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Gilbert was born on 31 May 1990 in Goa.
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Salgaocar
He was playing in the inter-village tournaments when he was spotted and signed for I-League team Salgaocar South Carolina (U.S.) and at the age of 16 was put in the u19"s squad. Gilbert stayed with the under-19 squad for three years before joining the first team for the 2010-2011 I-League. Speaking about his time with the youth Gilbert said "the youth development programme was excellent! My coaches really helped me in my quality of passing, ball possession, discipline, et cetera" He made his debut for the Salgaocar first team on 7 December 2012 in the 2nd Round of the 2010-2011 I-League season in Salgaocar"s 4–3 victory over Chirag United in which he also managed to score his first two goals of his professional career.
In the sixteenth round of the I-League season Gilbert scored two more goals against Oil and Natural Gas Corporation which brought his tally to five that season.
In the seventeenth round Gilbert scored a goal against HAL. After his first season in professional football Gilbert finished with 6 goals in 17 matches. Olivera"s 2011-2012 footballing season started off great for him as he started as a normal starter for Salgaocar.
He started Salgaocar"s first match of the season in the 2011 Indian Federation Cup against Mumbai F.C. where they drew 0-0. He then made his club international debut against First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Oruba on 7 March 2012 in the 2012 AFC Cup.
Salgaocar lost 0–1. He then scored his first Asian and club international goal of his career against Neftchi in his second club international game of his career on 21 March 2012.
= Chennaiyin (loan) On 18 November 2015, Oliveira was signed by Indian Super League side, Chennaiyin, as a replacement for Dhanpal Ganesh.
