| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hannover 96 | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1993 | 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– | Hannover 96 | 100 | (16) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Sérgio Pinto (born 16 October 1980) is a Portuguese-German footballer who plays for Hannover 96 as a right winger. Having spent more than one decade playing in Germany, he possesses dual nationality.
Born in Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto District, Pinto played four years with F.C. Porto's youth teams, moving to Germany at the age of 12, continuing his grooming at TuS Haltern.
In 1999, he made his Bundesliga debuts 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 match being a 2–3 loss at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, on 11 September 1999. Most of his spell, however, was spent with the club's reserves, as he only appeared in 21 games more in four years.
Pinto signed for Alemannia Aachen of the second division for 2004–05, for €125,000. He amassed 58 league appearances in his first two years combined (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.[1]
In the subsequent topflight campaign, Pinto appeared regularly for the North Rhine-Westphalia side, scoring in a 2–0 win at FC Energie Cottbus on 10 March 2007, but the team eventually finished second from bottom and suffered relegation. In the ensuing summer, he reunited with Aachen coach Dieter Hecking at Hannover 96, joining the club on a three-year contract.
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