Sylvio Pirillo

Sylvio Pirillo

Personal information
Date of birth	(1916-07-27)27 July 1916
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Date of death	22 April 1991(1991-04-22) (aged 74)
Place of death	Porto Alegre, Brazil
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1934–1935	Americano-RS	16	(9)
1936–1939	Internacional	31	(27)
1939–1940	Peñarol	?	(8)
1941–1947	Flamengo	113	(116)
1948–1952	Botafogo	43	(27)
International career
1942	Brazil	5	(6)
Managerial career
1952	Botafogo
1953–1955	Bonsucesso
1955	Náutico
1956–1958	Fluminense
1957	Brazil
1959	Internacional
1959–1960	Corinthians
1962	Brazil Olympic
1963–1964	Palmeiras
1965	Juventus
1967–1968	São Paulo
1969	Ferroviário-PR
1970	Náutico
1972	Bahia
1974	Desportiva Ferroviária
1974–1975	Corinthians
1977	Paysandu
1979	Santo André
1980	Rio Claro
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pirillo's first professional club was Sport Club Americano. His good performances granted him moves to Internacional and then Peñarol. In 1941 he transferred to Flamengo with the hard task to replace Leonidas da Silva—who had been 1940 Rio State Championship's top scorer with 30 goals.

Pirillo became an idol when by the end of 1941 Rio State Championship he had been its top scorer with 39 goals—an unbeaten record until today. He was also a very important player at 1942-1943-1944 Rio State Championships titles. Pirillo is the 4th high scorer in Flamengo's history with 204 goals.

In 1948 he signed with Botafogo and once again he had a difficult assignment: to replace Heleno de Freitas. In the same year he won the Rio State Championship with Botafogo, becoming an idol in another major club.

After retiring as a player, Pirillo began a successful career as a coach. As Brazil's coach, he was the first one to draft Pelé in 1957, for the Roca Cup, a match against Argentina, at Maracanã Stadium.

• Rio State Championship

1942, 1943, 1944 - Flamengo
1948 - Botafogo