Emerson Palmieri

Emerson Palmieri dos Santos (born 3 August 1994), known as Emerson Palmieri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈɛːmersom palˈmjɛːri])[note 1] or simply Emerson, is a professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Chelsea and the Italy national team. Mainly a left back, he has been deployed as a left wing back and a left midfielder on occasion.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Palmieri and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
Emerson Palmieri
Emerson celebrating winning the UEFA Europa League with Chelsea in 2019
Personal information
Full name Emerson Palmieri dos Santos[1]
Date of birth (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994[2]
Place of birth Santos, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Club information
Current team
 Chelsea
Number 33
Youth career
2009–2011 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2015 Santos 18 (1)
2014–2015 → Palermo (loan) 9 (0)
2015–2018 Roma 34 (1)
2018– Chelsea 32 (0)
National team‡
2011 Brazil U17 15 (1)
2018– Italy 12 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:39, 22 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:37, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

Internationally, Emerson played for his native Brazil at under-17 level, but he later declared his desire to represent Italy, having been granted Italian citizenship in 2017. He has since been called up to the Italy national team, making his senior international debut with the side in 2018.

Club career

Santos

Born in Santos, São Paulo, Emerson finished his formation in local Santos' youth categories, and made his first team debut on 17 April 2011, coming on as a late substitute for Keirrison in a 3–0 Campeonato Paulista home win against Paulista. His first start occurred on 21 January 2012, in a 1–1 away draw against XV de Piracicaba.[3] In February, he returned to the youth team,[4] but he was called up to the match against Mogi Mirim in the following month.[5] He also appeared against Ituano and Paulista, as the club was crowned champions of Paulistão for the third consecutive time.

On 17 June, Emerson made his Série A debut, in a 0–1 defeat against Flamengo.[6] He scored his first goal on 5 September 2013, but in a 1–2 loss at Atlético Paranaense.

Palermo (loan)

On 25 August 2014, Emerson was loaned to Serie A's Palermo, with a buyout clause.[7] He made his debut in the competition on 24 September, coming on as a second half substitute for Fabio Daprelà in a 3–3 away draw against Napoli.[8]

Emerson played nine league matches for the club, being mainly a backup to another new signing, Achraf Lazaar.

Roma

On 31 August 2015, Emerson joined fellow league team Roma, on loan for one year.[9] A second-choice behind Lucas Digne, he made his debut for the club on 4 October in a 4–2 away win against former side Palermo.

Emerson scored his first goal in the top league of Italian football on 14 May 2016, in a 3–1 away win against Milan; after replacing Stephan El Shaarawy in the 78th minute, he netted his team's third after a rebound.[10] His loan was extended for a further season on 7 July.[11]

On 5 December 2016, after reaching 12 matches during the campaign, Emerson was bought outright for a reported fee of €2 million.[12]

Emerson missed much of the first half of the 2017–18 season due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury that he suffered in May 2017.[13] He made his comeback on 1 December 2017, coming off the bench in the last 15 minutes of the match against SPAL for the Serie A, which turned out as his sole appearance for Roma during that season.[14]

Chelsea
Emerson playing for Chelsea in 2018

On 30 January 2018, Emerson joined English side Chelsea on a four-and-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee.[15] According to Roma, the transfer fee was €20 million plus €9 million bonus.[16] He made his debut against Hull City in the fifth round of the FA Cup, assisting fellow January signing Olivier Giroud for his first Chelsea goal. The Blues came out 4–0 winners at Stamford Bridge.[17]

Emerson made his Premier League debut on 4 March 2018 as a second-half substitute in a 1–0 defeat at Manchester City.[18] His first Premier League start came away to Burnley on 19 April. Emerson set up Victor Moses for the winning goal as Chelsea claimed a 2–1 victory.[19]

On 26 September 2018, in his first appearance of the 2018–19 season, Emerson scored his first goal for Chelsea, the temporary equaliser in an eventual 2–1 away win against Liverpool, in the third round of the EFL Cup.[20] On 24 February 2019, he started for Chelsea in the 2019 EFL Cup Final on, and was one of the three Chelsea players to convert their spot kicks in the resulting shoot-out following a 0–0 draw after extra-time; however, Manchester City ultimately prevailed 4–3.[21] On 29 May, he assisted Olivier Giroud's opening goal in a 4–1 win over Arsenal in the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final.[22]

International career

Emerson represented Brazil at under-17 level during the 2011 South American U-17 Championship and during 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, being crowned champions of the former. He was an undisputed starter during both tournaments, scoring a goal against Chile on 16 March 2011.

In March 2017, after being close to acquiring Italian citizenship, Emerson was reportedly pursued by Italy head coach Gian Piero Ventura with the intention of switching his international allegiance to Italy.[23] He officially switched allegiance to Italy on 29 March 2017.[24] Emerson was called up by Ventura for matches against Uruguay and Liechtenstein in June 2017, however, withdrew due to injury and replaced by Andrea Conti.[25]

On 19 May 2018, new Italy coach Roberto Mancini called him for Italy's May and June friendly matches against Saudi Arabia, France and the Netherlands,[26] however, he withdrew due to another injury.[27] He was later called up again to the team in September 2018, for Italy's opening UEFA Nations League matches against Poland and Portugal later that month.[28] He made his senior international debut for Italy on 10 September, during the UEFA Nations League match against Portugal, coming on as a second-half substitute for Domenico Criscito in his team's 1–0 away loss.[29][30]

Personal life

Emerson has Italian ancestry on his mother's side from Rossano, nearby Cosenza in Calabria,[31] [32] and has been an Italian citizen since March 2017.[24] His older brother, Giovanni, is also a footballer and a left back.[33]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 24 January 2021[34]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League[lower-alpha 1] National Cup[lower-alpha 2] League Cup[lower-alpha 3] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Santos 2011 Série A 0010————10
2012 Série A 1030————40
2013 Série A 1412010———171
2014 Série A 306220———112
Total 18112230———333
Palermo (loan) 2014–15 Serie A 90—00———90
Roma 2015–16 Serie A 81—10—00—91
2016–17 Serie A 250—40—7[lower-alpha 4]1—361
2017–18 Serie A 10—10———20
Total 341—60—71—472
Chelsea 2017–18[35] Premier League 50—200000—70
2018–19[36] Premier League 100—105111[lower-alpha 5]0—271
2019–20[37] Premier League 150—20003[lower-alpha 6]01[lower-alpha 7]0210
2020–21[38] Premier League 20—20204[lower-alpha 6]0—100
Total 320—707118010651
Career Total 93212216071251101546
  1. Includes Campeonato Paulista
  2. Includes Copa do Brasil, Coppa Italia, FA Cup
  3. Includes EFL Cup
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  7. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International
As of match played 18 November 2020[39]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Italy 201820
201950
202050
Total120

Honours

Santos

Chelsea

Brazil U17

Notes
  1. In isolation, Emerson is pronounced [ˈɛːmerson]

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