Sylvio Pirillo Cesarino (or Sílvio Pirillo) (27 July 1916 in

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– 22 April 1991 in Porto Alegre) was a Brazilian

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striker. Pirillo's first professional club was

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. His good performances granted him moves to Internacional and then

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. In 1941 he transferred to

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with the hard task to replace Leonidas da Silva—who had been 1940 Rio State Championship's top scorer with 30 goals.Placar Magazine -No. 1167 Sep 2000 - Page 100 "... única temporada é Sílvio Pirillo, do Flamengo, que anotou 39 gois no Campeonato Carioca de 1939." 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

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and once again he had a difficult assignment: to replace

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. 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

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. As

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's coach, he was the first one to draft

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in 1957, for the

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, a match against

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, at

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Honours

* Rio State Championship :: 1942, 1943, 1944 - Flamengo :: 1948 - Botafogo

References

External links

Profile at cbf.com.br
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