Gelson Silva

{{Short description|Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1967)}}

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| name = Gelson Silva

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| fullname = Gelson da Silva

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|11|4|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Itajaí, Brazil

| height = {{height|m=1.74}}

| position = Midfielder

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| years1 = 1985–1989 | clubs1 = Marcílio Dias | caps1 = 42 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1989–1994 | clubs2 = Criciúma | caps2 = 49 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1994–1996 | clubs3 = Grêmio | caps3 = 137 | goals3 = 1

| years4 = 1996–1997 | clubs4 = América | caps4 = 19 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1997–1998 | clubs5 = Vitória | caps5 = 28 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1998–1999 | clubs6 = Sampaio Corrêa | caps6 = 36 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1999–2001 | clubs7 = Ceará | caps7 = 10 | goals7 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2005 | managerclubs1 = Brusque

| manageryears2 = 2006 | managerclubs2 = Marcílio Dias{{cite web|url=http://www.clicrbs.com.br/especiais/jsp/default.jsp?newsID=a1162990.htm&template=3847.dwt§ion=Not%EDcias&espid=83|title=Gélson Silva assume comando do Marcílio Dias|publisher=RBS|date=2006-05-08|access-date=2015-07-29|language=pt}}

| manageryears3 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs3 = Criciúma

| manageryears4 = 2007–2008 | managerclubs4 = Grêmio Barueri

| manageryears5 = 2008 | managerclubs5 = Criciúma{{cite web|url=http://zh.clicrbs.com.br/rs/esportes/noticia/2008/05/criciuma-apresenta-tecnico-gelson-silva-1867858.html|title=Criciúma apresenta técnico Gelson Silva|publisher=Ana Cardoso - Zero Hora|date=2008-05-18|access-date=2015-07-29|language=pt}}

| manageryears6 = 2008 | managerclubs6 = Gama

| manageryears7 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs7 = Mogi Mirim

| manageryears8 = 2009 | managerclubs8 = Joinville

| manageryears9 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs9 = Marcílio Dias

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Gelson da Silva (born 4 November 1967, in Itajaí, Santa Catarina), sometimes known as just Gelson, is a Brazilian football manager and former player. He played football for Grêmio FBPA, and scored a penalty for the club in the penalty shootout against AFC Ajax in the 1995 Intercontinental Cup in Japan.{{Cite web |url=http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/gelson |title=Profile at Globo Esporte's Futpedia |access-date=22 June 2010 |archive-date=11 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111201546/http://futpedia.globo.com/jogadores/gelson |url-status=dead }}