Gilmar de Lima Nascimento, known as Gilmar Fubá or Gilmar (13 August 1975 – 15 March 2021) was a Brazilian professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

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, Gilmar Fubá began his career with

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. He later played for

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, Rio Branco,

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, FC Schalke 04,

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan Hyundai FC ( ko, 울산 현대 축구단) is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League ...

Criciúma Criciúma is a city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. At , it is located 180 km south of Florianópolis, the state capital and around 900 km south of São Paulo. The city is the center of Brazil's flooring and home materials in ...

, Al Ahli, Noroeste and

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. In February 2011 he was one of five players sacked by Santa Helena. He died on 15 March 2021, aged 45, having been suffering from bone marrow cancer.

References

1975 births 2021 deaths Brazilian men's footballers Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players Fluminense FC players Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players FC Schalke 04 players Ulsan HD FC players Criciúma Esporte Clube players Al Ahli SC (Doha) players Esporte Clube Noroeste players Red Bull Bragantino II players Santa Helena Esporte Clube players Men's association football midfielders Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar Footballers from São Paulo {{Brazil-footy-bio-stub