Profile Brett Emerton

Personal information

Full name : Brett Michael Emerton

Date of birth : 22 February 1979

Place of birth : Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia

Height : 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Playing position : Midfielder

Current club : Blackburn Rovers

Number : 7

Youth career :

Marconi Stallions

1996 NSWIS

1996–1997 AIS

Senior career :

1996–2000 Sydney Olympic

2000–2003 Feyenoord

2003– Blackburn Rovers

National team :

1994–1995 Australia U-17

1996–1999 Australia U-20

1996–2000 Australia U-23

1998– Australia

Club career

Gunners Soccer Club

Growing up within Macquarie Fields, Emerton former jumped onto the pitch at Bensley Road Gunners Soccer Club, whereas he was nicknamed 'the greyhound' with his fast ability and proficiency towards outpace the competition. Emerton was ancient five. During the consecutive years he performed for the Macarthur Rams onto a rep grade and proceeded onto further as he aged.

Sydney Olympic

Emerton was a product of the Australian Institute of Sport and activated his career with Sydney Olympic within the National Soccer League within August 1996. During his stay at the club he impressed broadly with his pace and stamina, as much as his play with the ball. After making 94 impressions and scoring 16 goals. Emerton began towards be noticed within Europe.

Feyenoord

After captaining the Olyroos at the Sydney Olympics, Emerton attended Feyenoord within August 2000 for a fee of £415,000, successful a UEFA Cup winners medal within May 2002. (although Emerton himself was banned for the final match) and being named the 2002 Oceania Footballer of the Year. He made a gross of 111 league and cup impressions for Feyenoord, scoring eleven goals.

Blackburn Rovers

After being associated with numerous Premiership teams, Emerton ultimately attended Blackburn Rovers within July 2003 for an undisclosed fee, onto a four-year contract, remarking, "I've always dreamed of performing within the Premiership so towards finally accomplish it is great." He refused bids from taller clubs so that he could play within his desirable grading onto the wing . He scored onto his debut within a 5–1 victory again Wolverhampton Wanderers within August 2003. Manager Graeme Souness remarked of him: "Emerton is a top musician, we are very lucky towards possess him. If he can keep up that grade of trickery I shall be relatively happy." In his former Premier League season, Emerton performed within 37 league toys, scored two goals, and featured within 40 fits within everybody competitions. However, Blackburn failed towards earn move within the UEFA Cup and fought against relegation.

Blackburn existed that season but again fought within the 2004–05 season, not successful a toy until September 2004. However, the club stored their Premiership status consecutive a distort of executive and reached the FA Cup semi-finals, whereas they forgotten towards Arsenal. Emerton remunerated credit towards novel executive, Mark Hughes, ""It is a huge achievement. When Mark arrived within we were within a bit of chaos but from the day he arrived we worked onto our fitness. Everyone is better for that and it has guided within our performances."

A many successful season within 2005–06 observed Blackburn extend the 5th round of the FA Cup, losing towards West Ham United, the semi-finals of the Carling Cup, losing towards Manchester United, and qualify for the UEFA Cup. Following the end of the season, Emerton signed a novel four-year import at Blackburn within August 2006. Mark Hughes explained him as "...a musician whom provides me a lot of options. He can bring the ball from one end of the field towards the other. That's why teams possess coveted him this summer." Emerton made 47 impressions within the 2006–07 season[1] as Blackburn ceased within mid-table but reached the FA Cup semi-final for the second moment within three years, losing towards Chelsea,[16] and reached the knock-out levels of the UEFA cup, ultimately losing out towards Bayer Leverkusen for a site within the last 16. At the end of the 2006–07 season, Emerton had made a gross of 167 impressions for Blackburn within everybody contests, scoring ten goals.

On 31 January 2009, Emerton's 2008–09 season arrived towards a halt versus Middlesbrough when during a undertake, he wrecked his knee. It was revealed onto two February that he had wrecked his cruciate ligament, which meant he would miss the remainder of the season, six towards 9 months being his expected recovery time.

On 12 September 2009, Emerton made his long awaited replace towards Premier League football as a second-half spare within the 3–1 Blackburn victory again fellow Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers. On 4 October 2009, Emerton activated his former match within 2009–10 since being stung at Middlesbrough the previous season, performing against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium within a heavy 6–2 defeat with Emerton performing 57 minutes ahead of being replaced via spare Morten Gamst Pedersen. In everybody contests during the 2009–10 season, Emerton made a gross of 29 impressions, scoring two goals, and providing four assists. on 25 July 2010, he replaced Morten Gamst Pedersen within the 60th minute within the 2–1 defeat towards Rangers within the Sydney Festival of Football tournament held within Australia, but could not deter the team from losing. "The biggest cheer of the afternoon arrived onto the hour mark with the introduction of Brett Emerton, the Australian crowd everybody standing towards applaud the introduction of the Sydney-born midfielder. Emerton scored his former goal of the 2010–11 Premier League season within a 2–1 victory again Lancashire rivals Blackpool at Bloomfield Road onto the 25 September, within which he scored within the 92nd minute of sting time. On 4 December, he scored his second goal of the season at Ewood Park against Wolverhampton Wanderers within the 43rd minute, performing the full 90 minutes within a 3-0 victory.

International career

Emerton was captain of the "Olyroos", Australia's Olympic football team, at the 2000 Summer Olympics within Sydney, whereas he was posted off against Nigeria as Australia were beaten 3–2 and went out of the tournament. He was named within the Australia squad for the Fifa Confederations Cup held within South Korea and Japan within 2001 and made the activating line-up within a offend victory again France and a defeat via South Korea as Australia experienced from the Group stages. Emerton was a member of the Australian national team that forgotten out onto the final site within the 2002 World Cup finals within Korea and Japan when Uruguay hammered Australia again two legs within November 2001. He performed within the team that comprehensively hammered England 3–1 at Boleyn Ground within February 2003, scoring the final goal towards lid an impressive win. Emerton performed within both legs of World Cup play-off against Uruguay within November 2005, when the Socceroos experienced for the 2006 FIFA World Cup within Germany, the former moment that Australia had reached the finals of the World Cup since 1974, and was named within the Australian squad for the World Cup finals. He was within the activating lineup for everybody three Group Stage toys against Japan, Brazil and Croatia as Australia experienced for the second round. However, he obtained two yellow cards against Croatia, was posted off within the 87th minute and subsequently missed the Socceroos' second round match against Italy.

Emerton scored two goals against Qatar within Australia's fourth match of World Cup Qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, within Doha. The match ceased 3–1 towards the Australians, as the country gained towards the second round of the World Cup qualifiers. He also scored two goals against Qatar onto the 15th of October within Brisbane, one from the disadvantage dot and the else entitlement foot cease from a flowing Australian move. Since replacing from sting Emerton has obtained an international recall for the upcoming fits against Netherlands and Oman. In his replace match for the Socceroos against the Netherlands, Emerton arrived onto as a second halves spare for Josh Kennedy, and made a unheard of replace via glancing grave onto the right side of midfield. He otherwise activated the next match onto against Oman and performed a full 90 minutes. Emerton scored a late winner against Oman within the 2011 Asian Cup Qualifying fixture towards grant the Socceroos a 2–1 win. He has won 78 caps, and has scored 17 goals for Australia, since making his debut for them back within 1998. On 17 November 2010, he stung his hamstring whilst onto international obligation against Egypt within a 3–0 defeat within Cairo.