From Leverkusen to world star – Emerson is 44

Emerson became a crowd favourite with the Bayer 04 fans during his time at Leverkusen and years later his supporters had not forgotten him when he was voted into the All Stars line-up for the anniversary celebrations of '40 years Bundesliga under the Bayer Cross'.

Emerson is one of a large number of players from Brazil have made their mark for the Werkself over the years.