Emerson Sheik
ABOUT EMERSON SHEIK
Brazilian-Qatari striker who has won multiple league titles with clubs like Flamengo and Corinthians. He was named J. League MVP in 2003 while playing for Urawa Red Diamonds.
He spent three years in the youth system of Sao Paulo FC.
In 2006, he was detained by police for falsifying his birth certificate to show that he was three years younger than he actually was.
His birth name is Marcio Passos de Albuquerque.
He and Japan's Yuji Nakazawa were both included on the J. League Team of the Year in 2003 and 2004.
