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Gilbert Cassidy Gawing

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Gilbert Cassidy
Personal information
Full name Gilbert Cassidy Gawing
Date of birth (1977-03-03) 3 March 1977 (age 47)
Place of birth Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4+12 in)
Position(s) Midfield
Youth career
1996–1997 Sarawak FA
1999 Olympic 2000
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Olympic 2000
2000–2006 Sarawak FA
International career
1997–1998 Malaysia U-21
1999–2000 Malaysia U-23
1998–2003 Malaysia 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 July 2011

Gilbert Cassidy Gawing (born 3 March 1977) is a Malaysian former professional footballer.

Club career

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He played as a midfielder with Sarawak FA in his entire professional career before retiring in 2006. He was also in the Olympic 2000 team that were playing in the Malaysian League for the 1998 season. Gilbert were renowned for his expertise is dead-ball situations such as scoring goals from direct free-kicks.

Gilbert scored the first goal of the newly formed Malaysia Super League in 2004.[citation needed]

National team

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Gilbert represented Malaysia 8 times from 1998 to 2003, scoring 2 goals. Early in his career, he was in the Malaysia national under-21 football team that competes in the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, held in Malaysia.[1]

International Senior Goals

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# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 June 2001 Shah Alam Stadium, Malaysia  Bahrain 2-4 Lost 2001 Merdeka Tournament
2. 8 October 2003 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia  Myanmar 4–0 Win 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification Group Stage

Honours

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Club

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Sarawak FA

References

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  1. ^ "Gilbert GAWING Profile". FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
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