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| Full name | João Domingos da Silva Pinto[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1961-11-21)21 November 1961 (age 64)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oliveira do Douro, Portugal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1976 | Oliveira Douro | ||||||||||||||||
| 1976–1981 | Porto | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1997 | Porto | 408 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978–1980 | Portugal U18 | 20 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1983 | Portugal U21 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1996 | Portugal | 70 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2004 | Porto (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Porto (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Covilhã | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Chaves | ||||||||||||||||
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
João Domingos da Silva Pinto (born 21 November 1961) is a Portuguese formerfootballer andmanager. He spent his entire professional career withPorto (16 years, winning a total of 24 major titles, including ninePrimeira Liga and the1987 European Cup).[2]
Pinto represented thePortugal national team for more than one decade, appearing with them in oneWorld Cup and oneEuropean Championship.
Pinto was born inOliveira do Douro, Vila Nova de Gaia,Porto District. AFC Porto trainee, it did not take him long to establish himself in the side's starting XI. WhenFernando Gomes broke his leg before the1986–87 European Cup final againstFC Bayern Munich, he was picked as thecaptain, and reportedly only released the cup on Portuguese soil after the2–1 win inVienna.[3]
Always an undisputed starter, Pinto retired after the1996–97 season after 16 years as a professional, helping thenortherners to their first threePrimeira Liga titles in a row (in total, he won nine national championships and fourTaça de Portugal, and was part of thetreble-winning squad which won the Champions Cup, theEuropean Supercup and theIntercontinental Cup). Given his devotion and long service to the club, he was subsequently given a place coaching its youth teams.[2]
Pinto totalled 70caps with one goal forPortugal,[4] being selected as captain on 42 occasions. After seeing the nation's1994 FIFA World Cup qualification hopes squashed following a 1–0 away loss againstItaly he left the field in tears, further enhancing his nickname,Capitão; he played internationally inUEFA Euro 1984[5] and at the1986 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."[6]
In September 2023, Pinto was given the One-Club Man Award byAthletic Bilbao, a Spanish club renowned for itsyouth system policies.[7]
Pinto began working as a head coach in theSegunda Liga. He started withS.C. Covilhã, moving in January 2013 toG.D. Chaves[8] and helping the latter side to promote to that level in hisonly season.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Porto | 1981–82 | Primeira Divisão | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1982–83 | Primeira Divisão | 23 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | ||
| 1983–84 | Primeira Divisão | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9[d] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
| 1984–85 | Primeira Divisão | 30 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2[d] | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 1985–86 | Primeira Divisão | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 1986–87 | Primeira Divisão | 29 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9[e] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 45 | 3 | |
| 1987–88 | Primeira Divisão | 34 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 3[f] | 0 | 48 | 1 | |
| 1988–89 | Primeira Divisão | 35 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3[e] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 44 | 1 | |
| 1989–90 | Primeira Divisão | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6[c] | 0 | — | 39 | 0 | ||
| 1990–91 | Primeira Divisão | 30 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5[e] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 42 | 1 | |
| 1991–92 | Primeira Divisão | 33 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 44 | 8 | |
| 1992–93 | Primeira Divisão | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8[g] | 0 | 3[b] | 1 | 38 | 3 | |
| 1993–94 | Primeira Divisão | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 10[g] | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 49 | 1 | |
| 1994–95 | Primeira Divisão | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[d] | 0 | 3[b] | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 1995–96 | Primeira Divisão | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4[g] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| 1996–97 | Primeira Divisão | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2[g] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 408 | 17 | 75 | 2 | 76 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 587 | 20 | ||
| 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 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 26 April 1989 | Estádio da Luz,Lisbon, Portugal |  Switzerland | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1990 World Cup qualification |
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