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4 unusual facts about Botafogo


Bebeto

Bebeto returned to goalscoring form at native clubs Victoria in late 1997 and Botafogo in early 1998, which saw him being picked Brazils World Cup defence in 1998.

Hernán Barcos

On August 1 Barcos scored a double in Palmeiras' debut in the Copa Sudamericana 2012 tournament against Botafogo.

Leonardo da Silva Moura

He is famous for being one of the few players who defended all four of the big Rio de Janeiro teams, Botafogo, Vasco, Fluminense, and Flamengo.

Still at the youth level, he was transferred to the Rio club Botafogo.


1963 Copa Libertadores Finals

Both finalists reached the final with relative ease as they crushed Botafogo and Peñarol.

Booker Pittman

On behest of his wife Ofélia he was transferred to Rio de Janeiro and there laid to rest at the Cemitério São João Batista in the quarter of Botafogo.

Campeonato Carioca de Futebol Feminino

The four most important Rio de Janeiro Men's football teams (Vasco da Gama, Flamengo, Botafogo and Fluminense) contested in all editions of the competition between 1995 and 2000.

Gilmak

Gilmak Queiroz da Silva, commonly known as Gilmak, (born December 2, 1986 in Horizonte, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer currently playing for the Brazilian football club Botafogo-SP.

Harry Welfare

Welfare ended his career after scoring the winning goal for Fluminense against Botafogo, in 1924.

Olé Brasil Futebol Clube

Olé Brasil Futebol Clube is the third club to be founded in Ribeirão Preto after Botafogo and Comercial.

Rodolfo Fischer

Most prominent team member there was the World Cup 1970 winning player Jairzinho, and also Mário Zagallo coach of Brazil 1970 worked in Botafogo for some time in that period.

Rodolpho Barteczko

Of Polish origin, in his career (1930–1943) he played for Palestra Itália, Força e Luz, Nacional (where he won two Uruguayan championships in 1933 and 1934) and Botafogo.

Santos Dumont Airport

8 November 1940: a VASP Junkers Ju-52/3mg3e registration PP-SPF taking-off from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to São Paulo-Congonhas collided on mid-air with the de Havilland Dragonfly registration LV-KAB belonging to the Anglo Mexican Petroleum Company (Shell-Mex), which was preparing for a water-land in front of Fluminense Yacht Club, today Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club in Botafogo.


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