Quarenta

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

Born in Portuguese Cape Verde, being regarded as a Portuguese citizen, 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.

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