Top 25 Arsenal players of the Premier League era - #20

Sports Mole's countdown of the 25 greatest Arsenal players in the Premier League continues with number 20 - Gilberto Silva.

Gilberto Silva

Gilberto Silva will forever hold a unique place in Arsenal history as the scorer of their first ever competitive goal at the Emirates Stadium in 2006.

The Brazilian was first and foremost an influential defensive midfielder during his six-year stay with the Gunners, though, forming an effective partnership with Patrick Vieira following his arrival in 2002.

Gilberto made 32 league appearances during Arsenal's Invincible season and 164 in total for the club, scoring 17 goals including a career-best 10 in the 2006-07 campaign.

In all competitions he turned out 237 times for the Gunners, helping the club to the Premier League title, two FA Cups and the 2006 Champions League final before leaving for Panathinaikos in 2008.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Liverpool	15	11	3	1	31	13	18	36
2	Chelsea	16	10	4	2	37	19	18	34
3	Arsenal	16	8	6	2	29	15	14	30
4	Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest	16	8	4	4	21	19	2	28
5	Manchester City Man City	16	8	3	5	28	23	5	27
6	Aston Villa	16	7	4	5	24	25	-1	25
7	Bournemouth	15	7	3	5	23	20	3	24
8	Fulham	16	6	6	4	24	22	2	24
9	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton	16	6	6	4	26	25	1	24
10	Tottenham Hotspur Spurs	16	7	2	7	36	19	17	23
11	Brentford	16	7	2	7	32	30	2	23
12	Newcastle United Newcastle	16	6	5	5	23	21	2	23
13	Manchester United Man Utd	16	6	4	6	21	19	2	22
14	West Ham United West Ham	15	5	3	7	20	28	-8	18
15	Crystal Palace	16	3	7	6	17	21	-4	16
16	Everton	15	3	6	6	14	21	-7	15
17	Leicester City Leicester	16	3	5	8	21	34	-13	14
18	Ipswich Town Ipswich	16	2	6	8	16	28	-12	12
19	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	16	2	3	11	24	40	-16	9
20	Southampton	16	1	2	13	11	36	-25	5