Gilberto dos Santos Souza Júnior

Gilberto dos Santos Souza Júnior (born 20 October 1988) known as Gilberto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Atlético de Alagoinhas.

Club career

Youth career Gilberto began as a youth team player for Vitória in 2005 before moving to Bragantino in 2007 and to Corinthians B in 2008.

Mogi Mirim For the 2009 Campeonato Paulista, Gilberto was acquired by Mogi Mirim and made his debut on 24 January 2009, in a 3–0 loss to Palmeiras. He played 6 games, starting 3 of them.

Hermann Aichinger For the 2010 Campeonato Catarinense, Gilberto was acquired and made his debut on 3 February 2010, as he started in a 2–0 win over Brusque. He played 10 games while starting 8 of them.

Oeste Later in 2010, Gilberto joined Oeste in Série D. He made his debut on 24 July 2010, as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Esporte Clube São José. He played 2 games that season, starting the other one.

Marcílio Dias In 2011, Gilberto joined Marcílio Dias for the Campeonato Catarinense. He started in his debut on 16 January 2011, in his team's 1–0 win over Imbituba Futebol Clube. He was a stand-out in the tournament and played 18 games, starting 17 of them.

At this time, Gilberto's economic rights were held by agent, Eduardo Uram (70%), Marcílio Dias (15%) as well as the player himself (15%). Then, Tombense Futebol Clube acquired Gilberto's economic rights and began a series of loan deals while never having him actually play for the club.

Atlético Mineiro After a successful stint in the Campeonato Catarinense, Atlético Mineiro acquired Gilberto on loan on 4 May 2011, for its upcoming 2011 season in Série A. In May 2011, Gilberto made his debut as a substitute for Atlético Mineiro in its 3–0 win over Clube Atlético Paranaense. On 19 June 2011, he made his debut as a starter for Atlético Mineiro in its 2–0 win over Atlético Clube Goianiense. He finished the season playing 6 games, starting 2 of them. On 8 December 2011, Atlético Mineiro decided not to renew the contract of Gilberto.

América (MG) On 23 December 2011, Gilberto went on loan to América (MG). He made his CRB debut as a substitute in a 1–0 loss against his former team, América (MG). He played 10 games, starting 8 of them.

Atlético Sorocaba Gilberto joined Atlético Sorocaba on loan for the 2013 Campeonato Paulista. He played and started in 16 of the team's 19 games. On 2 March 2013, he scored his first career goal on an 86th minute game-winning penalty kick against his former team, Bragantino.

On 23 July 2013, Gilberto's contract termination with Tombense was filed with the Brazilian Football Confederation.

Philadelphia Union On 2 August 2013, Gilberto was signed by Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.

Sacramento Republic FC On 12 March 2014, USL Pro side Sacramento Republic FC announced that they had signed Gilberto for the 2014 season.