Gilberto Silva

E384814

association football player human

Gilberto Silva is a Brazilian defensive midfielder best known for his pivotal role in Arsenal’s dominant early-2000s era and Brazil’s 2002 World Cup–winning team.

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Label	Occurrences
Gilberto Silva canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3730281 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gilberto Silva
Context triple: [The Invincibles (Arsenal 2003–04), keyPlayer, Gilberto Silva]

A. Michael Essien
Michael Essien is a Ghanaian former professional footballer best known as a powerful, versatile midfielder who starred for clubs like Chelsea and Real Madrid as well as the Ghana national team.
B. Patrick Vieira
Patrick Vieira is a French former professional footballer and World Cup winner best known as a dominant, combative midfielder and long-time captain of Arsenal during their highly successful late-1990s and early-2000s era.
C. Paulo Wanchope
Paulo Wanchope is a retired Costa Rican striker known for his prolific goal-scoring in the English Premier League and for being one of Costa Rica’s most iconic footballers.
D. Gareth Barry
Gareth Barry is a former English professional footballer and Premier League appearance record-holder who played primarily as a midfielder for clubs including Aston Villa, Manchester City, and Everton, as well as the England national team.
E. Wes Morgan
Wes Morgan is a Jamaican former professional footballer best known for captaining Leicester City to their historic 2015–16 Premier League title.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gilberto Silva
Target entity description: Gilberto Silva is a Brazilian defensive midfielder best known for his pivotal role in Arsenal’s dominant early-2000s era and Brazil’s 2002 World Cup–winning team.

A. Michael Essien
Michael Essien is a Ghanaian former professional footballer best known as a powerful, versatile midfielder who starred for clubs like Chelsea and Real Madrid as well as the Ghana national team.
B. Patrick Vieira
Patrick Vieira is a French former professional footballer and World Cup winner best known as a dominant, combative midfielder and long-time captain of Arsenal during their highly successful late-1990s and early-2000s era.
C. Paulo Wanchope
Paulo Wanchope is a retired Costa Rican striker known for his prolific goal-scoring in the English Premier League and for being one of Costa Rica’s most iconic footballers.
D. Gareth Barry
Gareth Barry is a former English professional footballer and Premier League appearance record-holder who played primarily as a midfielder for clubs including Aston Villa, Manchester City, and Everton, as well as the England national team.
E. Wes Morgan
Wes Morgan is a Jamaican former professional footballer best known for captaining Leicester City to their historic 2015–16 Premier League title.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	association football player ⓘ human ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Brazil ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1976-10-07 ⓘ
familyName	Silva ⓘ
fullName	Gilberto Aparecido da Silva ⓘ
givenName	Gilberto ⓘ
knownFor	defensive positioning ⓘ role in Arsenal’s early-2000s dominance ⓘ role in Brazil’s 2002 World Cup victory ⓘ tactical discipline ⓘ
leagueParticipatedIn	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A ⓘ Premier League ⓘ Super League Greece ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam	América Mineiro ⓘ Arsenal F.C. ⓘ Atlético Mineiro ⓘ linked to: Clube Atlético Mineiro Brazil national football team ⓘ Clube Atlético Mineiro youth team ⓘ linked to: Clube Atlético Mineiro Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense NERFINISHED ⓘ Panathinaikos F.C. ⓘ linked to: Panathinaikos FC
nationality	Brazilian ⓘ
numberOfAppearancesForClub	Arsenal F.C.: 170 (league) approx ⓘ
numberOfCaps	Brazil national football team: over 90 ⓘ
participatedIn	2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2004 Copa América ⓘ linked to: Copa América 2004 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup ⓘ 2006 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2007 Copa América ⓘ linked to: Copa América 2007 2010 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
partOf	Arsenal Invincibles 2003–04 Premier League unbeaten team ⓘ linked to: Arsenal Invincibles
placeOfBirth	Lagoa da Prata, Minas Gerais, Brazil ⓘ
playsStyle	ball-winning midfielder ⓘ screening defender ⓘ
positionPlayed	defensive midfielder ⓘ
retired	true ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
shirtNumber	19 at Arsenal F.C. ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
winnerOf	2002 FIFA World Cup ⓘ 2003–04 Premier League ⓘ 2004 Copa América ⓘ linked to: Copa América 2004 2004 FA Community Shield ⓘ linked to: FA Community Shield 2004–05 FA Cup ⓘ linked to: FA Cup 2004–05 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup ⓘ 2007 Copa América ⓘ linked to: Copa América 2007 2007–08 Greek Super League ⓘ linked to: Greek Super League 2012 Copa do Brasil ⓘ linked to: Copa do Brasil 2013 Copa Libertadores ⓘ