Welfare ended his career after scoring the winning goal for Fluminense against Botafogo, in 1924.
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Both finalists reached the final with relative ease as they crushed Botafogo and Peñarol.
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.
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.