Émerson Leão
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Émerson Leão | ||
| Date of birth | July 11, 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Portuguesa (Manager consult) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1970 | Comercial | ? | (?) |
| 1971–1978 | Palmeiras | 163 | (0) |
| 1979–1980 | Vasco da Gama | 24 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Grêmio | 46 | (0) |
| 1983 | Corinthians | 13 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | Palmeiras | 31 | (0) |
| 1986 | Sport Recife | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1969–1986 | Brazil | 80 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1987–1988 | Sport Recife | ||
| 1988–1989 | Coritiba | ||
| 1989–1990 | Palmeiras | ||
| 1990–1992 | Portuguesa | ||
| 1990–1991 | São José | ||
| 1991–1992 | XV de Piracicaba | ||
| 1992–1994 | Shimizu S-Pulse | ||
| 1995–1996 | Juventude | ||
| 1996 | Atlético Paranaense | ||
| 1996 | Verdy Kawasaki | ||
| 1997–1998 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 1998–1999 | Santos | ||
| 1999 | Internacional | ||
| 2000 | Grêmio | ||
| 2000 | Sport Recife | ||
| 2000–2001 | Brazil | ||
| 2002–2004 | Santos | ||
| 2004 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 2004–2005 | São Paulo | ||
| 2005 | Vissel Kobe | ||
| 2005–2006 | Palmeiras | ||
| 2006 | São Caetano | ||
| 2006–2007 | Corinthians | ||
| 2007 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2008 | Santos | ||
| 2008–2009 | Al-Sadd | ||
| 2009 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 2009 | Sport Recife | ||
| 2010 | Goiás | ||
| 2011–2012 | São Paulo | ||
| 2012 | São Caetano | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 3, 2012. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 3, 2012.
Émerson Leão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈɛmeʁsõ leˈɐ̃w]; born July 11, 1949) is a Brazilian head coach and former football player. He is one of the all-time best Brazilian goalkeepers. A documentary video produced by FIFA, FIFA Fever, called him the third-most impressive defense player of all time. He was born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo.
He was World Cup champion in 1970 as a reserve player, when he was twenty years old. He then played the two following World Cups as first team player. He was the first Brazilian goalkeeper in history to be team captain (during the 1978 World Cup). Dida repeated the feat in 2006 in a group stage match against Japan. In the 1986 World Cup, Leão was a reserve player.
He played 80 times for the Brazilian national football team. At the club level, he played for several clubs, his longest term being at Palmeiras, where he won several titles, like Campeonato Brasileiro and Campeonato Paulista.
Leão has been a manager since 1987. He was São Paulo manager in 2005, winning the Campeonato Paulista of that year. He then moved to Vissel Kobe of Japan, where he stayed for only four matches. On July 18, 2005 he became Palmeiras' manager, a position he held until March, 2006. His peak as a manager was his second period at Santos, between 2002 and 2004, when he won the Campeonato Brasileiro in 2002, and was runner-up in both Copa Libertadores de América and Campeonato Brasileiro in 2003. Leão is often seen as a hardliner, since he demands perfect physical shape of his players, along with discipline and mutual respect. He is not fond of having well-known players on his teams, since he believes that this might cause relationship problems within the squad.
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