Suly Cabral Machado (born 29 December 1938), simply known as Suly (and sometimes referred as Suli), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

Career

Suly started his career in Brasil de Pelotas, and arrived at Grêmio in 1960, when he was called up to the

1960 Panamerican Championship The 1960 Panamerican Championship was the third and final edition of the Panamerican Championship, an international football tournament featuring national teams from North, Central and South America. It was hosted in San José, Costa Rica, between ...

. Afterwards, he transferred to São Paulo FC where he was the main goalkeeper for most of the 1960s. Suly conceded the 500th goal of

Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; 23 October 1940 – 29 December 2022), better known by his nickname Pelé (), was a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward. Widely reg ...

's career.

Personal life

After retiring from football, he graduated in

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and worked in the profession.

Honours

Grêmio

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

: 1960 * Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre: 1960

References

External links

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at ogol.com.br {{DEFAULTSORT:Suly 1938 births Living people Men's association football goalkeepers Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers São Paulo state football team players Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players Clube Esportivo Aimoré players Grêmio FBPA players São Paulo FC players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Footballers from Rio Grande do Sul 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen