Quarenta

Quarenta

Personal information
Full name	Luís Gonzaga Lebrêgo
Date of birth	(1910-09-17)17 September 1910
Place of birth	Portuguese Cape Verde
Date of death	28 March 1984(1984-03-28) (aged 73)
Place of death	Belém, Brazil
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1933	Paysandu
1933	Vasco da Gama
1934–1945	Paysandu
* Club domestic league appearances and goals 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

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