.uol.com.br. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  17. ↑ Paulo, Por Rodrigo Faber São (19 August 2013). "Após beijo, Sheik ganha aplausos, protesto, e ataca: 'Preconceito babaca'". globoesporte.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  18. ↑ "Expulso com Emerson, adversário diz não aceitar beijo de ninguém - Futebol - Placar". Archived from the original on 31 August 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  19. ↑ "Márcio Emerson Passos". National-Football-Teams.com.
  20. ↑ "Emerson Sheik recebe troféu de melhor jogador da Libertadores e aponta, humilde: 'O prêmio é de todos nós'". Extra Online. 24 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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