Quarenta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Luís Gonzaga Lebrêgo | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Portuguese Cape Verde | ||
| Date of death | 28 March 1984 (aged 73) | ||
| Place of death | Belém, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1927–1933 | Paysandu | ||
| 1933 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1934–1945 | Paysandu | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 January 2024 | |||
Luís Gonzaga Lebrêgo (17 September 1910 – 28 March 1984), better known as Quarenta, was a Cape Verdean-born professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
[edit]Born in Portuguese Cape Verde,[1][2] being regarded as a Portuguese citizen,[3][4] and orphaned by his father and mother. Adopted by priests from the Dom Macedo Costa Asylum, he was taken to Brazil in an early age. He gained the nickname Quarenta (Forty) because that was his registration number at the orphanage.[5]
He began his career as a player at the age of 17 at Paysandu, and with the club he won state tournaments on ten occasions, in addition to scoring more than 200 goals for the club.[6] He had a brief spell at Vasco in 1933.[7]
Personal life
[edit]Quarenta is father of the footballer Quarentinha.
Honours
[edit]- Paysandu
- Campeonato Paraense: 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945
References
[edit]- ^ "RAIZ DE CABO VERDE: Botafogo Faz Justiça A Quarentinha: Hoje É Crack E Capitão". Jornal dos Sports (in Portuguese). 15 August 1959. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Quarentinha - o filho de Barbadiano". Manchete (in Portuguese). 18 September 1954. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Sporting quer passe de Quarentinha para seleção de Portugal". O Jornal (in Portuguese). 3 August 1963. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Sporting quer Quarentinha para a seleção de Portugal". Jornal do Commercio (in Portuguese). 10 August 1963. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ Da Costa, Ferreira (2013). Quarenta - El Tigre, o terror dos goleiros. Gigantes do futebol paraense (in Portuguese). Teresina: Halley S.A. Gráfica e Editora.
- ^ "Quarenta". Futebol 80 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- ^ "Site lista jogadores europeus que já passaram pelo Vasco". SuperVasco (in Portuguese). 13 August 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- 1910 births
- 1984 deaths
- Men's association football forwards
- Cape Verdean men's footballers
- Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Paysandu Sport Club players
- CR Vasco da Gama players
- Portuguese emigrants to Brazil
- Naturalized citizens of Brazil
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- 20th-century Portuguese sportsmen