Gilberto Moraes Júnior (born 7 March 1993), simply known as Gilberto, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a

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for Portuguese club Benfica.

Club career

Botafogo

Born in

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, Gilberto joined

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's youth setup in 2010, from CFZ do Rio. He made his first team debut on 23 April 2011, starting in a 2–5

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loss against Boavista, as the club opted to use the under-20 squad. Gilberto made his Série A debut on 5 September 2012, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 3–1 away win against Cruzeiro. Definitely promoted to the main squad in 2013, he spent the campaign as a third-choice behind

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and

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. On 5 January 2014, Gilberto was loaned to fellow top tier side

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, for one year. He scored his first senior goal on his debut for the club on 2 February, netting his team's third in a 4–1

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home routing over Cruzeiro-RS. A first-choice in the 2014 Campeonato Gaúcho, Gilberto shared the same amount of playing time with Wellington Silva and Cláudio Winck in the Série A before returning to his parent club Botafogo for the 2015 campaign. With ''Fogão'' now in the Série B, Gilberto became an undisputed starter, and scored his first goal for the club on 11 March 2015 in a 3–0 home win against Tigres do Brasil.

Fiorentina

On 22 July 2015, Gilberto moved abroad after signing a contract with Italian

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side

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, for a rumoured fee of R$ 3.4 million. He made his debut abroad on 23 August, starting in a 2–0 home win against

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. On 1 February 2016, after featuring rarely, Gilberto was loaned to fellow Serie A side

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until the end of the season. He moved to

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side

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also in a temporary deal on 31 August, before returning to his home country with

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, also on loan, on 31 January 2017.

Fluminense

On 29 December 2017, Gilberto agreed to a one-year loan deal with

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. His loan was renewed for a further year on 2 January 2019, and he became an undisputed starter for the club in that year. On 26 December 2019, Fiorentina announced that 50% of Gilberto's economic rights were sold to Fluminense. He signed a contract until July 2022 with the club.

Benfica

On 8 August 2020, Gilberto agreed to a five-year deal with Portuguese

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side

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. He was a regular starter in the most of the campaign, but lost his starting spot to Diogo Gonçalves in May, and was subsequently deemed surplus to requirements by manager

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International career

Gilberto was called up to the Brazil under-21 team for the 2014

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. In the following year, he was also a part of the under-23 side which played in the

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; he featured in four matches during the competition.

Career statistics

Honours

Internacional *

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Fluminense *

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Brazil U20 *

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilberto 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Campinas Association football fullbacks Brazilian footballers Brazil youth international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Serie A players Serie B players Primeira Liga players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Sport Club Internacional players ACF Fiorentina players Hellas Verona F.C. players Latina Calcio 1932 players CR Vasco da Gama players Fluminense FC players S.L. Benfica footballers Footballers at the 2015 Pan American Games Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Italy Expatriate footballers in Portugal Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in football Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games