João Pinto

This is a Portuguese name; the first family name is Vieira and the second is Pinto.

João Pinto

Pinto in 2013
Personal information
Full name	João Manuel Vieira Pinto
Date of birth	(1971-08-19) 19 August 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1982–1983	Águias da Areosa
1983–1988	Boavista
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1989	Boavista	17	(4)
1990–1991	Atlético Madrileño	30	(9)
1991–1992	Boavista	34	(8)
1992–2000	Benfica	220	(64)
2000–2004	Sporting CP	115	(28)
2004–2006	Boavista	57	(11)
2006–2008	Braga	33	(3)
Total		506	(127)
National team
1987–1988	Portugal U16	15	(5)
1988–1989	Portugal U18	22	(11)
1989–1991	Portugal U20	18	(3)
1991–1994	Portugal U21	16	(5)
1991–2002	Portugal	81	(23)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

João Manuel Vieira Pinto CvIH (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʒwɐ̃w̃ ˈpĩtu]; born 19 August 1971) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer. He played mostly as a forward.

Career statistics

Club

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Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Boavista	1988–89	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	1989–90	11	3	0	0	2	2	13	5
	Total	17	3	0	0	2	2	19	5
Atlético Madrid B	1989–90	7	2	0	0	0	0	7	2
	1990–91	23	7	0	0	0	0	30	9
Total	30	9	0	0	0	0	30	9
Boavista	1991–92	34	8	5	0	4	0	43	8
	Total	34	8	5	0	4	0	43	8
Benfica	1992–93	21	7	6	1	4	1	31	9
	1993–94	34	15	2	1	8	2	44	18
	1994–95	24	4	5	1	7	1	36	6
	1995–96	31	18	6	4	5	1	42	23
	1996–97	28	7	6	6	6	3	40	16
	1997–98	25	6	3	1	2	0	30	7
	1998–99	28	4	1	0	7	3	36	7
	1999–2000	29	3	1	0	5	0	35	3
	Total	220	64	30	14	44	11	294	89
Sporting CP	2000–01	31	6	5	1	5	0	41	7
	2001–02	33	9	6	2	5	1	44	12
	2002–03	25	8	1	0	0	0	26	8
	2003–04	26	5	1	0	4	0	31	5
	Total	115	28	13	3	14	1	142	32
Boavista	2004–05	26	2	4	1	0	0	30	3
	2005–06	31	9	1	1	0	0	32	10
	Total	57	11	5	2	0	0	62	13
Braga	2006–07	24	2	0	0	0	0	24	2
	2007–08	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
	Total	33	3	0	0	0	0	33	3
Career total		476	117	56	20	75	15	605	152

Honours

Club

Boavista

• Taça de Portugal: 1991–92

Benfica^[3]

• Primeira Liga: 1993–94
• Taça de Portugal: 1992–93, 1995–96

Sporting

• Primeira Liga: 2001–02
• Taça de Portugal: 2001–02
• Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2002

International

Portugal

• FIFA U-20 World Cup: 1989, 1991
• UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 1994
• UEFA European Under-18 Championship runner-up: 1988, 1990
• UEFA European Under-16 Championship runner-up: 1988

Individual

• CNID Footballer of the Year: 1992, 1993, 1994
• Portuguese Golden Ball: 1993, 1996
• SJPF Player of the Month: February 2006

References

1. João Pinto at ForaDeJogo
2. "João Pinto". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
3. "Bicampeões para a história" [Back-to-back champions for the ages]. Visão (in Portuguese). Portugal: Impresa Publishing. May 2015. p. 60. ISSN 0872-3540.

Other websites

• National team data (in Portuguese)