Mauro Galvão
Brazilian defender who won four Série A titles and the 1998 Copa Libertadores.
Mauro Geraldo Galvão (born 19 December 1961) is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who played as a defender.
Quick Facts
- Role
- Central Defender
Lore & Background
Galvão won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A four times, playing for Internacional (1979), Grêmio (1996) and Vasco da Gama (1997 and 2000), along a span of 21 years; won the 1998 Copa Libertadores and lost the finals of the 1999 Intercontinental Cup and of the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. In his country he played for Internacional, Bangu, Botafogo, Grêmio (two spells) and Vasco da Gama. In 1990–91 he moved to FC Lugano in Switzerland, where he remained for six seasons, winning the 1993 Swiss Cup after having reached the final the previous year. After contributing rarely to Grêmio's fifth place in the 2001 Série A, also winning his second Brazilian Cup – the first was also conquered with that club, four years before – Galvão retired at age 40. He gained 24 caps for Brazil, his debut coming in 1986. 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, playing all four games, three complete, in a 5–3–2 formation, in an eventual round-of-16 exit. He helped Brazil win the 1989 Copa América, also appearing in all the matches at the 1984 Summer Olympics tournament, which ended with silver medal conquest.
Reader's Guide
Galvão played as a central defender. He won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A with Internacional (1979), Grêmio (1996), and Vasco da Gama (1997, 2000). He won the Copa do Brasil twice with Grêmio (1997, 2001). He won the 1998 Copa Libertadores with Vasco da Gama. He lost the 1999 Intercontinental Cup and the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. He won the Swiss Cup with Lugano in 1992–93. For Brazil, he won the 1989 Copa América and a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, playing in all matches of that tournament.
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