João Manuel Pinto

João Manuel Pinto Tomé Santos (born 26 May 1973), known as João Pinto or João Manuel Pinto, is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central defender, and the current manager of S.C. Vila Real.

For other Portuguese footballers named João Pinto, see João Pinto.
João Pinto
Personal information
Full name João Manuel Pinto Tomé Santos
Date of birth (1973-05-26) 26 May 1973
Place of birth Carcavelos, Portugal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Vila Real (manager)
Youth career
1986–1988 Chelas
1988–1989 SL Olivais
1989–1990 Oriental
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Oriental 25 (3)
1991–1992 Campomaiorense 37 (3)
1992–1995 Belenenses 68 (7)
1995–2001 Porto 75 (9)
2001–2003 Benfica 48 (4)
2003–2004 Ciudad Murcia 11 (1)
2004–2007 Sion 84 (4)
Total 348 (31)
National team
1993–1996 Portugal U21 3 (0)
2002 Portugal 1 (0)
Teams managed
2013 Cinfães
2017 Moncarapachense
2017–2018 Lusitano
2018 Sertanense
2020– Vila Real
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Pinto was born in Carcavelos, Cascais. During his career he represented Clube Oriental de Lisboa, S.C. Campomaiorense, C.F. Os Belenenses, FC Porto and S.L. Benfica, retiring in 2007 after abroad stints with Ciudad de Murcia (Spanish second division) and FC Sion (in the Swiss Super League). In his country's Primeira Liga, he amassed totals of 191 games and 20 goals over the course of ten seasons.

Used often as a last-minute centre forward when his teams were trailing[1]– scored more than ten overall goals for Porto – Pinto appeared once for the Portugal national football team, coming on at half-time during the 1–1 friendly draw with England at Villa Park, on 7 September 2002.[2]

Coaching career

Pinto kickstarted his coaching career in the summer of 2013, going on to be in charge of CD Cinfães in the third level for only three months.[3] On 23 December 2015, he was appointed academy director of Brazilian club Associação Portuguesa de Desportos.[4]

Honours

Porto

Sion

References
  1. A. Amaral, Nuno (14 April 2018). "João Manuel Pinto: "Parecia que íamos para uma guerra no clássico"" [João Manuel Pinto: "It looked like we were going to a war in the classic"]. Jornal de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. "Portugal hold England". BBC Sport. 7 September 2002. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. "João Manuel Pinto deixa Cinfães" [João Manuel Pinto leaves Cinfães]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 December 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. "João Manuel Pinto é o novo executivo de futebol integrado" [João Manuel Pinto is the new executive of integrated football] (in Portuguese). Portuguesa Desportos. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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