Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, commonly known as Gilberto Silva, is a Brazilian footballer who last played for Atl�tico Mineiro as a midfielder or defender. Gilberto was raised in a poor family and as a child he balanced playing football with various labour jobs. He began his football career in 1997 with Am�rica Mineiro, where good form earned him a move to Atl�tico Mineiro in 2000. He became a star player for Atl�tico, playing for three years in the Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro S�rie A. He came to particular prominence when he helped the Brazilian national team win the 2002 FIFA World Cup, playing in all seven of Brazil's matches. In August 2002, for a fee of �4.5 million, he joined Arsenal, with whom he won the 2003?04 Premier League as an 'Invincible', and two FA Cup trophies. In his first five seasons with the club, he played 208 games and scored 23 goals. On 19 August 2006, he scored Arsenal's first competitive goal at the newly built Emirates Stadium. He was made vice-captain of Arsenal in 2006. He has also scored Arsenal's fastest ever goal coming in at just 20 seconds in a game against PSV in the 2002?03 UEFA Champions League. 

October 7th, 1976 in Lagoa da Prata (Age 48)