João Domingos Pinto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Domingos da Silva Pinto | ||
| Date of birth | 21 November 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Oliveira do Douro, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1974–1976 | Oliveira Douro | ||
| 1976–1981 | Porto | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1997 | Porto | 407 | (17) |
| National team | |||
| 1983–1996 | Portugal | 70 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2011 | Covilhã | ||
| 2013 | Chaves | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
|||
João Domingos da Silva Pinto (born 21 November 1961) is a former Portuguese footballer and a current manager.
Having spent his entire professional career with Porto (16 years, winning a total of 25 major titles, including nine leagues and the 1987 European Cup), he is regarded as one of the greatest Portuguese right backs of all-time.
Pinto represented the Portugal national team during more than one decade, appearing with them in one World Cup and one European Championship.
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.
Always an undisputed starter, Pinto retired after the 1996–97 season after 16 years as a professional, helping the northerners to their first three-leagues-in-a-row accolade (in total he won nine national championships, four cups, 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.
...
Wikipedia