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Emerson Ferretti
Personal information
Full name	Emerson de Souza Ferretti
Date of birth	3 September 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Bahia (President)
Youth career
–1991	Grêmio
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1995	Grêmio
1995–1996	Flamengo
1997	America-RJ
1997	América-RN
1998	Ituano
1998	Bragantino
1999	Juventude
2000–2005	Bahia
2006–2007	Vitória
International career
1991	Brazil U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2023

Emerson de Souza Ferretti (born 3 September 1971) is a Brazilian former goalkeeper and current President of Bahia.

Club career

In 1999, Emerson won the Copa do Brasil with Juventude.^[1] After that, he was twice champion of the Northeast (2001/2002) and champion of Bahia in 2001, playing for Bahia, and in 2007, for Vitória.^[2] In total, he played over 500 games as a professional footballer, including 228 games with Bahia, 155 of which were consecutive, a national record.^[3]^[4]

International career

Emerson was a Brazil youth international.^[5]

Post-playing career

After retiring as a professional player, Emerson became a football commentator.^[6] Emerson also worked as Sports Coordinator at the Municipal Office of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Salvador, Bahia, as a technical advisor at SUDESB and also at the Organizing Committee of the 2019 Copa América held in Brazil, as well as president of Ypiranga.^[7]

In December 2023 he was elected president of EC Bahia.^[8]