Giba

Giba
Giba at the 2011 World League Final
Personal information
Full name	Gilberto Amauri de Godoy Filho
Born	(1976-12-23) 23 December 1976 (age 47) Londrina, PR, Brazil
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Spike	325 cm (128 in)
Block	312 cm (123 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current club	Retired
Career
Years Teams 1996–1997 Chapecó São Caetano 1997–1998 Olympikus São Caetano 1998–1999 Report Nipomed 1999–2001 Minas Tênis Clube 2001–2003 Ferrara 2003–2007 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo 2007–2009 Iskra Odintsovo 2009–2012 Pinheiros 2012–2013 Personal Bolívar 2013 Funvic Taubaté 2013–2014 Al-Nasr Dubai 2018–2019 IBB Polonia London
National team
1995–2012  Brazil
Honours Men's Volleyball Representing  Brazil Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 2 0 World Championship 3 0 0 World Grand Champions Cup 3 0 0 World Cup 2 0 2 World League 8 2 2 South American Championship 9 0 0 Pan American Games 1 1 1 America's Cup 3 4 0 Total 30 9 5 Olympic Games 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London World Championship 2002 Argentina 2006 Japan 2010 Italy World Cup 2003 Japan 2007 Japan 2011 Japan World Grand Champions Cup 1997 Japan 2005 Japan 2009 Japan World League 2001 Katowice 2003 Madrid 2004 Rome 2005 Belgrade 2006 Moscow 2007 Katowice 2009 Belgrade 2010 Córdoba 2002 Belo Horizonte 2011 Gdańsk 1999 Mar del Plata Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro 1999 Winnipeg 2003 Santo Domingo South American Championship 1995 Brazil 1997 Venezuela 1999 Argentina 2001 Colombia 2003 Brazil 2005 Brazil 2007 Chile 2009 Colombia
Last updated: 24 August 2016

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), 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.^[2]

During summer 2014, Giba retired from professional volleyball at the age of 37.^[3]