Gilberto Silva (Portuguese footballer)

Gilberto Silva
Personal information
Full name Gilberto Manuel Pereira da Silva
Date of birth (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987
Place of birth Guimarães, Portugal
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Sporting Covilhã
Number 23
Youth career
1998–2000 GD Sandinenses
2000–2006 Boavista
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2007 Penalva do Castelo 26 (0)
2007–2009 Boavista 52 (0)
2009–2011 Ermis Aradippou 13 (0)
2011–2012 Oliveira de Frades 15 (2)
2012– Sporting Covilhã 73 (2)
National team
2002–2003 Portugal U16 13 (1)
2003–2004 Portugal U17 15 (0)
2004–2005 Portugal U18 4 (0)
2005 Portugal U19 4 (0)
2007 Portugal U21 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:24, 14 July 2014 (UTC).


This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is da Silva.

Gilberto Manuel Pereira da Silva (born 26 March 1987), simply known as Gilberto Silva is a Portuguese professional footballer playing for Sporting Covilhã as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Guimarães, Silva is a graduate of Boavista youth academy. Failing to get first team opportunities, he had a stint with third tier club Penalva do Castelo before joining his former club's first team in 2007. After two successive seasons, he entered Cypriot football with Ermis Aradippou. Failing to get success abroad, he returned to Portugal with Oliveira de Frades. Sporting Covilhã reinforced him in 2012.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Gilverto Silva". Footballzz. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
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