Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekugamuchira kudanwa kwake kwekutanga kwenyika muna 1997 pasi paMario Zagallo kumutambo wakanangana neRussia, Sylvinho akaumba chikamu chechikwata cheBrazil cheCONCACAF Gold Cup ya1998
apo pakupedzisira vakapedza vari panzvimbo yechitatu, nokudaro vakawana menduru yendarira nechikwata. Akazoita mutambo wake wepasi rose weBrazil mumutambo wehushamwari neWales kuCardiff musi wa 23 Chivabvu 2000, iyo yakaguma nekukunda 3 <unk> 0. Mazuva mana gare gare, akatamba mumutambo wehushamwari neEngland muLondon, iyo yakaguma ne 1<unk>1 dhizaini. Akaenderera mberi nekuwana huwandu hwe6 caps dzenyika dzese, sekuchengetedza kuna Roberto Carlos pachinzvimbo chekuruboshwe-kumashure. Kuonekwa kwake kwekupedzisira neBrazil kwaive musi wa 28 Kurume 2001 mumutambo weWorld Cup wekukwikwidza neEcuador.