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unusual facts about Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama



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.

Edmundo Alves de Souza Neto

The history of Edmundo, as a football player, is strongly intertwined with Vasco da Gama.

Estádio Palestra Itália

One of the 2000 Copa João Havelange (Copa João Havelange was the Campeonato Brasileiro edition of that year) final matches, between São Caetano and Vasco da Gama was played at Palestra Itália.

Gustavo Borges

On December 20, shortly after the end of the Jose Finkel Trophy, Fernando Scherer, Carlos Jayme, Alexandre Massura and Gustavo Borges, in order, fell the pool at Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama with a time of 3:10.45, which would only be broken in 2000 by the Swedish team.

Hólger Quiñónez

During his 20-year professional career Quiñónez played for Barcelona Sporting Club (his first and last club, in 2000), Brazil's Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama, Club Sport Emelec, União da Madeira in Portugal, Deportivo Pereira from Colombia and Sociedad Deportivo Quito.

Londrina Esporte Clube

Londrina was founded by a group of sportsmen who, after watching a friendly match between Nacional and Vasco da Gama in Rolândia, decided that they did not want to go to Rolândia to watch football.


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