Sylvio Pirillo was born on July 27, 1916 in Porto Alegre, a Brazilian football striker and a coach. The clubs he played for were Americano-RS (1936-1937), Internacional (1938-1939), Peñarol (1939-1941), Flamengo (1941-1947), and Botafogo (1948-1952).
He began his historic football career as a football player which eventually ascended to coaching duties after his retirement as a player. Thefirst professional club he played for was American Porto Alegre-RS, his good performance granted him the opportunity to move to Internacional where he remained until 1939 and then Peñarol.
However, SylvioPirillo had greater prominence in Carioca soccer, specifically in Flamengo. In Mengo, the attacker had big shoes to fill in and an arduous task of replacing the famous Leonidas da Silva. In 1941, Pirillo had established an unbeaten record that still stands today ─ sagrando scorer of the state championship with 39 goals, (most of the earlier mark was exactly Leonidas at 30) putting him in the 4th spot in Flamengo’s all-time scorer with 204 goals. He also had an integral part at 1942-1943-1944 Rio State Championships titles.
In 1948 he signed with Botafogo and once again he had a difficult assignment: to replace Heleno de Freitas. But he lived up to the challenged by winning the Rio State Championship with Botafogo all in the same year, becoming an idol in another major club.
After ending his memorable career as a player, Sylvio Pirillo became a coach and had stints in big clubs, especially the Fluminense where he bagged the championship of the Rio-Sao Paulo Tournament in 1957. It was he who called Pele first for the Brazilian team to compete in the Copa Roca in 1957, a match against Argentina, at Maracanã Stadium.
In 1962, he commanded the Brazilian National Team Championship in New South American, played in Peru.