Sebastião Gilberto

Sebastião Gilberto

Gilberto playing for Angola in match against Iran, 30 May 2014
Personal information
Full name	Felisberto Sebastião da Graça Amaral
Date of birth	(1982-09-21) September 21, 1982
Place of birth	Luanda, Angola
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Left winger, Left midfielder
Club information
Current team	AEL Limassol
Number	21
Youth career
2001–2002	Petro Atletico
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2010	Al Ahly	286	(6)
2010–2012	Lierse	13	(2)
2012–	AEL Limassol	20	(0)
National team
1999–	Angola	52	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals).

Felisberto Sebastião da Graça Amaral, more commonly known as Gilberto (born 21 September 1982), is an Angolan footballer. He was formerly playing for Egypt's Al-Ahly and then played for Belgian club Lierse S.K.. He suffered a knee injury that lasted about a year. He was the first choice left winger. He came from Angola team AS Luanda and is in the Angolan team. An Achilles tendon injury made him miss the 2006 African Cup of Nations and the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He was part of the Angolan national team during the 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana. In the 2010 African Cup of Nations opening game against Mali on January 10 in Luanda Gilberto made assist for 1–0 lead to Flavio Amado in the first half. In the second half he scored from penalty-kick for Angola 3–0 lead and later in the game Seydou Keita penalised him for another penalty kick for Angola. Manucho scored for 4–0 but the match finished 4–4 after four consecutive goals for Mali in the last 15 minutes of the game.

Club career

Al Ahly

While playing for Al Ahly in Egypt, Gilberto was well known for fitting into the team's tactic. The tactic was that Gilberto would run on the side of the pitch and then cross the ball at the end to Flavio who would almost always score with a header. With Al Ahly, Gilberto played against many World Class teams such as FC Barcelona and AS Roma. He helped his team to much domestic glory before helping them become the only team in the world to qualify to Club World Cup twice in a row.

National team statistics

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
7	October 9, 2010	Luanda	Guinea-Bissau	1-0	Win	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

External links

• Sebastião Gilberto at National-Football-Teams.com
• Player Profile - footballdatabase.eu
• Angola's Gilberto arrives at Lierse

Angola squads Angola squad – 2008 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Lamá 2 Airosa 3 Jamba 4 Machado 5 Kali 6 Yamba Asha 7 Figueiredo 8 A.Macanga 9 Mateus 10 Maurito 11 Gilberto 12 Nuno 13 Édson 14 Mendonça 15 Rui Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Dédé 20 Locó 21 Delgado 22 Mário 23 Manucho Coach: O.Gonçalves Angola squad – 2010 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Lamá 2 Jamuana 3 Enoque 4 Dias Caires 5 Kali 6 Davíd 7 Job 8 Xara 9 Mantorras 10 Zuela 11 Gilberto 12 Johnson–Macaba 13 Carlos 14 Djalma 15 Rui Marques 16 Flávio 17 Zé Kalanga 18 Love 19 Dédé 20 Stélvio 21 Mabiná 22 Wilson 23 Manucho Coach: Manuel José Angola squad – 2012 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Wilson 2 Airosa 3 Osório 4 Dani Massunguna 5 Kali 6 Dédé 7 Djalma 8 André Macanga 9 Manucho 10 Zuela 11 Gilberto 12 Jaime 13 Carlos 14 Amaro 15 Miguel 16 Flávio 17 Mateus 18 Love 19 Rafael 20 Manucho Barros 21 Mingo Bile 22 Hugo 23 Vunguidica Coach: Vidigal Angola squad – 2013 Africa Cup of Nations 1 Lamá 2 M.Airosa 3 Lunguinha 4 Dani Massunguna 5 Fabrício 6 Dédé 7 Djalma 8 Manucho Diniz 9 Manucho 10 Zuela 11 Gilberto 12 Landú 13 Bastos 14 Amaro 15 Miguel 16 Pirolito 17 Mateus 18 Geraldo 19 Yano 20 Mingo Bile 21 Manuel 22 Neblú 23 Guilherme Coach: Ferrín