Sebastiao 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 (age 34)
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	Benfica de Luanda
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)
2014–2015	Petro Atlético	12	(1)
2015–	Benfica de Luanda
National team‡
1999–	Angola	82	(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 May 2011. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 March 2017

Felisberto Sebastião da Graça Amaral, more commonly known as Gilberto (born 21 September 1982), is a retired 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.

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.