Gali Freitas

Paulo Domingos Gali da Costa Freitas (born 31 December 2004), commonly known as Gali Freitas, is a Timorese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club PSIS Semarang.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is da Costa and the second or paternal family name is Freitas.
Gali Freitas
Personal information
Full name Paulo Domingos Gali da Costa Freitas
Date of birth (2004-12-31) 31 December 2004
Place of birth Dili, Timor-Leste
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 PSIS Semarang
Number 17
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
2023– PSIS Semarang 16 (7)
International career‡
2017–2019 Timor-Leste U16 9 (11)
2017–2019 Timor-Leste U19 4 (2)
2021– Timor-Leste U23 6 (2)
2018– Timor-Leste 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 September 2023

Club career

PSIS Semarang

On 2 June 2023, PSIS Semarang brought in a player from Timor-Leste, Paulo Gali for a foreign player slot from ASEAN. Gali contracted for one season.[1] On 3 July 2023, Gali scored a goal in his debut match against Bhayangkara at the Jatidiri Stadium, Semarang.[2]

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 senior team in a friendly match against Indonesia.

Career statistics

International
As of 16 July 2022
Timor-Leste national team
YearAppsGoals
201830
202140
202231
Total101

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

Honours

Lalenok United

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.[4] 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. stafadmin (2023-06-02). "PSIS Rekrut Paulo Gali Freitas untuk Kuota Pemain Asing ASEAN". PSIS Semarang (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  2. "PSIS Semarang vs. Bhayangkara - 3 July 2023 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
  3. "East Timor 2020". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  4. "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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