Manuel Pinto (footballer)

Manuel Pinto
Personal information
Full name	Manuel Campos Pinto
Date of birth	14 December 1938 (age 85)
Place of birth	Montijo, Portugal
Position(s)	Centre-back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1960–1962	Benfica
1962–1974	Vitória Guimarães
Total
International career
1969	Portugal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Campos Pinto (born 14 December 1938) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as central defender.

Club career

Born in Montijo, Setúbal District, Pinto started his professional career with S.L. Benfica. He was part of two Primeira Liga squads during his spell with the club, winning the 1960–61 edition but contributing only two matches to the feat.^[2]

The following 12 seasons, Pinto represented Vitória S.C. also of the top division. On 10 September 1969, he was on the starting XI for their first-ever game in European competition, against FC Baník Ostrava in the first round of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.^[3]

Pinto played twice with the Portugal national team over a one-month period. He earned his first cap on 6 April 1969, in a 0–0 friendly draw with Mexico.^[4]

Pinto's younger brother, Custódio, was also a footballer.^[5]

Benfica

^ ^a ^b Manuel Pinto at WorldFootball.net
^ ^a ^b "Época 1960/61: Primeira Divisão" [1960/61 season: First Division] (in Portuguese). Arquivos da Bola. 21 September 2007. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
^ "Vitória estreou-se nas provas europeias há 50 anos: recorde o momento histórico" [Vitória made debut in European competition 50 years ago: relive the historical moment]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 10 September 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^ Lobo Xavier, Bernardo (31 October 2017). "Os maiores goleadores da história do FC Porto: Custódio Pinto" [The greatest scorers in the history of FC Porto: Custódio Pinto] (in Portuguese). Bola Na Rede. Retrieved 21 April 2020.