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(Redirected from Ja (footballer)) Cape Verdean association football player

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is Alves.
Gilson Silva
Personal information
Full name Gilson Manuel Silva Alves
Date of birth (1987-03-18) 18 March 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Fogo, Cape Verde
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Winger, Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1995–97 Batuque FC
Rapid Bucharest
Nadi Al-Jazirah
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Batuque FC
2005–2005 Botafogo FC, Fogo
2005–2008 Étoile 67 (23)
2008–2009 EA Guingamp 39 (17)
2009–2010 Étoile 18 (2)
2010–2011 AD Ceuta 23 (11)
2012–2013 US Monastir 20 (9)
Olympique du Kef 5 (0)
CS Chebba
Étoile
International career
2008 Cape Verde 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of March 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 July 2013

Gilson Manuel Silva Alves (born 18 March 1987 in Fogo), sometimes known as Ja, is a Cape Verdean football forward, as of 2013 who plays for Olympique du Kef in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2.

His first youth club was Batuque, he participated in two other clubs abroad, Rapid Bucharest and Nadi al-Jazira in the Emirates, likely the first Cape Verdean player to participate in the youth player. Gilson Silva appeared in the senior level and his first two clubs were of his nation, Batuque FC in the early part of the 2004–05 season and later Botafogo FC from Fogo. Gelson later played professional clubs in Tunisia including Étoile Sahel (played as of January 2014), US Monastir, Olympique de Kef and Sbiba. In between Étoile, outside Tunisia, he played with EA Guingamp, later he played with Ceuta in the Spanish Leagues.

Whilst at Guingamp, then in Ligue 2, Silva played in the 2009 Coupe de France Final in which they beat Rennes.

International career

Silva has played for the senior Cape Verde national football team in a qualifying match for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Personal life

He married Sandra in 2008 and raised their first child, a daughter in 2009.

References

  1. "Stade Rennes vs Guingamp". espn.co.uk. 9 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. Gilson Silva – FIFA competition record (archived)

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