Gilbert Oliveira

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

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

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]
Club Season League Federation 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 total 7815152519817

References
  1. Rahul Bali. "Players to Watch: Salgaocar's Gilbert Oliveira". goal.com. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  2. 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
  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. 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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