SOCCER PLAYER

Emerson

1976 - Today

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Emerson Ferreira da Rosa (born 4 April 1976), simply known as Emerson, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. At international level, he played 73 games for the Brazil national team between 1997 and 2006, scoring 6 goals. With Brazil, he has taken part in two FIFA World Cups (1998, 2006, missing out on the 2002 FIFA World Cup due to injury), two editions of the Copa América (1999, 2001), and three Confederations Cups (1999, 2003, 2005), winning the 1999 Copa América and the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, while also reaching the 1998 World Cup Final. An experienced footballer who was nicknamed the Puma due to his powerful but elegant, ball-winning style of play, Emerson has played for two Brazilian clubs, Grêmio and Santos, as well as several European clubs in Germany, Italy, and Spain, including Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, Juventus, Real Madrid and Milan, winning several titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emerson has received more than 334,892 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Emerson is the 1,120th most popular soccer player (up from 1,145th in 2019), the 258th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 112th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Emerson ranks 1,120 out of 21,273. Before him are Sami Hyypiä, Christian Panucci, Toshio Miyaji, David Alaba, Manuel Ferreira, and Tore Keller. After him are Dries Mertens, Pierre van Hooijdonk, Jacques Santini, Josef Kadraba, José Luis Brown, and Bojan Krkić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Emerson ranks 45. Before him are Fedor Emelianenko, Damir Skomina, Alexander Skarsgård, Michelle Monaghan, Alicia Silverstone, and Marcelo Gallardo. After him are Ludovic Giuly, Ethan Suplee, Princess Marie of Denmark, Iván Córdoba, Sage Stallone, and Anna Faris.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Emerson ranks 258 out of 2,236. Before him are Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902), Anselmo Duarte (1920), Edu (1949), José Linhares (1886), Edmundo (1971), and Joel Antônio Martins (1931). After him are Epitácio Pessoa (1865), Antônio Fagundes (1949), Arthur Bernardes (1875), Carlos Mozer (1960), Francisco Aramburu (1922), and Max Cavalera (1969).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Emerson ranks 112. Before him are Marinho Peres (1947), Philippe Coutinho (1992), Maicon Sisenando (1981), Edu (1949), Edmundo (1971), and Joel Antônio Martins (1931). After him are Carlos Mozer (1960), Francisco Aramburu (1922), Julinho (1929), Zé Maria (1949), Müller (1966), and Douglas Costa (1990).

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