Luís Carlos Winck, along with midfielder Ademir Kaefer, is the only Brazilian soccer player to get two silver medals in the Olympic Games (1984 and 1988). As well as his involvement at the Olympics, Luís Carlos Winck also appeared for the Brazilian senior national team on 19 occasions, between April 1985 to June 1993, but was never called up to a World Cup. He was selected for the Copa América in 1993. He scored twice for his country, once against Mexico in 1988, and once against the United States in 1993.