Gelson Dala

Jacinto Muondo "Gelson" Dala (born 13 July 1996) is an Angolan footballer who plays for Rio Ave in the Portuguese Primeira Liga. He can play as an attacking midfielder or a forward.

Gelson Dala
Personal information
Full name Jacinto Muondo Dala
Date of birth (1996-07-13) 13 July 1996
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder / Second striker
Club information
Current team
 Rio Ave
Number 57
Youth career
2012–2013 1º de Agosto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 1º de Agosto 72 (46)
2017–2018 Sporting B 23 (17)
2017–2020 Sporting CP 1 (0)
2018–2019 → Rio Ave (loan) 24 (5)
2019 → Antalyaspor (loan) 6 (0)
2020 → Rio Ave (loan) 14 (6)
2020– Rio Ave 0 (0)
National team‡
2014– Angola 25 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 July 2019

Club career

Born in Luanda, Gelson began his career with local C.D. Primeiro de Agosto. In July 2015, it was reported that he was being scouted by Portugal's S.L. Benfica.[1] He scored 23 goals in 27 games as his team won the Girabola in 2016, and subsequently he and teammate Ary Papel signed for Sporting Clube de Portugal for undisclosed fees on contracts with €60 million release clauses.[2]

After arriving in Lisbon in January 2017, Gelson made his debut for Sporting B in LigaPro on 15 January, playing the full 90 minutes of a 4–0 loss at Portimonense. Eight days later he scored his first goal, opening a 1–1 home draw with S.C. Covilhã. He totalled 13 goals in 17 games in his first season in the league, including four on 2 April in a 5–1 win over S.C. Olhanense.[3] He was first called up to Jorge Jesus' main squad for the Primeira Liga match at C.D. Feirense on 13 May,[4] remaining unused in a 2–1 loss, but made his top flight debut eight days later in the final match of the season, replacing namesake Gelson Martins at the end of a 4–1 win over G.D. Chaves at the Estádio José Alvalade.[5]

Back in the reserves on 30 September 2017, Gelson scored a hat-trick in a 4–3 home win over C.D. Santa Clara.[6]

International career

Gelson made his international debut for Angola on 13 June 2015 in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification match against the Central African Republic at the Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, scoring twice in a 4–0 victory.[1] On 4 July, he scored both goals in a win over Swaziland in Luanda to win the tie 4–2 on aggregate in the preliminary round of 2016 African Nations Championship qualification.[7]

Honors

Angola

  • Four Nations Tournament bronze medal:2018[8]

Career statistics
As of 22 August 2020[9]
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
1º de Agosto 2013 Girabola 42———42
2014 Girabola 19921——2110
2015 Girabola 268———268
2016 Girabola 272310——2823
Total 76423100007943
Sporting B 2016–17 LigaPro 1713———1713
2017–18 LigaPro 64———64
Total 23170000002317
Sporting CP 2016–17 Primeira Liga 1000000010
2017–18 Primeira Liga 0010000010
2018–19 Primeira Liga 0000000000
Total 1010000020
Rio Ave (loan) 2017–18 Primeira Liga 501100—61
2018–19 Primeira Liga 195003121247
Total 245113121308
Antalyaspor (loan) 2019–20 Süper Lig 6031——91
Rio Ave (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 1460000—146
Career total 1447083312115775

International goals
Scores and results list Angola's goal tally first.[9]
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 June 2015Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, Lubango, Angola Central African Republic1–04–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.3–0
3.4 July 2015Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Swaziland1–02–02016 African Nations Championship qualification
4.2–0
5.24 October 2015Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola South Africa1–11–22016 African Nations Championship qualification
6.13 November 2015Estadio Nacional de Ombaka, Benguela, Angola South Africa1–01–32018 FIFA World Cup qualification
7.21 January 2016Stade Huye, Butare, Rwanda DR Congo1–32–42016 African Nations Championship
8.3 September 2016Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Madagascar1–11–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
9.10 June 2017Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso1–11–32019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
10.9 September 2018Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Botswana1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
11.12 October 2018Estádio 11 de Novembro, Luanda, Angola Mauritania4–14–12019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References
  1. "Gelson na mira de clubes europeus" [Gelson in the sights of European clubs]. Jornal dos Desportos (in Portuguese). 23 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Gelson, Ary Papel sign for Sporting of Portugal". ANGOP.com. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  3. "'Furacão' Gelson Dala arrasa Olhanense" ['Hurricane' Gelson Dala rocks Olhanense] (in Portuguese). Notícias ao Minuto. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Gelson Dala estreia-se nos convocados do Sporting" [Gelson Dala chosen for Sporting for the first time]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 13 May 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. "Gelson Dala estreou-se pela equipa principal do Sporting" [Gelson Dala makes his debut in Sporting's first team] (in Portuguese). Rede Angola. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. "'Hat trick' de Gelson Dala no triunfo de Sporting B, Benfica B vence em Coimbra" [Gelson Dala 'hat-trick' in Sporting B's triumph, Benfica B win in Coimbra] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  7. "Selecção de Futebol derrota Suazilândia" [National team defeat Swaziland]. Jornal de Angola (in Portuguese). 5 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2018/03/21/world/friendlies/south-africa/angola/2758132/
  9. "Angola – Gelson – Profile with news, career statistics and history". soccerway.com. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
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