Erin Gomes Pinheiro (born 15 July 1997) is a Cape Verdean

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who plays as a

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. Pinheiro holds a French passport.

Club career

Pinheiro is a youth exponent from

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Saint-Étienne is the t ...

. He made his

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debut on 28 October 2015 against

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replacing

Fabien Lemoine Fabien Lemoine (born 16 March 1987) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Versailles. Club career Lemoine made his professional league debut for Rennes on 13 January 2008, he made a total of 18 league appearanc ...

after 74 minutes in a 4–1 home win. Pinheiro joined

FK Haugesund Fotballklubben Haugesund (English: ''Football Club Haugesund''), usually referred to as FK Haugesund or FKH, is a professional Norway, Norwegian association football, football club from the city of Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway. The club currently ...

on loan on the last day of the

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transfer window, playing in their 2018 Norwegian Cup first round match against Skjold before the loan was terminated early on 10 May 2018.

References

Living people 1997 births People from São Vicente, Cape Verde Men's association football midfielders Cape Verdean men's footballers French men's footballers French sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent AS Saint-Étienne players Ligue 1 players {{CapeVerde-footy-bio-stub