João Manuel Pinto Tomé

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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)
Playing position Centre back
Youth career
1986–1988 Chelas
1988–1989 SL Olivais
1989–1990 Oriental
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Oriental 23 (3)
1991–1992 Campomaiorense
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 309 (28)
National team
1993 Portugal U21 3 (0)
2002 Portugal 1 (0)
Teams managed
2013 Cinfães

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


João Manuel Pinto Tomé Santos (born 26 May 1973), known as João Pinto or João Manuel Pinto, is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as a central defender.

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 – 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.[1]

Managerial 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. On 23 December 2015, he was appointed academy director of Brazilian club Associação Portuguesa de Desportos.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Portugal hold England". BBC Sport. 7 September 2002. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "João Manuel Pinto é o novo executivo de futebol integrado" [João Manuel Pinto is the new executive of integrated football] (in Portuguese). Portuguesa de Desportos. 23 December 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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