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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.

Gilbert Oliveira

Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-05-31) 31 May 1990 (age 32)
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)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, 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
		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

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