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Gilbert Oliveira (born 31 May 1990) is an Indian footballer who plays as a winger for Churchill Brothers of the I-League.
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
| Club | Season | League | Federation Cup | AFC | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Salgaocar | 2010–11 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 6 |
| 2011–12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 7 | |
| 2014–15 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 2 | |
| Career total | 78 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 98 | 17 | |
References
- ↑ Players to Watch: Salgaocar's Gilbert Oliveira.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Gilbert Oliveira.
- ↑ Pailan Arrows 0-3 Salgaocar
- ↑ Salgaocar 3-1 East Bengal. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ↑ AFC Cup: Al Arouba 1-0 Salgaocar SC – Karim Bencherifa's side handed an away defeat in Group D opener.
- ↑ Salgaocar SC 2-2 Neftchi: Karim Bencherifa's side twice come from behind to hold the visitors.
- ↑ Chennaiyin FC signs Oliveira. The Hindu(18 November 2015).
- ↑ Template:Soccerway