Sérgio Pinto (footballer, born 1973)

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Vieira and the second or paternal family name is Pinto.

Sérgio Pinto
Personal information
Full name	Sérgio Paulo Vieira Pinto
Date of birth	(1973-01-08) 8 January 1973
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Youth career
	Boavista
1986–1989	Bairro do Falcão
1989–1991	Boavista
1991–1992	Arsenal Bessa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1992–1993	Ermesinde
1993–1994	Marco	31	(4)
1994–1995	Gondomar
1995–1996	Fátima
1996–1997	Bradford City	18	(0)
1997–1998	Lamego
1998–1999	Portosantense
1999–2000	Leça	20	(8)
2000–2003	Maia	82	(2)
2003–2004	Felgueiras	41	(0)
2005	Lixa	18	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Sérgio Paulo Vieira Pinto (born 8 January 1973) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a right midfielder.

Football career

After unsuccessfully emerging through local Boavista FC's youth system, Porto-born Pinto played almost exclusively in the lower leagues of his country, representing Ermesinde Sport Clube, F.C. Marco, Gondomar SC, C.D. Fátima, SC Lamego, C.D. Portosantense, Leça FC, F.C. Maia, F.C. Felgueiras and F.C. Lixa. From 1999-December 2004 he amassed 143 second division appearances, scoring ten goals.

In a 13-year senior career, Pinto also played one season with Football League First Division side Bradford City,^[1] appearing in less than half of the matches as the West Yorkshire club finished just one place above the relegation zone. He retired in June 2005, aged 32.

Pinto's older brother, João, was also a footballer. A forward, he played with team and individual success for S.L. Benfica and Sporting Clube de Portugal, also gaining more than 80 caps for the Portuguese national team.^[2] His nephew, Tiago, notably represented Rio Ave F.C.^[3]