Emerson (footballer, born 1986)

Emerson
	Emerson with Benfica in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Emerson da Conceição
Date of birth	23 February 1986 (age 30)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current team	Coritiba
Number	40
Youth career
	Corinthians-PR
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:07, 29 June 2015 (UTC).; ;

Emerson da Conceição (born 23 February 1986), known as Emerson, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Coritiba 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