Hélio Pinto

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Hélio Pinto
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Pinto playing for APOEL in the Champions League
Personal information
Full name Hélio José Ribeiro Pinto
Date of birth (1984-02-29) 29 February 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Portimão, Portugal
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Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Mesaimeer
Number 10
Youth career
1994–1999 Portimonense
1999–2002 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Benfica B
2003–2004 Benfica 2 (0)
2004–2006 Sevilla B 18 (0)
2005–2006 → Apollon Limassol (loan) 25 (2)
2006–2013 APOEL 190 (16)
2013–2015 Legia Warsaw 43 (7)
2015– Mesaimeer
International career
2002–2003 Portugal U19 14 (0)
2004 Portugal U20 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2015

Hélio José Ribeiro Pinto (born 29 February 1984) is a Portuguese professional footballer who most recently played for Polish club Legia Warsaw as a central midfielder.

A youth product of Benfica, he spent most of his career with APOEL in Cyprus, appearing in more than 275 official games and winning eight major titles.

Club career

Pinto was born in Portimão, Algarve. A product of S.L. Benfica's youth system, he could never break into the first team, only managing a couple of preseason appearances under José Antonio Camacho; his next stop was in Spain with Sevilla FC, where he incidentally also only played with the reserves.

Still owned by Sevilla, Pinto played the 2005–06 season in Cyprus with Apollon Limassol. Being released in the following summer his career settled with another club in the country, APOEL FC.

During his spell with APOEL, Pinto was an important member as it won the Cypriot First Division on four occasions, adding amongst other trophies the domestic cup in 2007–08. He also appeared in all six group stage games of the side, in its first UEFA Champions League participation.

Pinto played in eight matches in the 2011–12 Champions League, as the Nicosia-based team surprisingly reached the quarter-finals of the competition. On 5 June 2013 he signed a three-year contract extension with APOEL[1] but, late into the month, announced he was leaving the club after seven successful years.[2]

On 21 June 2013, Pinto signed a two-year contract (with an option for another season) with Legia Warsaw from Poland.[3] After two years, Legia opted to release him.[4] A few days later he signed a two-year deal with Al-Mesaimeer.[5]

International career

On 27 July 2012 Pinto gained Cypriot nationality, and the Cyprus Football Association subsequently waited for FIFA approval on whether could play for the national team.[6] The governing body eventually ruled he could not represent his adopted nation after having appeared for Portugal at under-19 and under-20 levels.

Statistics

As of 11 June 2015
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica 2002–03[7] Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2003–04[7] Primeira Liga 2 0 2 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 — 5 0
Total 2 0 2 0 1 0 — 5 0
Sevilla B 2004–05[7] Segunda División B 18 0 — — — 18 0
Apollon (loan) 2005–06[7] Cypriot First Division 25 2 — — 25 2
APOEL 2006–07[7] Cypriot First Division 23 4 8 1 3 0 0 0 34 5
2007–08[7][8] Cypriot First Division 28 2 8 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 1 39 3
2008–09[7][8] Cypriot First Division 27 2 5 1 5[lower-alpha 1] 2 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 38 5
2009–10[7][8] Cypriot First Division 25 1 7 2 12[lower-alpha 2] 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 45 3
2010–11[7][8] Cypriot First Division 26 1 2 0 6[lower-alpha 4] 1 — 34 2
2011–12[7][8] Cypriot First Division 32 1 3 0 14[lower-alpha 2] 0 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 50 1
2012–13[7][8] Cypriot First Division 29 5 1 0 6[lower-alpha 4] 1 — 36 6
Total 190 16 34 4 48 4 4 1 276 25
Legia Warsaw 2013–14[8] Ekstraklasa 25 6 2 1 7[lower-alpha 5] 0 — 34 7
2014–15[8] Ekstraklasa 18 1 2 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 22 1
Total 43 7 4 1 9 0 0 0 56 8
Career total 278 25 40 5 58 4 4 1 380 35
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearance in UEFA Cup
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearances in Cypriot Super Cup
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League

Honours

Apollon
APOEL
Legia Warsaw

References

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