Player: Neto (full name: Gilberto Alves)

Basic profile

• Full name: Gilberto Alves (commonly known as Neto)
• Nationality: Brazil
• Position: Forward / Striker
• Date of birth: 15 July 1950
• Place of birth: Muriaé, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Club career (selected)

• Early career in Brazil with clubs such as Botafogo (SP), Flamengo, Fluminense and others during the 1970s.
• European spell: Neto played for FC Barcelona in Spain during the 1975–1976 season.
• After Barcelona he returned to Brazil and continued his club career with various Brazilian teams through the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Barcelona (1975–1976)

• Signed for FC Barcelona for the 1975–76 season.
• Role: Forward, used as an attacking option during his single season at the club.
• Appearances and goals: Records from that era vary; he made a modest number of appearances and contributed some goals, but did not establish a long-term presence at Barcelona.

International career

• Represented the Brazil national team in the mid-1970s.
• Part of the Brazil squad at times around 1974–1975, earning several caps and scoring for the national side.

Style of play and legacy

• Neto was known as a traditional striker with good finishing instincts and movement in the box.
• remembered in Brazil as one of several prolific forwards of his generation; his brief spell at Barcelona makes him part of the list of Brazilian players who have played for the club.

Notes

• There are multiple Brazilian players nicknamed "Neto"; this entry refers to Gilberto Alves (born 1950) who played for Barcelona in 1975–76. If you meant a different "Neto" (for example, the goalkeeper Neto [Breno Borges], born 1989, who played for Barcelona's senior squad much later as a transfer target) or another player with the same nickname, provide additional details and a separate profile can be given.