José Pinto

"For the FC Barcelona goalkeeper, see José Manuel Pinto."Infobox Rugby biography
name = José Pinto


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José Manuel Neves Pinto (born 5 February 1981 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half. He's graduated in Medicine. José Pinto was a leading name for Direito, from 1999/2000, until 2006/2007. After the 2007 Rugby World Cup finals he moved to CRC Madrid Noroeste. He was assigned by the Italian professional team of Benetton Rugby Treviso, in November 2007.

He played in all four games at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and was chosen as Man of the Match in the 31-5 loss to Italy. Ironically, he would be assigned to an Italian team soon after.

José Pinto has currently 34 caps for Portugal, and has scored three tries and a conversion.