Gustavo Hernán Pinto (born 29 May 1979 in

Ciudadela, Buenos Aires Ciudadela is a city in Greater Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located in the Tres de Febrero Partido, immediately to the west of the neighborhood of Liniers in Buenos Aires city proper. It is separated from the city by Ge ...

) is a former

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footballer and current manager.

Career

Born in

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

, Pinto began playing professional football as a midfielder with Club Atlético Boca Juniors. During his time at Boca Juniors, the club won the 2001

Copa Libertadores The CONMEBOL Libertadores, also known as the Copa Libertadores de América ( pt, Copa Libertadores da América), is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is the highest level of competition in S ...

. He has played for a number of clubs in Argentina and has also played in Russia with Torpedo-Metallurg and FC Moscow and in Ecuador with Emelec.

Coaching career

Pinto worked as a youth coach at

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine sports club headquartered in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its promotion in 1913, has always played in the A ...

for five years, before leaving his position in the beginning of 2021, to join Mexican club Cancún, where he was appointed manager.Boca: Gustavo Pinto dejó las inferiores del club y se marchó a México
tycsports.com, 7 January 2021 He left the position in June 2021.Pinto's post on Instagram
instagram.com, 9 June 2021

References

External links

Argentine Primera Statistics

Profile & Statistics
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