Gilbert Oliveira

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Gilbert Oliveira
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Personal information
Date of birth (1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Margao, Goa, India
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Churchill Brothers
Youth career
2006–2010 Salgaocar
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2016 Salgaocar 92 (16)
2015 → Chennaiyin (loan) 0 (0)
2018– Churchill Brothers 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:09, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Gilbert Oliveira (born 31 May 1990) is an Indian footballer who plays as a winger for Churchill Brothers of the I-League.

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Career

Salgaocar

Gilbert was born on 31 May 1990 in Goa. He was playing in the inter-village tournaments [1] when he was spotted and signed for I-League team Salgaocar S.C. and at the age of 16 was put in the u19's squad. [2] Gilbert stayed with the under-19 squad for three years before joining the first team for the 2010–11 I-League. [2] Speaking about his time with the youth Gilbert said "the youth development programme was excellent! My coaches really helped me in my quality of passing, ball possession, discipline, etc." [2] He made his debut for the Salgaocar first team on 7 December 2012 in the 2nd Round of the 2010-11 I-League season in Salgaocar's 4–3 victory over Chirag United in which he also managed to score his first two goals of his professional career. [2] In the sixteenth round of the I-League season Gilbert scored two more goals against ONGC which brought his tally to five that season. In the seventeenth round Gilbert scored a goal against HAL. After his first season in professional football Gilbert finished with 6 goals in 17 matches.

Olivera's 2011-12 footballing season started off great for him as he started as a normal starter for Salgaocar. He started Salgaocar's first match of the season in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup against Mumbai F.C. where they drew 0-0. He then played in his third match of the Federation Cup on 22 September 2011 and he even scored a goal as Salgaocar won 3–0 against normal I-League team Pailan Arrows. [3] Then on 29 September 2011 Olivera came on as a sub during the 2011 Indian Federation Cup Final win over East Bengal. [4] He then made his club international debut against Al-Oruba on 7 March 2012 in the 2012 AFC Cup. Salgaocar lost 0–1. [5] He then scored his first Asian and club international goal of his career against Neftchi in his second club international game of his career on 21 March 2012. [6]

Chennaiyin (loan)

On 18 November 2015, Oliveira was signed by Indian Super League side, Chennaiyin, as a replacement for Dhanpal Ganesh. [7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 30 May 2015 [8]
ClubSeasonLeagueFederation Cup AFC Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Salgaocar 2010–11 17600——176
2011–12 1114151173
2012–13 9030——120
2013–14 24631——277
2014–15 17250——222
Career total7815152519817

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References

  1. ↑ Rahul Bali. "Players to Watch: Salgaocar's Gilbert Oliveira". goal.com. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Salgaocar. "Gilbert Oliveira". Salgaocar. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
  3. ↑ Pailan Arrows 0-3 Salgaocar
  4. ↑ "Salgaocar 3-1 East Bengal". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  5. ↑ goal.com. "AFC Cup: Al Arouba 1-0 Salgaocar SC – Karim Bencherifa's side handed an away defeat in Group D opener". goal.com. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  6. ↑ goal.com. "Salgaocar SC 2-2 Neftchi: Karim Bencherifa's side twice come from behind to hold the visitors". goal.com. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "Chennaiyin FC signs Oliveira". The Hindu. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
  8. ↑ Gilbert Oliveira at Soccerway
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