Sérgio Pinto (footballer, born 1980)
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![]() Pinto with Fortuna Düsseldorf in 2014
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sérgio Ricardo da Silva Pinto | ||
Date of birth | 16 October 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | ||
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Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
Number | 24 | ||
Youth career | |||
1991–1993 | Porto | ||
1993–1995 | TuS Haltern | ||
1995–1999 | Schalke 04 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2004 | Schalke 04 | 23 | (0) |
2000–2004 | Schalke 04 II | 87 | (35) |
2004–2007 | Alemannia Aachen | 87 | (10) |
2007–2013 | Hannover 96 | 160 | (19) |
2013–2014 | Levante | 18 | (0) |
2014– | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 21 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2015 |
Sérgio Ricardo da Silva Pinto (born 16 October 1980) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Fortuna Düsseldorf as a right winger.
Having spent more than one decade playing in Germany, mainly with Schalke 04 and Hannover 96, he possesses dual nationality. He amassed Bundesliga totals of 212 games and 21 goals over the course of ten seasons.
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Club career
Early years / Schalke
Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Pinto played two years with FC Porto's youth teams, moving to Germany at the age of 12 with his family and settling in the North-Rhine-Westphalia town of Haltern am See. He then continued his football grooming at TuS Haltern.[1]
In 1999 Pinto made his Bundesliga debut with FC Schalke 04, after playing four years at the club as a youth, appearing twice for the first team in the 1999–2000 season, the first game being a 2–3 away loss against Bayer 04 Leverkusen on 11 September. Most of his spell, however, was spent with the club's reserves, as he only appeared in 21 matches more in four years.
Alemannia Aachen
Pinto signed for Alemannia Aachen of the second division for 2004–05, for a transfer fee of €125,000.[2] He amassed 58 league appearances in his first two years combined whilst scoring eight goals, achieving promotion in his second; on 25 November 2005, after helping to a 2–1 home win against SC Paderborn 07, he received the Tor des Monats (Goal of the Month) award from the ARD.[3]
In the subsequent top flight campaign, Pinto appeared regularly for the North Rhine-Westphalia side, netting in a 2–0 win at FC Energie Cottbus on 10 March 2007,[4] but the team eventually finished second from bottom and suffered relegation. In the ensuing summer, he reunited with former Aachen coach Dieter Hecking at Hannover 96, joining the club on a three-year contract.
Hannover
Pinto played his first official game for his new club on 11 August 2007, starting and being replaced in the second half of a 0–1 home loss against Hamburger SV. He contributed with 31 games and five goals – notably in a 3–1 home success over FC Bayern Munich –[5] in the 2010–11 season as Hannover finished fourth and qualified to the UEFA Europa League, where he added 14/2 in an eventual quarterfinal exit.[6]
In late October 2011, following another league home win against Bayern (2–1), Pinto was accused by his opponents of "poor sportsmanship".[7] He finally left the Lower Saxony side in June 2013, aged nearly 33 and with 193 official contests to his credit.
Later years
On 6 July 2013 Pinto signed for Levante UD in Spain, agreeing to a two-year deal.[8] He played his first La Liga game on 18 August, featuring the first 45 minutes in a 0–7 away loss to FC Barcelona.[9]
On June 9, 2014 Pinto returned to Germany, signing a one-year contract with Fortuna Düsseldorf.[10]
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External links
- Sérgio Pinto at footballzz.co.uk
- Sérgio Pinto profile at ForaDeJogo
- Sérgio Pinto profile at Fussballdaten
- Kicker profile (German)
- Sérgio Pinto at Soccerway
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- Articles with German-language external links
- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Vila Nova de Gaia
- Portuguese footballers
- German footballers
- Association football wingers
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- FC Schalke 04 players
- Alemannia Aachen players
- Hannover 96 players
- Fortuna Düsseldorf players
- La Liga players
- Levante UD footballers
- Portuguese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Portuguese expatriates in Germany
- Portuguese expatriates in Spain