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Quarenta
Personal information
Full name Luís Gonzaga Lebrêgo
Date of birth (1910-09-17)17 September 1910
Place of birth Portugal
Date of death 28 March 1984(1984-03-28) (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 Portuguese-born professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

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Born in Portugal, and orphaned by his father and mother, he was adopted by priests from the Dom Macedo Costa Asylum, and taken to Brazil in the first months of his life. He gained the nickname Quarenta (Forty) because that was his registration number at the orphanage.[1]

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.[2] He had a brief spell at Vasco in 1933.[3]

Personal life

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Quarenta is father of the footballer Quarentinha.

Honours

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Paysandu

References

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  1. ^ Da Costa, Ferreira (2013). Quarenta - El Tigre, o terror dos goleiros. Gigantes do futebol paraense (in Portuguese). Teresina: Halley S.A. Gráfica e Editora.
  2. ^ "Quarenta". Futebol 80 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Site lista jogadores europeus que já passaram pelo Vasco". SuperVasco (in Portuguese). 13 August 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.