José Pintos Saldanha

José Pintos Saldanha
Personnel
Surname	José Luis Pintos Saldanha
birthday	March 25, 1964
place of birth	Artigas ,  Uruguay
size	170 cm
position	Defense
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1984-1994	Nacional Montevideo
1995	Club Atlético Progreso
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
at least 1983	Uruguay U20	at least 6 (0)
1987-1991	Uruguay	12 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

José Pintos Saldanha , full name José Luis Pintos Saldanha , also listed as José Pintos Saldaña (born March 25, 1964 in Artigas ) is a former Uruguayan football player .

Career

society

The 1.70-meter-tall defender Pintos Saldanha , known as El Chango , was part of the Nacional squad from 1984 to 1994 . With the Bolsos he won the Copa Libertadores in 1988 , where he was on the starting line-up in both final games against the Newell's Old Boys . In the subsequent World Cup final on December 11, 1988 in Tokyo against PSV Eindhoven, he was also involved from the start. He missed in the penalty shoot his penalty, which ultimately does not adversely impacted. After he was on the pitch in January 1989 in the 1-0 first leg win at the Recopa Sudamericana in 1989 and thus actively contributed to the title win in the duel with the Argentine representative Racing Club , he was also in the second leg of the final for the Copa Interamericana Used from the beginning in 1989 . Nacional prevailed against CD Olimpia there in March 1989 . He later participated in winning the Uruguayan championship title in 1992. In total, he completed 401 games for the Montevideans. In terms of both number of games and years of club membership, El Chango is one of the top 5 nacionals in this regard. At least in the Apertura 1995 he then played for Progreso in the Primera División .

National team

Pintos Saldanha took part with the Uruguayan U-20 selection at the U-20 South American Championship in 1983 and was runner-up in the South American Championship. During the tournament he was used six times (no goal) by coach José Etchegoyen . In the same year he reached the quarter-finals of the Junior World Cup in 1983 with the Celeste .

He was also a member of the Uruguayan senior team and made his debut in the Celeste on June 23, 1987. His 12th and last international match he completed on July 7, 1991. He did not score an international goal. During this time he took part in the 1990 World Cup, in which he did not appear in the three group games , but was eventually used in the knockout round defeat against Italy . In 1987 he was with the national team South American champion at the Copa América in Argentina. He was also a member of the Uruguayan squad at the 1989 Copa America , which Uruguay finished in second place. When the tournament was played in 1991 , he was also on the squad.

successes

• U-20 Vice South American Champion: 1983
• Copa America: 1987
• World Cup: 1988
• Copa Libertadores: 1988
• Copa Interamericana: 1989
• Recopa Sudamericana: 1989
• Uruguayan champion: 1992

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Notwithstanding this information, FIFA states October 26, 1963 as the birthday on playerhistory.
2. ↑ ¿Que es de la vida de ...? , accessed January 1, 2013
3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Profile on playerhistory.com , accessed on December 29, 2012
4. ↑ Sudamericanos s20: década del 80 ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) from auf.org.uy, accessed May 11, 2015 
5. ↑ Statistical data on international appearances in the Uruguayan national team on rsssf.com , accessed on December 29, 2012
6. ^ Copa América 1987 on rsssf.com, accessed December 29, 2012
7. ^ Copa América 1989 on rsssf.com, accessed December 29, 2012
8. ^ Copa América 1991 on rsssf.com, accessed December 29, 2012