Vavá

Vavá was a Brazilian footballer (12 November 1934 – 19 January 2002). Vavá played as a striker for Vasco da Gama and Palmeiras. Vavá scored 313 goals in 717 league and international games and won 13 trophies, including 2 World Cups and 8 league titles.

Vavá's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, league games697298
Brazil2015
Total717313

Goals per game: 0.44.

Vavá's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 13
  • League titles: 8
  • Domestic cups: 2
  • World Cup: 2
  • Trophies with Brazil: 2
  • Individual awards: 2

Sport Recife

  • Campeonato Pernambucano: 1 (1949)

Vasco da Gama

  • Campeonato Carioca: 3 (1952, 1956, 1958)
  • Torneio Rivadavia Correa Meyer: 1 (1953)
  • Tournoi de Paris: 1 (1957)
  • Torneio Rio–São Paulo: 1 (1958)

Atlético de Madrid

  • Copa del Rey: 2 (1959–60, 1960–61)

Palmeiras

  • Campeonato Paulista: 1 (1963)

Club América

  • Liga MX: 1 (1966)

Brazil national football team

  • FIFA World Cup: 2 (1958, 1962)

Individual

  • FIFA World Cup Golden Shoe: 1 (1962)
  • Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame: 1

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1949–1950: Sport Recife
  2. 1951–1958: Vasco da Gama, 456 games, 191 goals
  3. 1958–1961: Atlético Madrid, 71 games, 31 goals
  4. 1961–1963: Palmeiras, 142 games, 71 goals
  5. 1964–1967: América
  6. 1967–1968: Toros Neza
  7. 1968: San Diego Toros, 28 games, 5 goals
  8. 1969: Portuguesa

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