Da Gama was also named the PFAI First Division Player of the Year for the 1985–86 season and made a permanent move.

[5] At the end of that season Da Gama was signed by Moroka Swallows a move orchestrated by Abdul Bhamjee and David Pine Chabeli.

He scored two goals and assisted in two more in a 5–1 victory against Mamelodi Sundowns in the 1989 Bob Save Super Bowl final replay and was named as Player of the Series.

[6] Da Gama ended his playing career due to a serious knee injury while with Dynamos with whom he won the JPS Cup in 1990.

[7] In 2000, Da Gama rejoined Silver Stars for a second spell, with the team choosing to train in Johannesburg and only travel to Venda for their matches.

[7] In the 2003 ABSA Cup, Silver Stars famously beat Orlando Pirates 2–0 in the second-round[8] before losing to Jomo Cosmos in the quarter-finals.

[9] The club achieved an 11th-place finish in their debut campaign in the PSL and reached the Coca-Cola Cup Final, losing 2–0 to Kaizer Chiefs.

Da Gama led Silver Stars to victory in the 2006 Telkom Knockout Cup with Simba Marumo scoring a first-half hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Ajax Cape Town at the Atteridgeville Super Stadium.

In September 2007, he replaced Bibey Mutombo as the head coach of Orlando Pirates after 6 games of the season and the team at the bottom of the league standings.

[14] He joined Bloemfontein Celtic in December 2008, with the club in last place on the table[15] and managed to help the team from bottom of the log to finish 14th in the 2008–09 season, avoiding the relegation play-offs thanks to goal difference.