Wálter Machado da Silva

Wálter Machado da Silva (January 2, 1940 – September 29, 2020), better known as "Silva Batuta" in Brazil, or Machado da Silva in Argentina, was a Brazilian footballer.

Machado da Silva / "Silva Batuta"
Machado da Silva in the jersey of Racing Club
Personal information
Full name Wálter Machado da Silva
Date of birth (1940-01-02)2 January 1940
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Date of death 29 September 2020(2020-09-29) (aged 80)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1955–1957 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1959 São Paulo 8 (0)
1958–1959 → Batatais FC[1] (loan) 17 (6)
1959–1961 Botafogo-SP[1] 62 (24)
1962–1966 Corinthians[1] 84 (62)
1965–1966 → Flamengo[2] (loan) 31 (20)
1967–1969 Barcelona - (-)
1967 → Santos[3] (loan) 14 (7)
1968–1969 → Flamengo[2] (loan) 22 (11)
1969 Racing 28 (18)
1970–1973[4] Vasco da Gama 37 (9)
1971 → Botafogo (loan) 13 (2)
1973 Atlético Junior 15 (4)
1973 Rio Negro-AM[1] 11 (3)
1974 Tiquire Flores
National team
1966 Brazil 6 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He earned 6 caps (3 non-official) for the Brazil national football team and was part of the Brazilian squad at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Silva Batuta died on 29 September 2020 at the age of 80.[5]

References
  1. Schwob, Marcelo (2015). Silva, o batuta: O craque e o futebol de seu tempo (in Portuguese). Letras e Versos.
  2. Fla-Estatística (in Portuguese)
  3. Acervo Santos FC (in Portuguese)
  4. Assaf, Roberto (2008). História Completa do Brasileirão (in Portuguese). Lance. OCLC 905757398.
  5. Mor Walter Machado da Silva (in Catalan)


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