Gamba (footballer)
{{short description|Brazilian footballer (1893-1944)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Gamba
|image =
|fullname = Carlos Alberto Gambarotta
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1893|12|7}}
|birth_place =
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1944|3|17|1893|12|7}}
|death_place = Mantiqueira Mountains, Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil
|height =
|position = Forward
|youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1918
|youthclubs1 = Ítalo
|years1 = 1919–1928 |clubs1 = Corinthians |caps1 = 167 |goals1 = 82
|years2 = 1931–1933 |clubs2 = Bahia |caps2 = |goals2 =
|totalcaps =
|totalgoals =
|nationalyears1 = 1922
|nationalteam1 = Brazil
|nationalcaps1 = 2
|nationalgoals1 = 2
}}
Carlos Alberto Gambarotta (7 December 1893 – 17 March 1944), known as Gamba, was a Brazilian footballer who played for Corinthians and Bahia. He was capped twice by the Brazil national football team in 1922, scoring two goals.{{WorldFootball.net|gamba}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil191422.htm|title=Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1914-1922|accessdate=15 November 2021|website=rsssfbrasil.com|language=Portuguese}}{{cite web|url=https://www.meutimao.com.br/jogador-do-corinthians/carlos-gambarotta|title=Gambarotta, ex-jogador do Corinthians|accessdate=15 November 2021|website=meutimao.com.br|language=Portuguese}}
Career statistics
=International=
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National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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rowspan="1"|Brazil
|1922 | 2 | 2 | |
colspan=2|Total | 2 | 2 |
=International goals=
:Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Brazil goal.
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|+ List of international goals scored by Gamba |
scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition |
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align="center"|1
|{{dts|22 October 1922}} |Parque Antártica, São Paulo, Brazil |{{fb|ARG}} |align="center"|?–? |align="center"|2–1 |
align="center"|1
|{{dts|29 October 1922}} |Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil |{{fb|PAR}} |align="center"|?–? |align="center"|3–1 |
Honours
Corinthians
- Campeonato Paulista: 1922, 1923, 1924
- Taça Competência: 1922
References
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{{Campeonato Paulista top scorers}}
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Category:Brazilian men's footballers
Category:Brazil men's international footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
Category:São Paulo state football team players
Category:Esporte Clube Bahia players
Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
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