Quarentinha

For Paulo Benedito dos Santos Braga, Paysandu SC player, see Quarentinha (footballer, born 1934).

Waldir Cardoso Lebrêgo, best known as Quarentinha (Brazilian Portuguese: [kwɐɾenˈtʃĩɲɐ]; born in Belém, Pará State, 15 September 1933 – died in Rio de Janeiro, 11 February 1996) was a Brazilian football (soccer) player who played as a forward and was notable for his fearsome left foot.

Quarentinha

Personal information
Full name	Waldir Cardoso Lebrêgo
Date of birth	(1933-09-15)15 September 1933
Place of birth	Belém, Brazil
Date of death	11 February 1996(1996-02-11) (aged 62)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1952	Paysandu
1953	Vitória
1954–1955	Botafogo
1956	Bonsucesso
1956–1964	Botafogo
1965-1966	Unión Magdalena	54	(38)
1967	Deportivo Cali	24	(11)
1968	Junior de Barranquilla	29	(13)
International career
1959–1963	Brazil	13[1]	(14[1])
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Quarentinha played for Paysandu and Vitória, before joining Botafogo. After a short spell with Bonsucesso he returned to Botafogo and later played in Colombia.^[2]

He won one Bahia State League (1953), three Rio de Janeiro State League (1957, 1961, 1962), two Rio - São Paulo Cup (1962, 1964), one Mexico Tournament (1962) and one Paris Tournament (1963). He was also the top goalscorer for three consecutive years in Rio Leagues (1958, 1959, 1960). ^{[citation needed]}

Club Career stats

As of match played 18 July 2023

Club	Season	League			State League		Friendly		Torneio Rio–São Paulo		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paysandu	1952	Campeonato Paraense	0	0	-	9	—		—		—		-	9
	1953		0	0	-	1	—		—		—		-	1
	Subtotal		-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
Vitória	1953	Campeonato Baiano	0	0		14	—		—		—		-	14
Botafogo	1954	Série A	0	0	-	4	—		-	1	—		-	5
	1955		0	0	-	1	—		-	0	—		-	1
	1957		0	0	-	13	—		-	1	—		-	14
	1958		0	0	-	20	—		-	6	5	10[a]	-	36
	1959		0	0	-	27	—		-	2	—		-	29
	1960		0	0	-	25	—		-	11	—		-	26
	1961		0	0	-	0	—		-	7	—		-	7
	1962		3	2	-	19	—		-	0	—		-	22
	1963		4	2	-	11	—		-	6	2[b]	0	-	19
	1964		0	0	-	15	—		-	1	3[c]	6	-	22
	Subtotal		7	4	155	134	208	124	67	36	10	16	447	314
Bonsucesso	1956	Campeonato Carioca	0	0	-	15	0	0	—		-	3[d]	-	18
Unión Magdalena	1965	Categoría Primera A	39	26	—		—		—		—		39	26
	1966		15	12	—		—		—		—		15	12
Deportivo Cali	1966		24	11	—		—		—		—		24	11
Deportivo Cali	1967		29	13	—		—		—		—		29	13
América	1968	Campeonato Catarinense	0	0	-	0	0	0	—		-	4[e]	-	4
Almirante Barroso	1970		0	0	-	2	0	0	—		—		-	2
Career total			114	66	-	175	208	124	-	36	-	23	-	424

1. Goals in Torneio João Teixeira de Carvalho
2. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
3. Appearances in Campeonato Carioca de Aspirantes
4. Goals in Torneio Início do Campeonato Carioca
5. Goals in Torneio Centro-Sul

International career

Quarentinha won 13 international caps for the Brazil national football team between 1959 and 1963, scoring 14 goals. Quarentinha also played six friendly games for Brazil in which he scored six additional goals. His greatest regret was to be left out of the Brazilian squad that defended the World Championship crown in Chile in 1962. On 12 May 1963 he was in the squad at San Siro Stadium, in a match against Italy, Pelé's only game played in Italy. He never played in FIFA World Cup and died at 62.^[3]

International Career stats

As of 3 July 2023

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil	1959	2	3
	1960	4	6
	1961	2	1
	1963	5	4
Total		13	14

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Quarentinha goal.

List of international goals scored by Quarentinha

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	17 September 1959	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Chile	5–0	7–0	Friendly
2				6–0
3	20 September 1959	Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo, Brazil	Chile	1–0	1–0
4	29 April 1960	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	1–0	5–0
5				5–0
6	6 May 1960	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	1–0	3–0
7				3–0
8	10 May 1960	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Denmark	1–1	3–4
9				2–3
10	3 May 1961	Estadio Defensores del Chaco, Asunción, Paraguay	Paraguay	3–2	3–2
11	24 April 1963	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1–5	1–5
12	17 May 1963	Cairo International Stadium, Cairo, Egypt	Egypt	1–0	1–0
13	19 May 1963	Ramat Gan Stadium, Tel Aviv District, Israel	Israel	2–0	5–0
14				3–0

Personal life

Quarentinha is son of the also footballer Quarenta, which gave him this nickname.