José Manuel Pinto

Infobox Football biography
playername = José Manuel Pinto


fullname = José Manuel Pinto Colorado
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dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1975|11|8|df=y
cityofbirth = Cádiz
countryofbirth = Spain
currentclub = FC Barcelona
clubnumber = 13
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = ?–1994
1994–1997
youthclubs = Safa San Luís CD
Betis B
years = 1997–1998
1998–2008
2008
2008–
clubs = Real Betis
Celta Vigo
→FC Barcelona (loan)
FC Barcelona
caps(goals) = 001 (0)
181 (0)
003 (0)
000 (0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 19:34, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
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José Manuel Pinto Colorado, commonly known as Pinto (born 8 November 1975 in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz), is a Spanish football goalkeeper with FC Barcelona.

Club career

Pinto, a product of Real Betis' youth system, moved up to the first team and made his debut for the club during the 1997-98 campaign (one match as a second-half substitute against Racing de Santander).

Unable to dislodge Toni Prats at Betis, Pinto switched to Celta de Vigo a year later. He went on to in the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for the 2005-06 season, after allowing just 28 goals in 37 matches, a goals per match ratio of 0.78. He was also eventually awarded the captain's armband, appearing in 125 games in the first division and 56 in the second, as well as competing in the UEFA Champions League (in 2003-04, although backing up Pablo Cavallero in the domestic league, he would appear in 5 group stage matches, as Celta proggressed to the round-of-16 game) and in the UEFA Cup.

Pinto signed on loan for FC Barcelona on January 18, 2008. He arrived as cover for the injured Albert Jorquera after the latter damaged knee ligaments during the festive break. He made his debut on April 26, in a match against Deportivo La Coruña, which Barcelona lost 2-0. His second match also ended in defeat, as Barcelona lost 3-2 (despite being 2-0 up) at home to Real Mallorca.

On May 30, 2008, Barcelona signed Pinto on a permanent deal, for two years and €500,000.

Honours

*Celta de Vigo:
**Spanish Cup: Runner-up 2001-02

Individual awards

*2005-06 Zamora Trophy

References

External links

* [http://www.lfp.es/historico/primera/plantillas/historial.asp?jug=6581 Stats at Liga de Fútbol Profesional] es icon
* [http://www.celtavigo.net/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=174 Celta Vigo profile]