José Manuel Pinto
Pinto playing for Barcelona in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Manuel Pinto Colorado | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | El Puerto de Santa María, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1994 | Safa San Luis | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1998 | Betis B | 82 | (0) |
| 1998 | Betis | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–2008 | Celta | 181 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Barcelona (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2008–2014 | Barcelona | 31 | (0) |
| Total | 298 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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José Manuel Pinto Colorado (born 8 November 1975) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
After making a name for himself at Celta, with which he made his La Liga debuts, he signed for Barcelona in 2008, going on to act as backup for Víctor Valdés the vast majority of his spell and being part of the squads that won 16 major titles, including four national championships and two Champions Leagues.
Pinto appeared in 160 top flight games during 16 seasons, also representing in the competition Betis.
Born in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz, Andalucía, Pinto, a product of Real Betis' youth system, moved up to the first team and made his La Liga debut for the club during the 1997–98 campaign (one game as a second-half substitute against Racing de Santander).
Unable to dislodge Toni Prats at Betis, Pinto switched to Celta de Vigo a year later. He went on to win the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for the 2005–06 season after allowing just 29 goals in 37 matches, a goals per match ratio of 0.78. He was also eventually awarded the captain's armband, appearing in 125 games in the first division and 56 in the second as well as competing in the UEFA Champions League (in 2003–04, although backing up Pablo Cavallero in the domestic league, he would appear in five group stage matches, as Celta proggressed to the round-of-16 game) and in the UEFA Cup.
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