Ricardo Pinto (footballer)

Football player infobox


playername= Ricardo Pinto
fullname = Ricardo Pinto
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|1|23
cityofbirth = Iconha, Espírito Santo
countryofbirth = Brazil
height = height|m=1.84
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position = goalkeeper
youthyears = 1982–1984
1984–1987
youthclubs = Desportiva Ferroviária
Fluminense
years = 1987–1992
1992–1993
1993
1994
1994–1995
1995–1997
1998
1998
1998–1999
1999
clubs = Fluminense
Cerro Porteño
Americano
União São João
Corinthians
Atlético Paranaense
Internacional-SP
Iraty
Goiás
Joinville
caps(goals) =85 (0)
03 (0)
43 (0)
21 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1999
2005
2005–2006
2007
2007–2008
2008
2008
managerclubs = Atlético Paranaense youth team
Operário de Ponta Grossa
Marcílio Dias
J. Malucelli
Força
Uberaba
Lemense

Ricardo Pinto (born January 23, 1965 in Iconha, Espírito Santo)pt icon cite web | title = Ricardo Pinto | url=http://200.159.15.35/registro/registro.aspx?s=87944 | accessdate = 2008-06-23 | publisher=Brazilian Football Confederation ] is a retired professional Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs and for Primera División Paraguaya club Cerro Porteño.cite book | first = | last = | title = Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2 | publisher = Aretê Editorial S/A | location = Rio de Janeiro | year = 2001 | pages = 332| id = ISBN 8588651017]

Playing career

Pinto's career started in 1982, playing for Desportiva Ferroviária's youth team.pt icon cite web | title = Ricardo Pinto | url=http://www.furacao.com/historia/jogadores/ricardopinto.php | accessdate = 2008-06-24 | publisher=Furacão ] After two years in the club, he moved to Fluminense's youth team, where he won the Copa São Paulo de Juniores in 1986. He stayed in Fluminense's youth team until he professionalized in 1987, being promoted to the club's main team.

Ricardo Pinto started his professional career in 1987, joining Fluminense's first team in 1988, playing 85 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches for the Rio de Janeiro team,pt icon cite web | title = Ricardo Pinto | url=http://futpedia.globo.com/jogador/ricardo-pinto | accessdate = 2008-06-23 | publisher=Futpedia ] until he left the club in 1992. In 1992 and in 1993, he played for Cerro Porteño, of Paraguay, where he won the 1992 Primera División Paraguaya seeason. Ricardo Pinto then returned to Brazil, playing for Americano in 1993, União São João in 1994, and Corinthians in 1994 and in 1995, where he played 3 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches, and won the Copa do Brasil in 1995 and the Campeonato Paulista in the same year. Ricardo Pinto played 43 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches for Atlético Paranaense from 1995 to 1997, and won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B in 1995. During a 1996 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A match against his former club, Fluminense, at Estádio das Laranjeiras, a supporter of the Rio de Janeiro-based club striked him with a tripod. After the match, Ricardo Pinto was submitted to head surgery. In 1998, he briefly played for Internacional-SP and Iraty, before moving to Goiás, where he played 21 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches, leaving the club in 1999.pt icon cite web | title = Ricardo Pinto (ex-goleiro do Flu e Corinthians) | url=http://desenvolvimento.miltonneves.com.br/QFL/Conteudo.aspx?ID=60669 | accessdate = 2008-06-23 | publisher=Milton Neves ] In 1999, he retired while playing for Joinville.

Managerial career

After his retirement, the former goalkeeper opened a football academy in Curitiba, Paraná, and started a managerial career, firstly managing Atlético Paranaense's youth team, then working as the club's goalkeeper coach in 2001. He eventually managed Operário de Ponta Grossa in 2005,pt icon cite web | title = Cade o goleiro Ricardo Pinto? | url=http://www.futebolinterior.com.br/oOndeAnda.php?iD=14657 | accessdate = 2008-06-24 | publisher=Futebol Interior ] and Marcílio Dias in 2005 and in 2006.pt icon cite web | title = Técnico Ricardo Pinto faz avaliação do Marcílio Dias e define escalação | url=http://www.jornaltribuna.com.br/esportes.php?id_materia=10345 | accessdate = 2008-06-24 | publisher=Tribuna Catarinense ] In 2007, Ricardo Pinto was J. Malucelli's manager,pt icon cite web | title = Ricardo Pinto é contratado pelo J. Malucelli | url=http://noticiarioatleticano.zip.net/arch2006-08-27_2006-09-02.html | accessdate = 2008-06-24 | publisher=Noticiário Atleticano ] then Força from 2007pt icon cite web | title = Segundona: Força está pronto para conquistar o acesso | url=http://www.futebolinterior.com.br/news.php?id_news=21812 | accessdate = 2008-06-23 | publisher=Futebol Interior ] to 2008.pt icon cite web | title = Ex-goleiro do Timão e Flu é o convidado do Chat FI | url=http://www.futebolinterior.com.br/news.php?id_news=39593 | accessdate = 2008-06-23 | publisher=Futebol Interior ] In 2008, he also managed Uberabapt icon cite web | title = A3: Time mineiro "rouba" técnico do Força | url=http://www.futebolinterior.com.br/news.php?id_news=33420 | accessdate = 2008-06-23 | publisher=Futebol Interior ] and Lemense.pt icon cite web | title = Segundona: De treinador novo, Lemense comemora resultados | url=http://www.futebolinterior.com.br/news.php?id_news=45024 | accessdate = 2008-06-23 | publisher=Futebol Interior ]

Honors

Ricardo Pinto won the following honors during his playing career:

References