At 03:00 Beijing time on February 14, the 6th round of the São Paulo State Championship in Brazil, the 30-year-old Gaulat scored a goal to win, and Santos won 2-1 at home against Ituano to win the second game.
Gilheimer opened the scoring in the 20th minute and home team Santos took a 1-0 lead. However, Mendes drew a 1-1 equaliser for away Team Ituano in the 53rd minute.
In the 70th minute, Pires crossed from the right and Gaulat's long-range header went into the dead corner to help Santos win 2-1.
After scoring, Gaulat ran wildly to celebrate, the first official goal he scored since his return to the Brazilian league. Previously, he played in 3 games as a starter, without scoring a goal. After waiting 320 minutes, Gaulat finally scored his first goal of the season.
Because the Guangzhou team could not afford its own annual salary of 100 million, Gaulat terminated his contract with the Guangzhou team last year. In January this year, Gaulat joined Santos as a free agent with a monthly salary of only 560,000 yuan.
Three days ago, two other former Super League superstars, Augusto and Paulinho, also scored in this tournament, scoring two goals in a combined run to help Corinthians beat Mirasso 2-1 at home.
Paulinho was released from his contract with Guangzhou before Gaulat, and he originally went to West Asia to collect gold, but then left the team for family reasons and returned to Brazil. His Corinthians have old acquaintances of Augusto, Guedes and Gill. After joining Corinthians, Paulinho scored four goals in 9 appearances.