Marco Pinto

Marco António Garcia Pinto (born 22 March 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper.

Marco Pinto
Personal information
Full name Marco António Garcia Pinto
Date of birth (1988-03-22) 22 March 1988
Place of birth Camarate, Portugal
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1997–1999 Águias Camarate
1999–2000 Frielas
2000–2001 Águias Camarate
2001–2005 Sporting CP
2005–2007 Belenenses
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 Belenenses 0 (0)
2007–2008 → Mafra (loan) 2 (0)
2008–2009 Beira-Mar Monte Gordo 3 (0)
2009–2010 Estrela Amadora 8 (0)
2010 Praiense 1 (0)
2011–2012 Pêro Pinheiro 29 (0)
2012–2016 1º Dezembro 88 (0)
2016–2018 Aves 6 (0)
2018 → Canelas 2010 (loan) 10 (0)
2018–2019 Mirandela 8 (0)
2019–2020 Loures 24 (0)
National team
2006–2007 Portugal U19 2 (0)
2008 Portugal U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 March 2020

Club career

Born in Camarate, Loures, Lisbon District, Pinto competed in lower league and amateur football until the age of 28, appearing rarely for all his teams except his last, S.U. 1º de Dezembro. In late May 2016, he left the third division side and signed a two-year deal with C.D. Aves from the Segunda Liga.[1]

On 12 March 2017, ten days shy of his 29th birthday, Pinto made his debut as a professional, coming on as a late substitute for Femi Balogun after Quim was sent off, in a 1–1 away draw against Leixões SC.[2] On 29 May, after a further five appearances to help the club return to the Primeira Liga after an absence of ten years,[3] he renewed his contract until June 2019.[4]

References
  1. "Marco Pinto chega para a baliza" [Marco Pinto arrives for goal] (in Portuguese). C.D. Aves. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. "Leixões-Aves, 1–1: Quim expulso em jogo com decisões muito contestadas" [Leixões-Aves, 1–1: Quim sent off in game of highly contested calls]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 March 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. "COMENTÁRIO: Fafe perde em Vila das Aves e desce de divisão" [COMMENT: Fafe lose in Vila das Aves and drop down a division]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 21 May 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  4. "Quim, Guedes e Marco Pinto renovam contratos" [Quim, Guedes and Marco Pinto renew contracts]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 May 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.