nationalcaps birth_date years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
18 16 81 19 august 1971 1982 1992 -- 2000 2000 -- 2004 2004 -- 2006 2006 -- -- 2008 1983 1983 -- 1988 1991 -- 1992 1982 -- 1983 1983 -- 1988 17 7 34 220 115 57 33 4 2 8 64 28 11 3 1989 -- 1991 1991 -- 1994 1991 -- 2002 joao pinto 2012.jpg joão pinto pinto in 2013 joão manuel vieira pinto porto , portugal portugal u20 portugal u21 portugal 1.71 483 120 3 5 23 Águias da areosa boavista Águias braga da areosa boavista boavista benfica sporting cp boavista forward joão vieira pinto

joão vieira pinto

joão manuel vieira pinto -lrb- ; born 19 august 1971 -rrb- is a retired portuguese professional footballer who played mostly as a forward .
blessed with formidable playmaker skills and scoring ability , he made his name mostly at a domestic level and as a key figure in the portuguese national team 's `` golden generation '' , collecting 138 caps and scoring 35 goals all categories comprised -lrb- 81/23 for the senior team alone -rrb- and representing the country in one world cup and two european championships .
in the club level pinto started his career with boavista , but it was mainly associated with two of the biggest clubs in the country , benfica and sporting cp , with which he won one national championship each for a total of six major titles combined .
over the course of 19 first division seasons , he played in 450 games and netted 112 goals .
