Caetano Pinho

Caetano Pinho

Personal information
Full name	Caetano Infancio De Souza Pinho
Date of birth	(1976-09-18) 18 September 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Margao, Goa, India
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Aizawl (manager)
Youth career
Years	Team
	Salgaocar
	Vasco
	ONGC
Managerial career
2010–2012	ONGC
2019-2021	Baroda
2021–2022	Corbett
2022-	Aizawl
2023-	Baroda

Caetano Infancio De Souza Pinho (born 18 September 1976) is an Indian professional football manager. He last served as the head coach of the I-League club Aizawl.

Early life

Pinho was born in Goa, India.^[1] All his family members were lawyers by profession. He then went to Don Bosco High School and Dempo College of Commerce and Economics.^[1] He then became an employer for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.^[1]

Coaching career

ONGC

In 1996, Pinho joined as the player of ONGC F.C. and went on to become the coach of ONGC in 2011 of the NFL 2nd Division.^[1] Before that he played for Salgaocar S.C., Vasco S.C. and even the ONGC after graduating from SAI Sports Hostel, Goa.^[1]

In 2010, Pinho became the assistant coach of the team going into the 2010–11 season of the I-League, their first ever.^[2] Unfortunately after one season with ONGC in the I-League, the club were relegated back into the I-League 2nd Division and Pinho's job was on the line as ONGC were considering folding the club and even Pinho himself said "The club’s poor showing had not gone down well with the management, who it was believed were even considering the most extreme of repercussions. For a company which supports 16 different disciplines of sports around the country, they had after all pumped in the maximum amount of money into the football club's coffers."^[3]

ONGC allowed the club to continue and next season, Pinho and ONGC were participating in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division where they ended as champions in the final round.^[4]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 04 December 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
ONGC	2010	2011	38	11	13	14	028.9
Baroda	2019	2021	—	−	−	−	—
Corbett	2021	2022	—	−	−	−	—	[5]
Aizawl	9 December 2022	Present	15	2	5	8	013.3	[6][7][8]
Baroda	2023	Present	—	−	−	−	—
Total			39	11	14	14	028.21

References

1. Tamang, Silash. "Up close and personal with coach of ONGC Mumbai Caetano Pinho". iSikkim. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
2. Sengupta, Somnath. "Institutional Sides In Indian Football: The Story Of ONGC FC, Air India FC and HAL SC". The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
3. Sundaresan, Bharat. "Oil stocks on the rise again". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
4. Sengupta, Somnath. "Indian Football : ONGC, United Sikkim Clinch Promotion In Dramatic Finale". The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
5. "Corbett FC look to salvage Hero I-League Qualifiers campaign against Delhi FC | I-League". Retrieved 3 December 2024.
6. "Aizawl Football Club is delighted to welcome Caetano Pinho as our new Head Coach for the remainder of the season". @AizawlFC. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
7. Admin, F. C. (13 April 2023). "Aizawl, Odisha look for three-pointer in Hero Super Cup". Football Counter. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
8. "2023 Super Cup (India)", Wikipedia, 21 November 2024, retrieved 3 December 2024