Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nuno Miguel Sousa Pinto [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 August 1986||
Place of birth | Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal [1] | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1994–1997 | Vilanovense | ||
1997–1999 | Boavista | ||
1999–2000 | Pasteleira | ||
2000–2001 | Boavista | ||
2001–2002 | Pasteleira | ||
2002–2003 | Boavista | ||
2004 | Candal | ||
2004–2005 | Boavista | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2008 | Boavista | 7 | (0) |
2005–2006 | → Vilanovense (loan) | ||
2007–2008 | → Trofense (loan) | 22 | (2) |
2008–2011 | Nacional | 54 | (1) |
2011–2013 | Levski Sofia | 50 | (0) |
2014 | Tavriya Simferopol | 8 | (0) |
2015 | Astra Giurgiu | 7 | (0) |
2015–2022 | Vitória Setúbal | 156 | (2) |
Total | 304 | (5) | |
Managerial career | |||
2022 | Olímpico Montijo | ||
2023 | FC Serpa | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nuno Miguel Sousa Pinto (born 6 August 1986) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a left-back and manager.
Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Pinto emerged through local Boavista FC's youth system. Whilst under contract, he spent two seasons on loan in the lower leagues, including 2007–08 with C.D. Trofense in the Segunda Liga, [2] starting in all the games he appeared in and scoring twice [3] [4] as the club was promoted to the Primeira Liga for the first time ever. [5]
Pinto signed for C.D. Nacional in the summer of 2008, appearing in only seven league matches in his first year (12 overall) with the Madeira side. He was more regularly played the following campaigns, and scored his first top-division goal on 6 December 2010 to conclude a 2–1 home comeback win over Associação Naval 1º de Maio. [6]
On 28 December 2011, Pinto completed a move to PFC Levski Sofia in the First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) for an undisclosed free. [7] In 2012–13, the team were runners-up in the league to PFC Ludogorets Razgrad, and lost the cup final on penalties to PFC Beroe Stara Zagora after a 3–3 draw. [8]
From January 2014 to June 2015 Pinto also competed abroad, with SC Tavriya Simferopol (Ukrainian Premier League) and FC Astra Giurgiu (Romanian Liga I), moving to the latter club due to the war in Crimea. [9] [10]
Pinto returned to Portugal on 3 July 2015, signing a two-year contract with Vitória de Setúbal, [11] subsequently extended until 2020. [12] He scored his only competitive goal for the club on 25 August 2017, netting from a free kick in a 1–1 away draw against C.F. Os Belenenses. [13]
Pinto was handed a three-match ban in August 2018, for allegedly threatening the officials with bodily harm at the end of a league fixture against Nacional. [14] On 16 December of the same year, the 32-year-old announced he was going to interrupt his career to undergo treatment for a lymphoma in his inguinal region. [15] [16] He returned for the final game of the season on 19 May 2019 at home to Rio Ave FC; with the team's top-flight survival already guaranteed, Sandro Mendes let him play for the first minutes. [17] [18]
In October 2020, with Vitória having just been relegated to the third division due to irregularities, Pinto agreed to a new deal at the Estádio do Bonfim. [19] Pinto retired at the end of the 2021-22 season.
On July 18, 2022, it was confirmed that Pinto, shortly after hanging up his boots, had been hired as manager of Olímpico Montijo. [20] On December 26, 2022, Pinto was surprisingly fired, despite the team being in second place in the table with 15 wins in 20 games. [21]
On May 24, 2023 it was confirmed that Pinto took over the helm of FC Serpa from the upcoming 2023-24 season. [22] After only a few weeks in charge of his new club, it was announced that the club and Pinto, by mutual agreement, had terminated the contract. [23] Pinto only managed four games in charge: three defeats (all in the Campeonato de Portugal) and one victory (in the Portuguese Cup).
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