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 which involve scoring 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 intercepting o ...

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 Panamerican Championship, an association football tournament featuring national teams from North, Central and South America. It was hosted in San José, Costa Rica, between Marc ...

. 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's career.

Personal life

After retiring from football, he graduated in

veterinary medicine Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

and worked in the profession.

Honours

Grêmio

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

: 1960 *

Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre The Campeonato Citadino de Porto Alegre ( en, Municipality of Porto Alegre Championship) was a football competition held among the clubs located in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It was established in 1910, making it older ...

: 1960

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at ogol.com.br 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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Suly