 Machado da Silva in the jersey of Racing Club | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wálter Machado da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 2 January 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | Ribeirão Preto, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 29 September 2020 (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 | ||
| International career | |||
| 1966 | Brazil | 6 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.
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 from COVID-19.[5][6]
