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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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 31 May 1990 | ||
| 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* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (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) | |||
Career
editSalgaocar
editGilbert 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)
editOn 18 November 2015, Oliveira was signed by Indian Super League side, Chennaiyin, as a replacement for Dhanpal Ganesh.[7]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of 30 May 2015[8]
| 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
edit- ^ Rahul Bali. "Players to Watch: Salgaocar's Gilbert Oliveira". goal.com. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
- ^ a b c d Salgaocar. "Gilbert Oliveira". Salgaocar. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
- ^ Pailan Arrows 0-3 Salgaocar
- ^ "Salgaocar 3-1 East Bengal". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Chennaiyin FC signs Oliveira". The Hindu. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ Gilbert Oliveira at Soccerway