Gabriel Lima Oliveira (born 4 July 1990), known as Gabriel Pimba, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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Club career

Gabriel Pimba began his career at

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...

, scoring once in 15 games at the club over 6 years, during which time he went on loan to several clubs in Brazil in Japan. After leaving Paranaense, he played in the lower leagues in Brazil and in Spain for

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, before joining

Gibraltar Premier Division The Gibraltar Premier Division was a football league established by the Gibraltar Football Association (GFA) in 1905, and the top tier of football in Gibraltar. It originally contained eight member clubs, but it has grown over the years. In 1 ...

team Gibraltar Phoenix in summer 2018. He made his debut for Phoenix on 25 August 2018, against

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.Match Report: Europa FC vs Gibraltar Phoenix, 25 August 2018
Gibraltar FA. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

International career

Gabriel Pimba has 5 caps for the

Brazil national under-20 football team The Brazil national under-20 football team, also known as Brazil Sub-20 or Seleção Sub-20, represents Brazil in association football at this age level and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF). The team ha ...

, scoring three goals.

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Gabriel Pimba
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ogol.com.br) 1990 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Gibraltar Phoenix F.C. players J2 League players Ventforet Kofu players Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub