Gilbert Cassidy Gawing

Gilbert Cassidy Gawing (born 3 March 1977) is a Malaysian former professional footballer.

Club career He played as a midfielder with Sarawak FA in his entire professional career before retiring in 2006. He was also in the Olympic 2000 team that were playing in the Malaysian League for the 1998 season. Gilbert were renowned for his expertise is dead-ball situations such as scoring goals from direct free-kicks.

Gilbert scored the first goal of the newly formed Malaysia Super League in 2004.

National team Gilbert represented Malaysia 8 times from 1998 to 2003, scoring 2 goals. Early in his career, he was in the Malaysia national under-21 football team that competes in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, held in Malaysia.

International Senior Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 21 June 2001 Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia 2-4 Lost 2001 Pestabola Merdeka 2. 8 October 2003 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia 4–0 Win 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification Group Stage

Honours Club Sarawak FA Malaysia FA Cup runner-up: 2001