João Pinto
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Born
1971 (55 years old)
Porto, PortugalPosition
Forward
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Retired
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1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
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João Manuel Vieira Pinto CvIH (Portuguese pronunciation: ; born 19 August 1971) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played mostly as a forward.
Blessed with playmaking and goalscoring ability, he made his name mostly at a domestic level and as a key figure in the Portuguese national team's "Golden Generation", collecting 152 caps and scoring 47 goals all categories comprised (81/23 for the senior team alone) and representing the country in one World Cup and two European Championships.
At 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 Primeira Liga each for a total of six major titles combined. Over 19 top-division seasons, he played 450 matches and netted 112 goals.
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 Portuguese Taca de Portugal |  Sporting CP | 2001-2002 | |
 Portuguese Primeira Liga | Sporting CP | 2001-2002 | |
 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira | Sporting CP | 2000 | |
| Portuguese Taca de Portugal |  Benfica | 1995-1996 | |
| Portuguese Primeira Liga | Benfica | 1993-1994 | |
| Portuguese Taca de Portugal | Benfica | 1992-1993 | |
| Portuguese Taca de Portugal |  Boavista | 1991-1992 |
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 UEFA European Championships Player Of The Match | Portugal | 1996-06-19 |
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| Boavista | 1988-1989 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Atlético Madrid B | 1990-1991 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Boavista | 1991-1992 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Portugal U21 | 1991-1994 | International | - | - | |
 Portugal | 1991-2002 | International | - | - | |
| Benfica | 1992-2000 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Sporting CP | 2000-2004 | Permanent | - | - | |
| Boavista | 2004-2006 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Braga | 2006-2008 | Permanent | - | - |
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