José Manuel Duarte Pinto Neves (born 5 February 1981, in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
) is a
Portuguese rugby union player. He plays as a
scrum-half and fullback. He's graduated in medicine.
José Pinto was a leading name for
Direito, from 1999/2000 until 2006/2007. After the
2007 Rugby World Cup
The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a quadrennial international rugby union competition inaugurated in 1987. Twenty nations competed for the Webb Ellis Cup in the tournament, which was hosted by France from 7 September to 2 ...
finals he moved to
CRC Madrid Noroeste
The Club de Rugby Pozuelo, also known as CRC Pozuelo, is a Spanish rugby union club sited in Pozuelo de Alarcón. The club currently competes in the División de Honor, the top division of Spanish rugby. The senior squad plays its matches at Cam ...
. He was assigned by the Italian professional team of
Benetton Treviso, in November 2007.
He played in all four games at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and was chosen as Man of the Match in the 31–5 loss to
Italy. He was assigned to an Italian team soon after joining
Benetton Treviso for the remainder of the 2007/2008 season. He joined
Rugby Roma Olimpic
The Rugby Roma Olimpic Club 1930 is an Italian rugby union team, based in Rome.
The club won 5 Italian titles, in 1935, 1937, 1948, 1949 and 2000, the Coppa Italia in 1998 and competed in 58 editions of the Italian top tier championship (now, the ...
in the off-season for the 2008/2009 season.
José Pinto had 57 caps for
Portugal, from 2001 to 2012, with 3 tries, 2 conversion and 1 penalty, 20 points in aggregate.
External links
José Pinto International Statistics
1981 births
Living people
Portuguese rugby union players
Rugby Roma Olimpic players
Rugby union scrum-halves
Rugby union fullbacks
Rugby union players from Lisbon
Portugal international rugby union players
2007 Rugby World Cup players
Expatriate rugby union players in Italy
Portuguese expatriate rugby union players
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