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Full name Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho
Nationality Brazilian
Born 23 December 1976 (age 42)
Londrina, PR, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Spike 325 cm (128 in)
Block 312 cm (123 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Current club Retired

Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho, known as Giba (born 23 December 1976), 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.[1]

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) and the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he was the team's captain.[2]

During summer 2014, Giba retired from professional volleyball at the age of 37.

Club career
Giba debuted in his country for clubs such as Curitibano, Cocamar, Chapecó, São Caetano, Nipomed, Olympikus and Minas. He later moved to Italy, acquired by Yahoo! Ferrara, playing the Italian Top Division (Serie A1). After two years with that team, he signed a contract with Noicom BreBanca Cuneo (2003). In 2006 he won the Italian Cup, and was named the Most Valuable Player of the competition. In the summer 2007 he left Italy to play with Iskra Odintsovo. After playing 2 years in Russia in 2009 Giba moved back to Brazil and played for Pinheiros where in the first season with the club he won a bronze medal of the Brazilian Superliga.[4] Over the last years of his career he also played for Club Ciudad de Bolívar in Argentina and briefly for Al-Nasr Dubai in the United Arab Emirates it is last club.

2007 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
2007 Gold medal with cup.svg Pan American Games
2007 Gold medal with cup.svg South American Championship
2007 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World Cup
2008 Silver medal with cup.svg Olympic Games
2009 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
2009 Gold medal with cup.svg South American Championship
2009 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
2010 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
2010 Gold medal with cup.svg FIVB World Championship
2011 Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
2011 Bronze medal with cup.svg FIVB World Cup
2012 Silver medal with cup.svg Olympic Games

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