Sérgio da Silva Pinto

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Sérgio da Silva Pinto
Sergio-Pinto.jpg
Sérgio da Silva Pinto (2014)
Personnel
Surname Sérgio Ricardo da Silva Pinto
birthday October 16, 1980
place of birth Vila Nova de Gaia ,  Portugal
size 176 cm
position central midfield
Juniors
Years station
1989-1993 FC Porto
1993-1995 TuS Haltern
1995-1999 FC Schalke 04
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2004 FC Schalke 04 Amat. 110 (42)
1999-2004 FC Schalke 04 23 0(0)
2004-2007 Alemannia Aachen 87 (10)
2007-2013 Hannover 96 160 (19)
2013-2014 Levant UD 18 0(0)
2014-2016 Fortuna Dusseldorf 21 0(1)
1 Only league games are given.

Sérgio Ricardo da Silva Pinto (born October 16, 1980 in Vila Nova de Gaia ), also known as Sérgio Pinto , is a former German - Portuguese football player .

Born in Portugal, he played 212 Bundesliga games in which he scored 26 goals. He also played in the Spanish La Liga for UD Levante .

Life

Da Silva Pinto was born in Portugal in Vila Nova de Gaia and spent his childhood and early youth there. When he was twelve years old, he moved to Germany with his parents and settled in Haltern am See in North Rhine-Westphalia ; at first he didn't speak any German .

Pinto is married and has two children.

Career

youth

In Portugal he played in the youth team of FC Porto . After his arrival in Haltern he received an offer from FC Schalke 04 , but preferred to play at TuS Haltern for the time being due to the distance between Haltern and Gelsenkirchen and because of the language problems . In 1995 he finally moved to the Schalke B youth team.

professional

FC Schalke 04

After four years in the youth team of FC Schalke 04, da Silva Pinto made the leap to the professional team in 1999, where he played 23 Bundesliga games for Schalke and four games in the UEFA Cup by 2004 .

Alemannia Aachen

Before the 2004/05 season , da Silva Pinto moved on loan to Alemannia Aachen in the 2nd Bundesliga . His goal for the season was promotion to the first Bundesliga . He made his debut for Alemannia on August 13, 2004 in a 1-1 draw on the first day of the 2. Bundesliga 2004/05 in the game against LR Ahlen in the starting eleven. He missed a penalty and was replaced by Florian Bruns after 60 minutes . The winger made 27 appearances in his first season and scored four goals. He also played seven games for Aachen and made two assists in the UEFA Cup , for which they qualified through the 2004 DFB Cup final . There he reached the round of 32 with the team, in which they were eliminated against AZ Alkmaar . In May 2005, da Silva Pinto was given a permanent position at Alemannia Aachen until 2007.

In the 2005/06 season he rose to the Bundesliga with Alemannia . In the promotion season he scored the goal of the month with a long shot in November 2005 of the ARD - Sportschau against SC Paderborn 07 .

Hannover 96

In the summer of 2007, da Pinto moved to Hannover 96 with a three-year contract . Here he first played on the right wing. In the second half of the 2007/08 season, a penalty was imposed on him after two red cards in quick succession .

In the relegation battle of the 2009/10 season, he played for weeks despite a torn knee ligament and, as a leading player, contributed to staying up. At the end of the 2009/10 season , the expiring contract was extended by three years.

In the 2010/11 season was Hannover 96 with Pinto Fourth, what to participate in the Europa League legitimate. Here 96 prevailed against the favored Sevilla FC and was only eliminated in the quarterfinals against eventual cup winners Atlético Madrid . In the Bundesliga , Hannover 96 reached seventh place, which entitles them to participate again in qualifying for the Europa League . At the beginning of the 2012/13 season, da Silva Pinto initiated the victory over FC Nöttingen in the first round of the DFB Cup with two goals. With the end of the 2012/13 season, he received no new contract and left the club.

Levant UD

In July 2013, the Spanish club Levante UD from Valencia signed Pinto. He received a two-year contract. He made his competitive debut in the Primera División on August 15, 2013 on the first day of the match in the 7-0 away defeat at FC Barcelona . At halftime the team was 6-0 down and da Silva Pinto was replaced. He gave on September 21, 2013 on the fifth match day against UD Almería (2-2) an assist. In the league he came to 18 missions, in the Copa del Rey he played with UD Levante again at Camp Nou ; the Valencians led 1-0 and lost in the end with 1: 5. Pinto had to be replaced in the first half due to a muscle contusion .

Fortuna Dusseldorf

Fortuna Düsseldorf signed Pinto for the 2014/15 season . He received a two-year contract. The change came about through his friendship with Sascha Rösler , with whom he had played at Alemannia Aachen. In October 2014 he broke in the match against FC Ingolstadt 04 the pine , April 2015 again in training. After that he did not play a game for Fortuna for health reasons and was retired at the end of the 2015/16 season.

On June 1, 2016, Pinto announced the end of his football career because of the jaw injury.

Others

Because of his dedication, outstanding technique, biting style of play and not least because of his interviews (e.g. “ Wolfsburg is not a city ”), he was one of the crowd favorites in Hanover. Da Silva Pinto himself attributed his increase in performance not least to the coach Mirko Slomka , who placed him in the central defensive midfield , but granted great freedom of attack and strengthened it with great confidence.

His performance also attracted attention outside of Hanover . “Pinto is a very snappy and sometimes extremely creative and cunning player who has perfected many tricks and tricks in football . Small provocations, beautiful passes and spectacular tackles are just as much a part of his repertoire as hidden or tactical fouls, which makes him [...] a strong line-up in defensive midfield. "

In July 2012, da Silva Pinto was elected to the team council of Hannover 96. In July 2014 he was appointed to the team council of Fortuna Düsseldorf by Oliver Reck .

Functionary career

For the 2018/19 season he was appointed chief scout at SpVgg Greuther Fürth . Here he strengthens the areas of player observation, evaluation and selection.

Title / Achievements

  • Vice champion 2001 (with FC Schalke 04)
  • DFB Cup Winner 2001 (with FC Schalke 04)
  • DFB Cup Winner 2002 (with FC Schalke 04)
  • Promotion to the Bundesliga in 2006 with Alemannia Aachen

Awards

Web links

Commons : Sérgio da Silva Pinto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Up to and including the 2011/12 season, the player was named "Pinto" on his jersey, before he changed the label to his full family name "da Silva Pinto" at his own request; see. bild.de: The new Pinto. Wedding, glasses and other name on the shirt (accessed July 25, 2012)
  2. ^ A b Benjamin Jansen: Sergio Pinto: A "bad boy" on a cuddle course. Aachener Zeitung, October 1, 2010, accessed on September 20, 2013 .
  3. ↑ In conversation with Sergio Pinto ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Olympia Verlag GmbH (ed.): Alemannia borrows Schalke's Pinto. In: kicker online. May 12, 2004, accessed June 18, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Achim Kaiser: Chief Meijer sees benefit in the captain's armband. In: kicker online. Olympia Verlag GmbH, August 2, 2004, accessed on June 18, 2014 .
  6. ↑ Olympia Verlag GmbH (ed.): Meier saves point for LR. In: kicker online. August 13, 2004, accessed June 18, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Olympia Verlag GmbH (ed.): The Alemannia binds Sergio Pinto. In: kicker online. May 15, 2005, accessed June 18, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Pinto extended until 2013
  9. ↑ Principio de acuerdo entre el Levante y Sergio Da Silva Pinto ( Memento of July 9, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ a b Klaus Schmidt: Sergio Pinto stays in his old home. In: Aachener Zeitung (az-web.de). Zeitungsverlag Aachen GmbH, November 26, 2014, accessed on June 27, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Sergio Pinto becomes Fortune
  12. ↑ Pinto threatens retirement . Article from July 22, 2015 on t-online.de , accessed on March 23, 2016
  13. ↑ spox.com: Da Silva Pinto announces end of career article from June 1, 2016
  14. ↑ Press conference Hannover 96
  15. ↑ Sergio Pinto - Slomka's little poison dwarf. Retrieved March 17, 2012
  16. ↑ Analysis on Spielverlagerung.de, accessed on April 2, 2012
  17. ↑ Volker Geißler: The team council has elected: Adam Bodzek is the new Fortuna captain . Article from July 14, 2014 in the express.de portal , accessed on July 19, 2014
  18. ↑ [1] .
  19. ↑ Sportschau: Goal of the Month November 2005
  20. ↑ Sportschau: Goal of the Month January 2009
personal data
SURNAME Pinto, Sérgio da Silva
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pinto, Sérgio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese-German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Vila Nova de Gaia , Portugal