Gilson Varela

Gilson Monteiro Varela da Silva, known as Gilson is a Cape Verdean football player who plays for União Santarém.

Club career

He made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for Oriental on 15 August 2015 in a game against Vitória Guimarães B.
On 11 July 2018, Varela signed with Bulgarian club Etar.

International career

Varela made his debut for the Cape Verde national football team in a 2-0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification loss to Tanzania on 16 October 2018.