João Vieira Pinto Football player

João Manuel Vieira Pinto (born 19 August 1971) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played mostly as a forward.Blessed with formidable playmaker skills and scoring ability, he made his name mostly at a domestic level and as a key figure in the Portuguese national team's "Golden Generation", collecting 138 caps and scoring 35 goals all categories comprised (81/23 for the senior team alone) and representing the country in one World Cup and two European Championships.In the club level Pinto started his career with Boavista, but it was mainly associated with two of the biggest clubs in the country, Benfica and Sporting, with which he won one national championship each for a total of six major titles combined. Over the course of 19 first division seasons, he played in 450 games and netted 112 goals.

Personal facts

João Vieira Pinto
Alias (AKA)Pinto João
Birth dateAugust 19, 1971
Birth place
Porto , Portugal national football team
Height (meters)1.71

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Football player

position
Forward (association football)
teams
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Boavista F.C.
S.C. Braga
Portugal national under-20 football team
Portugal national football team
S.L. Benfica
Atlético Madrid B
Portugal national under-21 football team

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