20 Facts About Brett Emerton

Brett Michael Emerton was born on 22 February 1979 and is an Australian former professional footballer who played for Sydney Olympic, Sydney FC, Feyenoord Rotterdam, Blackburn Rovers and the Australia national team.

Brett Emerton was a product of the Australian Institute of Sport and started his career with Sydney Olympic in the National Soccer League in August 1996.

Brett Emerton won a UEFA Cup winners medal in May 2002 and being named the 2002 Oceania Footballer of the Year.

Brett Emerton made a total of 111 league and cup appearances for Feyenoord, scoring eleven goals.

Brett Emerton can carry the ball from one end of the field to the other.

In July 2008, Brett Emerton signed a new four-year contract, keeping him at the club until the summer of 2012.

Brett Emerton was made captain for his final match for Blackburn against Everton at Ewood Park on 27 August 2011, playing the full 90 minutes.

On 25 August 2011, it was announced that Brett Emerton had signed with two time A-League champions, Sydney FC on a three-year deal after terminating his contract with Blackburn Rovers by mutual consent returning him to his homeland after 11 years abroad.

On 23 March 2013, Brett Emerton was shown a red card against Western Sydney Wanderers for a studs-up challenge on left-back and former teammate Shannon Cole.

Brett Emerton received a straight red card even though he received a yellow card three minutes before.

Brett Emerton was substituted off in the 83rd minute of the match, and was replaced by Adelaide United midfielder Marcelo Carrusca.

On 16 January 2014, Brett Emerton announced his retirement from professional football as a result of his persistent back problems.

Brett Emerton was named in the Australia squad for the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup held in South Korea and Japan and made the starting line-up in a shock win over France and a defeat by South Korea as Australia qualified from the Group stages.

Brett Emerton was a member of the Australian national team that lost out on the final place in the 2002 World Cup finals in Korea and Japan when Uruguay beat Australia over two legs in November 2001.

Brett Emerton played in both legs of World Cup play-off against Uruguay in November 2005, when the Socceroos qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the first time that Australia had reached the finals of the World Cup since 1974, and was named in the Australian squad for the World Cup finals.

Brett Emerton was in the starting line-up for all three Group Stage games against Japan, Brazil and Croatia as Australia qualified for the second round.

Brett Emerton scored two goals against Qatar in Australia's fourth match of World Cup Qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, in Doha.

Since returning from injury Brett Emerton has received an international recall for the upcoming matches against the Netherlands and Oman.

Brett Emerton then started the next match on against Oman and played a full 90 minutes.

Brett Emerton played a total of 5 games at the tournament.