Gilson Monteiro Varela da Silva, known as Gilson (born 12 May 1990) is a

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player who plays for União Santarém.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for

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on 15 August 2015 in a game against Vitória Guimarães B. On 11 July 2018, Varela signed with Bulgarian club Etar.

Career statistics

Club

International career

Varela made his debut for the

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in a 2-0

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loss to

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on 16 October 2018.

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* 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Praia Footballers from Santiago, Cape Verde Cape Verdean footballers Cape Verde international footballers Cape Verdean expatriate footballers SC Vianense players G.D. Vitória de Sernache players União Montemor players Casa Pia A.C. players Clube Oriental de Lisboa players Sport Benfica e Castelo Branco players C.D. Pinhalnovense players S.C. Espinho players SFC Etar Veliko Tarnovo players Geylang International FC players SC São João de Ver players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Association football forwards Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople {{CapeVerde-footy-bio-stub