Luís Gonzaga Lebrêgo (17 September 1910 – 28 March 1984), better known as Quarenta, was a

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an-born professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

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, being regarded as a

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, and orphaned by his father and mother. Adopted by priests from the Dom Macedo Costa Asylum, he was taken to

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in an early age. He gained the nickname Quarenta ( Forty) because that was his registration number at the

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. 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. He had a brief spell at Vasco in 1933.

Personal life

Quarenta is father of the footballer Quarentinha.

Honours

;Paysandu *

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: 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quarenta 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