Autographs of Garrincha and Quarentinha (1950s)

In the mid-1950s, Garrincha and Quarentinha signed a list of Botafogo players who received a new jacket from the team.

• Garrincha and Quarentinha's signature on a Botafogo document, with its official club envelope.
• A leaf.
• In Portuguese.
• 15 cm x 23 cm.
• Rio de Janeiro, 1954/1955.
• Good condition.
• Unique piece.
  

This is a list, probably made by the coach or one of his assistants, where each Botafogo player acknowledged having received a new jacket (toothpick) from the team for official events. The first signature is “Manuel dos Santos”, with “Garrincha” written by another hand to identify him. Soon after, the signature of Quarentinha, a natural goalscorer and to this day the greatest goalscorer in Botafogo’s history, also appears. There are twenty other signatures present, which Botafogo’s biggest fans will recognize.

Garrincha and Quarentinha were part of an extraordinary generation of Botafogo players from the 1950s and 1960s, many of whom became icons of Brazilian football, such as Nilton Santos, Didi, Zagallo, Amarildo and Gérson, who were essential both in building the club's reputation and in helping the Pelé-Garrincha duo win the first World Cups. In this context, this document signed by Garrincha and Quarentinha, perhaps the greatest idols in Botafogo's history, is an exceptional piece.