Paulo Domingos Gali da Costa Freitas (born 31 December 2004) is a Timorese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club PSIS Semarang and the Timor-Leste national team.
 Freitas with East Timor in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Domingos Gali da Costa Freitas | ||
| Date of birth | 31 December 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Dili, East Timor[1] | ||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PSIS Semarang | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| 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 | 42 | (12) |
| 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 | 12 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 October 2024 | |||
Club career
editPSIS Semarang
editOn 2 June 2023, PSIS Semarang brought in a player from Timor-Leste, Gali for a foreign player slot from ASEAN. Gali contracted for one season.[2] On 3 July 2023, Gali scored a goal in his debut match against Bhayangkara at the Jatidiri Stadium, Semarang.[3]
On 12 February 2024, his contract was extended for two seasons. This means that PSIS and Gali have a professional cooperation contract until 2026.[4]
International career
editOn 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.
Controversy
editIn 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.[5] These protests lead to a formal investigation by the ASEAN Football Federation into the incident. The protests however were later dismissed with Gali being deemed to be eligible to participate in the tournament.
Career statistics
editInternational
edit- As of 8 October 2024
| Timor-Leste national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 2 |
International goals
edit- Scores and results list Timor-Leste's goal tally first.[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 27 January 2022 | Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar Regency, Indonesia |  Indonesia |
1–0 | 1–4 | Friendly |
| 2. | 8 October 2024 | Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei |  Brunei |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2024 ASEAN Championship qualification |
Honours
editLalenok United
Individual
- AFF U-16 Youth Championship top scorer: 2019 (7 goals)
References
edit- ^ "Gali". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ^ stafadmin (2023-06-02). "PSIS Rekrut Paulo Gali Freitas untuk Kuota Pemain Asing ASEAN". PSIS Semarang (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2023-07-18. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ "PSIS Semarang vs. Bhayangkara - 3 July 2023 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2023-07-04.
- ^ "PSIS Perpanjang Kontrak Gali Freitas Hingga 2026". psis.co.id. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- ^ "Timor Leste accused of fielding 22-year-old at AFF U-15 tournament". The New Paper. 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Paulo Gali (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
- ^ "East Timor 2020". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
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