Brett Emerton

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

Brett Emerton

Emerton with Sydney FC in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Brett Michael Emerton[1]
Date of birth	(1979-02-22) 22 February 1979 (age 46)[1]
Place of birth	Bankstown, Sydney, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1][2]
Position(s)	Right midfielder, right back
Youth career
	Gunners Soccer Club
	Macarthur Rams
	Marconi Stallions
1996	NSWIS
1996–1997	AIS
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2000	Sydney Olympic	94	(16)
2000–2003	Feyenoord	92	(11)
2003–2011	Blackburn Rovers	247	(13)
2011–2014	Sydney FC	57	(7)
Total		390	(47)
International career
1994–1995	Australia U17	11	(1)
1996–1999	Australia U20	16	(1)
1997–2000	Australia U23	25	(7)
1998–2012	Australia	95	(20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[a]		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sydney Olympic	1996–97	National Soccer League	18	2	–		–		18	2
	1997–98	National Soccer League	24	3	–		–		24	3
	1998–99	National Soccer League	21	2	–		–		21	2
	1999–2000	National Soccer League	31	9	–		–		31	9
	Total		94	16	0	0	0	0	94	16
Feyenoord	2000–01	Eredivisie	28	2	3	1	7	0	35	3
	2001–02	Eredivisie	31	6	2	0	9	0	43	6
	2002–03	Eredivisie	33	3	2	0	6	1	43	4
	Total		92	11	7	1	22	1	121	13
Blackburn Rovers	2003–04	Premier League	37	2	1	0	2	1	40	3
	2004–05	Premier League	37	4	7	1	0	0	44	5
	2005–06	Premier League	30	1	7	1	0	0	37	2
	2006–07	Premier League	34	0	7	0	6	0	47	0
	2007–08	Premier League	33	1	3	0	4	0	40	1
	2008–09	Premier League	20	1	2	1	0	0	22	2
	2009–10	Premier League	24	0	5	2	0	0	29	2
	2010–11	Premier League	30	4	2	0	0	0	32	4
	2011–12	Premier League	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		247	13	35	5	12	1	294	19
Sydney FC	2011–12	A-League	26	4	–		–		26	4
	2012–13	A-League	22	3	–		–		22	3
	2013–14	A-League	9	0	–		–		9	0
	Total		57	7	0	0	0	0	57	7
Career total			490	47	43	5	34	2	567	54

1. Appearances in KNVB Cup, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Community Shield, FFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Australia	1998	5	0
	1999	0	0
	2000	10	1
	2001	7	3
	2002	0	0
	2003	2	1
	2004	10	4
	2005	11	2
	2006	9	0
	2007	8	1
	2008	7	4
	2009	3	1
	2010	6	0
	2011	13	1
	2012	4	2
Total		95	20

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Emerton goal.

List of international goals scored by Brett Emerton^[4]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 November 2000	Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland	Scotland	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	20 June 2001	Westpac Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand	New Zealand	1–0	2–0	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
3				2–0
4	24 June 2001	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia	New Zealand	2–0	4–1	2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	12 February 2003	Upton Park, London, England	England	3–1	3–1	Friendly
6	4 June 2004	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Vanuatu	2–0	3–0	2004 OFC Nations Cup
7	6 June 2004	Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide, Australia	Solomon Islands	2–1	2–2	2004 OFC Nations Cup
8	9 October 2004	Lawson Tama, Honiara, Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	4–0	5–1	2004 OFC Nations Cup
9	12 October 2004	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney, Australia	Solomon Islands	6–0	6–0	2004 OFC Nations Cup
10	3 September 2005	Stadium Australia, Sydney, Australia	Solomon Islands	7–0	7–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
11	6 September 2005	Lawson Tama, Honiara, Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands	2–1	2–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
12	7 February 2007	Loftus Road, London, England	Denmark	1–3	1–3	Friendly
13	15 June 2008	Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
14				2–0
15	15 October 2008	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, Australia	Qatar	2–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
16				3–0
17	14 November 2009	Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, Muscat, Oman	Oman	2–1	2–1	2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
18	25 January 2011	Al-Gharafa Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Uzbekistan	4–0	6–0	2011 Asian Cup
19	29 February 2012	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne, Australia	Saudi Arabia	4–2	4–2	2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
20	3 December 2012	Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1–0	1–0	2013 EAFF East Asian Cup

Honours

Feyenoord

• UEFA Cup: 2001–02^[2]

Australia

• OFC U-17 Championship: 1995
• OFC U-20 Championship: 1997
• OFC Nations Cup: 2000, 2004

Individual

• NSL U21 Player of the Year: 1997–98
• Australian Sports Medal: 2000
• Oceania Footballer of the Year: 2002
• A-League All Stars: 2013