Ricardo Sá Pinto
Pinto with Sporting in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ricardo Manuel Andrade e Silva Sá Pinto | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Atromitos (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1987 | Porto | ||
| 1987–1991 | Salgueiros | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1994 | Salgueiros | 57 | (17) |
| 1994–1997 | Sporting CP | 77 | (20) |
| 1997–2000 | Real Sociedad | 70 | (6) |
| 2000–2006 | Sporting CP | 97 | (14) |
| 2006–2007 | Standard Liège | 21 | (2) |
| Total | 322 | (59) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1994 | Portugal U21 | 10 | (0) |
| 1994–2001 | Portugal | 45 | (9) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2011 | União Leiria (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Sporting CP | ||
| 2013 | Red Star | ||
| 2013–2014 | OFI Crete | ||
| 2014–2015 | Atromitos | ||
| 2015 | Belenenses | ||
| 2016 | Al-Fateh | ||
| 2017– | Atromitos | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ricardo Manuel Andrade e Silva Sá Pinto (born 10 October 1972) is a former Portuguese footballer who played as a forward, and the current manager of Greek club Atromitos FC.
He was known for his fighting spirit, best displayed in his Sporting stints – he was dubbed by the club's fans "Ricardo Lion Heart". In a career which was cut short by injury and suspension, he appeared in 230 Primeira Liga games (scoring 51 goals), also playing abroad in Spain for two years.
Sá Pinto appeared with the Portugal national team in two European Championships, reaching the semifinals at Euro 2000. In 2012, he started working as a manager.
Born in Porto, Sá Pinto made is professional debuts with local S.C. Salgueiros and soon represented the Portuguese under-21s, helping the side reach the 1994 UEFA European Championship final. He made his Primeira Liga debut with the former on 30 August 1992, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 away loss against S.C. Farense.
In the 1994–95 season, Sá Pinto joined Sporting Clube de Portugal. After some solid performances he attracted the attention of La Liga's Real Sociedad, scoring in his first official game for his new club, a 3–3 home draw against Real Oviedo on 30 August 1998.
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