Gilson Manuel Silva Alves

Gilson Silva

Personal information
Full name	Gilson Manuel Silva Alves
Date of birth	18 March 1987
Place of birth	Fogo, Cape Verde
Height	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Winger, Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Étoile
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 de Kef	5	(0)
–	CS Sbiba
–	Étoile Sahel
National team^‡
	Cape Verde	19	(7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 2014. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2013

Gilson Manuel Silva Alves also known as Ja (born 18 March 1987 in Fogo) 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.

International career

Ja has played for the senior Cape Verde national football team in a qualifying match for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

Personal life

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

References

1. Gilson Silva – FIFA competition record

External links

• Gilson Manuel Silva Alves at National-Football-Teams.com