Paulo Gali

Paulo Domingos Gali da Costa Freitas (born 31 December 2004), commonly known as Paulo Gali, is a Timorese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga Futebol Timor-Leste club Karketu Dili.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Costa and the second or paternal family name is Freitas.
Paulo Gali
Personal information
Full name Paulo Domingos Gali da Costa Freitas
Date of birth (2004-12-31) 31 December 2004[1]
Place of birth Dili, Timor Leste
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Karketu Dili
Number 21
Youth career
2011–2016 Timor-Leste youth Training Center Dili
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 SLB Laulara
2019–2022 Lalenok United
2022–2023 Assalam
2023– Karketu Dili
International career‡
2017–2019 Timor Leste U16 9 (11)
2017–2019 Timor Leste U19 4 (2)
2021–2022 Timor Leste U23 5 (2)
2018– Timor-Leste 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 July 2022

International career

On 1 September 2018, Gali made his debut for the senior team in a 2018 AFF Championship qualification game against Brunei in the first-leg in a 3-1 win. On 27 January 2022, Gali scored his debut goal for the national team in a friendly match against Indonesia.

Career Statistics

International
As of 16 July 2022
Timor-Leste national team
YearAppsGoals
201820
202140
202231
Total91

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 January 2022Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar, Indonesia Indonesia1–01–4Friendly

Honours

Copa FFTL
  • 2020: Champions[2]

Individual

Controversy

In 2019 Timor Leste's under 15 team for the 2019 AFF U-15 Championship were accused of fielding overage players at the tournament, with team captain Paulo Domingos Gali da Costa Freitas being one of the prominent players accused of being over age with claims that he was at least 22 years old at the time.[3] These protests lead to a formal investigation by the ASEAN Football Federation into the incident. The protests however were later dismissed with Paulo being deemed to be eligible to participate in the tournament.

References
  1. "Gali". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  2. "East Timor 2020". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. "Timor Leste accused of fielding 22-year-old at AFF U-15 tournament". The New Paper. 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2021-04-30.


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