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3 unusual facts about Mauro Galvão


Margarete Pioresan

Meg intended to retire after the Olympics but Vasco persuaded her to play on until 2000, using veteran male player Mauro Galvão as an example.

Mauro Galvão

After being an unused squad member at that year's FIFA World Cup, he was a starter under Sebastião Lazaroni in the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, partnering Ricardo Gomes, Carlos Mozer and Ricardo Rocha – all four stoppers saw time during the tournament, Galvão played all four games, three complete – in a 5–3–2 formation, in an eventual round-of-16 exit.

Mauro Geraldo Galvão (born 19 December 1961 in Porto Alegre) is a Braziian retired footballer who played as a sweeper, and a current manager.



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