Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Bayan da ya karbi kira na farko na kasa da kasa a shekarar 1997 a karkashin Mario Zagallo don wasan da Rasha ta yi, Sylvinho ya kasance wani ɓangare na tawagar Brazil don gasar cin kofin CONCACAF na zinariya na
1998 inda a ƙarshe suka gama a matsayi na uku, don haka ya sami lambar tagulla tare da ƙungiyar. Daga nan sai ya fara bugawa Brazil wasa a wasan sada zumunci da Wales a Cardiff a ranar 23 ga Mayu 2000, wanda ya ƙare da nasara 3<unk> 0. Kwana hudu bayan haka, ya buga wasan sada zumunta da Ingila a London, wanda ya ƙare a wasan 1 × 1. Ya ci gaba da cimma jimillar wasanni 6 na kasa da kasa, a matsayin madadin Roberto Carlos a matsayin hagu na hagu. Kallon sa na karshe tare da Brazil ya kasance a ranar 28 ga Maris 2001 a wasan neman shiga gasar cin kofin duniya da Ecuador.