João Pinto (footballer, born 1961)

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Portuguese name Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography João Domingos da Silva Pinto (born 21 November 1961) is a Portuguese former footballer and manager. He spent his entire professional career with Porto (16 years, winning a total of 24 major titles, including nine Primeira Liga and the 1987 European Cup).<ref name=LEGENDS>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Pinto represented the Portugal national team for more than one decade, appearing with them in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Playing career

Pinto was born in Oliveira do Douro, Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District. A FC Porto trainee, it did not take him long to establish himself in the side's starting XI. When Fernando Gomes broke his leg before the 1986–87 European Cup final against FC Bayern Munich, he was picked as the captain, and reportedly only released the cup on Portuguese soil after the 2–1 win in Vienna.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Always an undisputed starter, Pinto retired after the 1996–97 season after 16 years as a professional, helping the northerners to their first three Primeira Liga titles in a row (in total, he won nine national championships and four Taça de Portugal, and was part of the treble-winning squad which won the Champions Cup, the European Supercup and the Intercontinental Cup). Given his devotion and long service to the club, he was subsequently given a place coaching its youth teams.<ref name=LEGENDS/>

Pinto totalled 70 caps with one goal for Portugal,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> being selected as captain on 42 occasions. After seeing the nation's 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification hopes squashed following a 1–0 away loss against Italy he left the field in tears, further enhancing his nickname, Capitão; he played internationally in UEFA Euro 1984<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and at the 1986 World Cup – Bobby Robson, who coached Porto, once remarked of him: "He has two hearts and four legs. It's extremely difficult to find a player like him."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In September 2023, Pinto was given the One-Club Man Award by Athletic Bilbao, a Spanish club renowned for its youth system policies.<ref name=OCMA>Template:Cite news</ref>

Coaching career

Pinto began working as a head coach in the Segunda Liga. He started with S.C. Covilhã, moving in January 2013 to G.D. Chaves<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and helping the latter side to promote to that level in his only season.<ref name=COACH>Template:Cite news</ref>

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>Template:ForaDeJogo</ref><ref name=WF/>

Club	Season	League			National cupTemplate:Efn		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Porto	1981–82	Primeira Divisão	7	0	2	0	0	0	2Template:Efn	0	11	0
	1982–83	Primeira Divisão	23	0	6	1	2Template:Efn	0	—		31	1
	1983–84	Primeira Divisão	26	0	9	0	9Template:Efn	0	2Template:Efn	0	46	0
	1984–85	Primeira Divisão	30	0	7	0	2Template:Efn	0	4Template:Efn	0	43	0
	1985–86	Primeira Divisão	18	1	3	0	4Template:Efn	0	2Template:Efn	0	27	1
	1986–87	Primeira Divisão	29	3	5	0	9Template:Efn	0	2Template:Efn	0	45	3
	1987–88	Primeira Divisão	34	1	7	0	4Template:Efn	0	3Template:Efn	0	48	1
	1988–89	Primeira Divisão	35	1	4	0	3Template:Efn	0	2Template:Efn	0	44	1
	1989–90	Primeira Divisão	30	0	3	0	6Template:Efn	0	—		39	0
	1990–91	Primeira Divisão	30	0	5	1	5Template:Efn	0	2Template:Efn	0	42	1
	1991–92	Primeira Divisão	33	8	6	0	4Template:Efn	0	1Template:Efn	0	44	8
	1992–93	Primeira Divisão	25	2	2	0	8Template:Efn	0	3Template:Efn	1	38	3
	1993–94	Primeira Divisão	31	1	6	0	10Template:Efn	0	2Template:Efn	0	49	1
	1994–95	Primeira Divisão	31	0	2	0	4Template:Efn	0	3Template:Efn	0	40	0
	1995–96	Primeira Divisão	13	0	6	0	4Template:Efn	0	0	0	23	0
	1996–97	Primeira Divisão	13	0	2	0	2Template:Efn	0	0	0	17	0
Career Total			408	17	75	2	76	0	28	1	587	20

International

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National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Portugal	1983	4	0
	1984	10	0
	1985	7	0
	1986	1	0
	1987	2	0
	1989	11	1
	1990	3	0
	1991	9	0
	1992	8	0
	1993	7	0
	1994	5	0
	1995	2	0
	1996	1	0
Total		70	1

Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pinto goal.

List of international goals scored by João Pinto<ref name=EU/>

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 April 1989	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal	Template:Fb	1–0	3–1	1990 World Cup qualification

Honours

Player

Porto

• Primeira Divisão: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97
• Taça de Portugal: 1983–84, 1987–88, 1990–91, 1993–94
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
• European Cup: 1986–87
• European Super Cup: 1987
• Intercontinental Cup: 1987

Individual

• UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1984<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• One Club Award: 2023<ref name=OCMA/>

Manager

Chaves

• Segunda Divisão: 2012–13<ref name=COACH/>

See also

• List of one-club men

External links

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