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Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho (; born 23 December 1976), known as Giba (), is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. For much of the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in the world. During his professional career he played in Brazil, Italy, Russia, Argentina and briefly in the United Arab Emirates. He is mostly remembered for his successes with the national team.
Key facts
- Volleyball player.name
- Giba
- Volleyball player.image
- World League Final 2011 (5927183473).jpg
- Volleyball player.image_size
- 230px
- Volleyball player.caption
- Giba at the 2011 World League Final
- Volleyball player.fullname
- Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho
- Volleyball player.birth_place
- Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
- Volleyball player.position
- Outside hitter
- Volleyball player.currentclub
- Retired
- Volleyball player.years1
- 1996–1997
- Volleyball player.years2
- 1997–1998
- Volleyball player.years3
- 1998–1999
- Volleyball player.years4
- 1999–2001
- Volleyball player.years5
- 2001–2003
- Volleyball player.years6
- 2003–2007
- Volleyball player.years7
- 2007–2009
- Volleyball player.years8
- 2009–2012
- Volleyball player.years9
- 2012–2013
- Volleyball player.years10
- 2013
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Londrina
- Languages spoken
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Native language
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Participant in
- 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- volleyball
- Position played
- outside hitter
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 85
- Image
- 2012-08-29 Sessão Solene - Agosto Azul 05 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 194
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1976-12-23
- Commons category
- Giba (volleyball player)
- different from
- Giba
- birth name
- Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho
- social media followers
- 93557
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Club career
- International career
- 1995–2001
- 2002–2007
- 2008–2012
- Style of play
- Personal life
- Commercial
- Social
- Media
- Management
- Sporting achievements
- Clubs
- [[CEV Champions League]]
- National Championships
- National team
- Individually
- References
- External links
Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho (; born 23 December 1976), known as Giba (), is a Brazilian former professional volleyball player who played as an outside hitter. For much of the 2000s, he was widely regarded as one of the best volleyball players in the world. During his professional career he played in Brazil, Italy, Russia, Argentina and briefly in the United Arab Emirates. He is mostly remembered for his successes with the national team.
With the Brazilian National Team he won a total of 8 South American Championships, 3 America's Cups, 8 World League titles, 3 World Grand Champions Cups, three World Championships (2002, 2006, 2010), a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and two silver medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, where he was the team's captain.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.