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Nelson Pinto

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Nelson Pinto
Personal information
Full name Nelson Alejandro Pinto Martínez
Date of birth (1981-02-01) 1 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2005 Universidad de Chile 110 (8)
2005–2011 Tecos UAG 114 (7)
2008Universidad de Chile (loan) 17 (5)
2009–2010Universidad de Chile (loan) 40 (1)
2011Santiago Morning (loan) 16 (0)
2012 Palestino 8 (0)
Total 305 (21)
International career
2001 Chile U20 3 (0)
2017–2021 Chile (minifootball)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nelson Alejandro Pinto Martínez (born February 1, 1981) is a Chilean former footballer.

Career

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He played five years with Chilean club Universidad de Chile. He made 110 caps with the Chilean squad and scored eight goals before making the move to Mexico before the clasura tournament 2005.

Pinto played for Chile at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina.[1]

Post retirement

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After his retirement Pinto played for the amateur club Unión Veterana[2] and since 2017 has played for the Chile national minifootball team alongside others former footballers such as Pablo Duque and Juan Carlos Muñoz,[3] winning the 2018 PAN AM Cup in Guatemala and taking part at the 2017 World Cup and at the 2018 Confederations Cup in Tunisia.[4] In addition to this, he has played futsal for Universidad de Chile, winning the 2017 tournament.[5]

Honours

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Club

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Universidad de Chile
Universidad de Chile (futsal)
  • Campeonato Nacional (1): 2017

International

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Chile (minifootball)
  • PAN AM Cup (1): 2018

References

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  1. ^ Nelson PintoFIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ "Al "Chupa" Pinto se le achicó la cancha | Deportes" (in Spanish). La Cuarta. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Selección de mini fútbol representará a Chile en el Mundial de Túnez". t13.cl (in Spanish). Canal 13. 28 September 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  4. ^ "[VIDEO] Chile vuelve a la Copa Confederaciones con la selección de mini fútbol". t13.cl (in Spanish). Canal 13. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  5. ^ "¡También somos campeones de Futsal!" (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
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