Ali Gerba

Ali Gerba
Personal information
Date of birth	July 27 1982 (1982--) (age 25)
Place of birth	Montreal, Canada
Height	1.80 m
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	IFK Göteborg
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000 2001 2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005 2005 2005 2005-present 2006 2007	Montreal Impact Miami Fusion Pittsburgh Riverhounds Toronto Lynx Montreal Impact Toronto Lynx Montreal Impact GIF Sundsvall AIK IFK Göteborg →Odd Grenland (loan) →AC Horsens (loan)	17 (6) 0 (0) 19 (1) 25 (6) 7 (1) 32(17) 8 (5) 11 (5) 0 (0) 5 (0) 10 (1) 15 (4)
National team2
2005-present	Canada	15 (5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 March 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Ali Gerba (born July 27, 1982 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian football (soccer) player currently playing for IFK Göteborg in the Allsvenskan.

Biography

In 2000 Gerba signed with the Montreal Impact where he recorded 6 goals and 2 assists, a club record for a rookie. In 2001 Gerba signed with the Miami Fusion of the MLS but had little success with Miami. In 2002 Gerba returned to the USL First Division and signed with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds but late in the season he was traded to the Toronto Lynx.

In 2003 Gerba was the leading scorer for the Lynx scoring 6 goals but again Gerba was traded to the Impact late in the season. But Gerba returned to the Lynx in 2004 where he had an outstanding season where he scored 15 goals a club record. Gerba returned to the Lynx for the 2005 season where he scored 2 goals before getting traded to the Impact in exchange for Abraham Francois and Sita-Taty Matondo. Gerba left the Lynx as the clubs second highest all-time scorer with 24 goals in total.

With the Impact Gerba played an important role for the Impact helping the club stay undefeated in 15 games a league record, Gerba was rewarded by being selected to represent Canada in Gold Cup where he played 3 games and scored 1 goal. After the Gold Cup Gerba was signed by GIF Sundsvall where he scored 5 goals in 11 games but the team was relegated to the Superettan.

When GIF Sundsvall were relegated Gerba signed a three year deal with Swedish giants IFK Göteborg. In 2006 he was loaned to Odd Grenland in Norway, and in the beginning of 2007 he made a quite successful loan stay at Danish Superliga side AC Horsens.

External links

• National team profile
• Career statistics at Danmarks Radio

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