José Pinto

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For the FC Barcelona goalkeeper, see José Manuel Pinto.

José Pinto
Personal information
Full name	José Manuel Neves Pinto
Date of birth	February 5, 1981 (1981-02-05) (age 27)
Place of birth	Lisbon
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	83 kg (180 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Scrum-half
National team(s)		Caps	(points)
2004-	Portugal	32	(15)

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.

José Pinto has currently 32 caps for Portugal, and has scored three tries. 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.

v • d • e Portugal squad - 2007 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Cordeiro • Correia • Coutinho • d'Orey • Ferreira • Figueiredo • Girão • Murré • Murinello • Penalva • Severino • Silva • Spachuck • G. Uva • J. Uva • V. Uva

Backs	Aguilar • Cabral • Carvalho • Foro • Gama • Leal • Malheiro • Da. Mateus • Di. Mateus • D.C. Pinto • J. Pinto • Pissarra • Portela • Sousa

Coach	Morais

v • d • e Benetton Treviso – current squad

Forwards	Barbieri • Borboni • Ceccato • Conztanzo • de Gregori • de Robertis • Riva • di Santo • Muccignat • Stefano • Sbaraglini • Ceccato • Lupini • Vidal • Labuschagne • Louw • Pavanello • Sutto • van Zyl • Zane Ansell • Barbieri • Filippucci • Johnson • Orlando • Palmer • Pavanello • Duca • Kingi

Backs	Lucchese • Pinto • Picone • Semezato • Goosen • Brussolo • Marcato • Heidtmann • Horak • Mauger • Rosa • Borges • Candiago • de Jager • Sartoretto • Sgarbi • Mulieri • Williams

Coach	Smith