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

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Career

He played five years with Chilean club

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. 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

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Post retirement

After his retirement Pinto played for the amateur club Unión Veterana and since 2017 has played for the Chile national

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team alongside others former footballers such as Pablo Duque and Juan Carlos Muñoz, winning the 2018 PAN AM Cup in

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and taking part at the 2017 World Cup and at the 2018 Confederations Cup in

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. In addition to this, he has played

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for

, winning the 2017 tournament.

Honours

Club

;Universidad de Chile *

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(1): 2004 Apertura ;Universidad de Chile (futsal) * Campeonato Nacional (1): 2017

International

;Chile (minifootball) * PAN AM Cup (1): 2018

References

External links

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Nelson Pinto
at playmakerstats.com (English version of ceroacero.es) 1981 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Chilean men's footballers Chilean expatriate men's footballers Chile men's international footballers Chile men's under-20 international footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers Tecos F.C. footballers Santiago Morning footballers Club Deportivo Palestino footballers Liga MX players Chilean Primera División players Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Men's association football midfielders Chilean men's futsal players {{Chile-footy-midfielder-stub