Giba

Giba
Giba at the 2011 World League Final
Personal information
Full name	Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho
Nationality	Brazilian
Born	(1976-12-23) 23 December 1976 (age 40) Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Spike	325 cm (128 in)
Block	312 cm (123 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Number	7
Career
Years Teams 1996–1997 1997–1998 1998–1999 1999–2001 2001–2003 2003–2007 2007–2009 2009–2012 2012–2013 2013-2013 2013–2014 Chapecó São Caetano Olympikus São Caetano Report Nipomed Minas Tênis Clube Ferrara Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Iskra Odintsovo Pinheiros Personal Bolívar Funvic Taubaté Al-Nasr Dubai
National team
1995–2012  Brazil (319)
Honours Representing  Brazil Men's Volleyball Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 2 0 World Championship 3 0 0 World Grand Champions Cup 3 1 0 World Cup 2 0 2 World League 8 2 2 South American Championship 9 0 0 Pan American Games 1 1 1 America's Cup 2 4 0 Total 29 11 5 Olympic Games 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London World Championship 2002 Argentina 2006 Japan 2010 Italy World Cup 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 1995 Japan 2011 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan 2001 Japan 2005 Japan 2009 Japan World League 2001 Katowice 2003 Madrid 2004 Rome 2005 Belgrade 2006 Moscow 2007 Katowice 2009 Belgrade 2010 Córdoba 2002 Belo Horizonte 2011 Gdańsk 1999 Mar del Plata 2000 Rotterdam Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 1999 Winnipeg 2003 Santo Domingo South American Championship 1995 Brazil 1997 Venezuela 1999 Argentina 2001 Colombia 2003 Brazil 2005 Brazil 2007 Chile 2009 Colombia
Last updated: 24 August 2016

Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba (born 23 December 1976), is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. For much of the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in the world. During his professional career he played in Brazil, Italy, Russia, Argentina and briefly in the United Arab Emirates. He is mostly remembered for his successes with the national team.

With the Brazilian National Team he won a total of 8 South American Championships, 3 America's Cups, 8 World League titles, 2 World Grand Champions Cups, three World Championships (2002, 2006, 2010) and the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he was the non-playing captain.

During summer 2014, Giba retired from professional volleyball at the age of 37.