   gilberto aparecido da silva (; born 7 october 1976), commonly known as gilberto silva, is a brazilian footballer who last played for atlÃ©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 amÃ©rica mineiro, where good form earned him a move to atlÃ©tico mineiro in 2000. he became a star player for atlÃ©tico, playing for three years in the brazilian campeonato brasileiro sÃ©rie a. he came to partic
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