Wálter Machado da Silva

This article deals with the Brazilian soccer player Wálter Machado da Silva (* 1940). For the Spanish soccer player of the same name (* 1934) see Waldo (soccer player) .

Silva Batuta
Personnel
Surname	Wálter Machado da Silva
birthday	January 2, 1940
place of birth	Ribeirão Preto ,  Brazil
size	183 cm
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1956-1958	Sao Paulo FC	8 0(0)
1959-1961	Botafogo FC (SP)
1961-1964	Corinthians São Paulo	140 (89)
1965-1966	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	79 (48)
1966-1967	FC Barcelona
1967	FC Santos	?? 0(8th)
1968-1969	Flamengo Rio de Janeiro	53 (22)
1969	Racing Club	28 (18)
1970-1974	CR Vasco da Gama	13 0(7)
1974	Atlético Junior
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1966	Brazil	6 (2)
1 Only league games are given.

Wálter Machado da Silva , better known as Silva Batuta (in Brazil ) or as Machado da Silva (in Argentina ), (born January 2, 1940 in São Paulo ) is a former Brazilian soccer player.

Career

Walter Machado da Silva began his career in 1955 at the age of 15 with São Paulo FC and was loaned to Batatais-SP in 1958 . After half a year it was sold to Botafogo FR . He was under contract there for two years.

In 1965 he got a contract with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro and served as a replacement for the former player Gérson . In its first season, the club won the State Championship of Rio de Janeiro ; da Silva was the club's top scorer. In 1966 it was bought by FC Barcelona for $ 160,000 . During these years no foreigners were allowed to play league games, so he only took part in friendly games. Walter returned to Brazil and was there under contract for FC Santos , but he resigned after one season.

In 1967 he returned to Flamengo Rio de Janeiro and completed 53 league games there in three years. In his first game after returning when he played against Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte at the Estádio do Maracanã , he scored three goals. In 1969 he moved to the Argentine Racing Club (Avellaneda) . He made his debut against Estudiantes de La Plata . In 1975 he ended his career.

Titles and honors

• State Championship of São Paulo

  Sao Paulo FC (1957)

• State Championship of Rio de Janeiro

  Flamengo (1965)

  Vasco da Gama (1970)

Web links

• Silva Batuta in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• fifa.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Silva, ou silva batuta ( Memento from September 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), marcelodieguez.com, accessed on September 9, 2015 (Portuguese)
2. ↑ 75 anos de Silva Batuta, o unico brasileiro artilheiro do argentinao , written on January 2, 2015, accessed on September 10, 2015 (Portuguese)