Emerson de Souza Ferretti (born 3 September 1971) is a Brazilian former goalkeeper and current President of Bahia.
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 |
In 1999, Emerson won the Copa do Brasil with Juventude. 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. In total, he played over 500 games as a professional footballer, including 228 games with Bahia, 155 of which were consecutive, a national record.
Emerson was a Brazil youth international.
After retiring as a professional player, Emerson became a football commentator. 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.
In December 2023 he was elected president of EC Bahia.
In 2022, Emerson came out as gay.
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