Gil
Personal information
Full name Gilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves
Date of birth (1980-09-13) 13 September 1980
Place of birth Andradina, Brazil
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1995–1999 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2005 Corinthians 124 (31)
2005 Tokyo Verdy 16 (2)
2006 Cruzeiro 14 (3)
2006–2007 Gimnàstic 19 (0)
2007–2009 Internacional 14 (1)
2008Botafogo (loan) 17 (1)
2009–2010 Flamengo 2 (0)
2014 ABC 0 (0)
2015 Juventus-SP 21 (8)
International career
2003 Brazil 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 May 2015
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2010

Gilberto Ribeiro Gonçalves (born 13 September 1980 in Andradina), commonly known as Gil (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒiw]) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. He was formally a Brazilian international.

Club career

Early years

Gil grew up in a small town, Andradina, where his talent was recognised at a very early age. He was noticed by Corinthians scouts at the age 15, and soon went on to join as a youth player.

Corinthians

His time at Corinthians was relatively successful, with Gil managing to register 31 goals in 124 games, a decent record for a winger. His pace, skill, technical ability, control and ability to beat his man shone in the Brazilian league, but after five years with the Corinthians first team, he transferred to Tokyo Verdy 1969 of Japan, in 2005.

Tokyo Verdy

His time in Japan was very unsuccessful, with Gil not being a regular starter and not playing to his full potential, which in turn led him to be sold to Brazilian team Cruzeiro, in 2006.

Cruzeiro

He did not present his best football while in Cruzeiro. Only scoring four goals in over fifteen appearances. He did however start in the majority of the games and became a reliable source for assisting other players for goals.

Gimnàstic de Tarragona

His season long stay in Tarragona was yet another unsuccessful venture for Gil. Gil played 19 matches and he did not score any goals, during his time with Gimnàstic de Tarragona.

Flamengo

On 25 September 2009 Flamengo have signed the forward until December 2009.[1]

International career

Gil appeared for the Brazil national football team in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Career statistics

Club

[2]

Club performance League
Season Club League AppsGoals
Brazil League
1999Corinthians PaulistaSérie A00
200082
2001126
2002234
2003319
2004406
200541
Japan League
2005Tokyo VerdyJ1 League162
Brazil League
2006CruzeiroSérie A143
Spain League
2006–07Gimnàstic TarragonaLa Liga190
Brazil League
2007InternacionalSérie A121
200830
2008BotafogoSérie A161
2009FlamengoSérie A10
2010
CountryBrazil 16433
Japan 162
Spain 190
Total 19935

International

Brazil national team
YearAppsGoals
200341
Total41

Honours

Club

  • São Paulo's Cup (U 20): 1999
  • São Paulo State League: 1999, 2001, 2003
  • Tournament Rio – São Paulo: 2002
  • Brazilian Cup: 2002
  • Minas Gerais State League: 2006
  • Brazilian Série A: 2009

Individual honours

  • Brazilian Bola de Prata (Placar): 2002

Meme[edit]

Gil became famous in Brazil for an interview in 2006 following Cruzeiro, his club at the time, winning the Campeonato Mineiro title. He was asked by Amaral Júnior, a reporter for catholic radio station Rádio Divinópolis, if there were limits to supporters celebrating the title with players, since supporters had invaded the pitch and tore the shirts of some players while celebrating. Live on radio, Gil responded "Só não vale dar o cu, o resto vale tudo" which has homossexual connotation.[3]

References

  1. "Flamengo anuncia contratação de Gil nesta sexta-feira". Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  2. Gil at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Lei de Gil: Conheça a história desse meme". Dicionário Popular (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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