Born in
Cacoal,
Rondônia, Emerson joined
Santos' youth setup in 2016, from
Flamengo. On 8 November of that year, he signed his first professional contract until 2019. On 1 December 2017, as
Caju,
Jean Mota and
Orinho were all injured, Emerson was called up to train with the first team by manager
Elano. He was included in the 21-man list for the match against
Avaí the following day. Emerson made his first team – and
Série A debut on 3 December 2017, coming on as a
substitute for
Emiliano Vecchio in a 1–1 home draw against the
Santa Catarina-based club. For the 2018 campaign, he only featured with the under-23 squad. On 17 December 2018, Emerson was presented at
Tupi. The following 27 February, however, he was announced at
CRAC after cutting ties with his previous club, but only played one match for the latter before moving to
Vitória-ES in May. ==Career statistics==