Thus the Italians had their Deportivo Italia (while the Portuguese the "Deportivo Portugues", the Spanish Gallegos the Deportivo Galicia, the Canarian immigrants their "Unión Deportiva Canarias ", etc.
The result was that different nations established their own sports clubs with similar names: Deportivo Italia in Italy, Deportivo Portugues in Portugal, Deportivo Galicia in Spain, and Unión Deportiva Canarias among immigrants from the Canary Islands, for example.