Luís Carlos de Oliveira Preto (born 17 September 1965), commonly known as Pintado, is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current head coach of Ponte Preta.

Playing career

Born in

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, Pintado started his career with hometown side

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in 1983. He left the club in the following year after having unpaid wages, and spent a 45-day trial at

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before signing for

. After featuring rarely, Pintado was loaned to

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before returning to ''Braga'' in 1987, also on loan. Mainly a

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, he played in all positions in the defense before being converted into a

by manager

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. Upon returning, Pintado featured more regularly before moving abroad in 1993, with Mexican side

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. He also had a short loan stint at Santos in 1995, but left ''Los Celestes'' permanently in 1997. After a period with

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sides América Mineiro and

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, Pintado moved to Japan in 1998 with

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. He would return to his home country in the following year, and subsequently represented Portuguesa, América Mineiro, Democrata de Governador Valadares, Internacional de Limeira, Bragantino,

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, Santa Cruz and Brasiliense.

Managerial career

Shortly after retiring, Pintado started working as a manager at one of his former clubs, Inter de Limeira, where he won the

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. After returning to former team América in July of that year, he was unable to avoid his side's

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from the Série B. Pintado subsequently worked at

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, Inter de Limeira, Rio Branco-SP,

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and Noroeste before taking over Paraná on 18 May 2007. He left the club in July, after only nine matches after accepting an offer from an Emirati club. Pintado took over Ituano in January 2008, but resigned on 24 February. The following day, he was appointed in charge of São Caetano, but was dismissed on 9 July. Six days later, he was named at the helm of Náutico, but was sacked on 8 August; he ended the year at

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, after being named manager of the side in November. Sacked by ''Figueira'' on 2 March 2009, Pintado had a short stint at

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before taking over Ponte Preta on 25 May. He was relieved from his duties on 29 August, and returned to Mirassol on 28 October for the ensuing campaign. Pintado resigned from Mirassol on 13 March 2010, and moved abroad with

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on 1 September. He returned to Brazil on 1 December to join

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, but left his post the following 20 February. Two days later, he took over Linense. Pintado left Linense on 16 April 2012, and was named manager of

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on 18 June. He opted to leave the club on 15 August, and was appointed in charge of CRB four days later; on 1 October, he was sacked. Pintado worked at Penapolense,

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and São Caetano during the 2013 season, before returning to Mexico to work as an assistant manager at

. On 23 August 2015, Pintado was appointed Guarani manager, but left the following 3 April to return to former club São Paulo, as an assistant. While at the latter club, he was an interim manager on two occasions. Pintado returned to managerial duties on 6 February 2018, after taking over São Caetano for a third spell. He was dismissed by the club after suffering relegation in the

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, and returned to Figueirense on 14 October; he led the side to a nine-match unbeaten run, which helped them to avoid relegation, but still left on 6 December. On 31 January 2020, Pintado was named manager of Água Santa, but left on 27 March to take over Juventude. The following 1 February, after achieving top tier promotion, he left the club and was named in charge of Ferroviária. Pintado resigned from ''AFE'' on 26 April 2021, and took over

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three days later. He left the club on 18 July, and was appointed in charge of Chapecoense on 4 August. On 26 October 2021, with ''Chape'' in the last position, Pintado left on a mutual agreement. The following 4 January, he took over

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also in the top tier. Pintado won the

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with Cuiabá, but was sacked on 12 May 2022. He then worked at his first club Inter de Limeira during the 2023 Campeonato Paulista, before returning to Juventude on 11 March of that year. Pintado was sacked by ''Ju'' on 8 May 2023, after one win in five matches into the 2023 Série B. On 24 July, he returned to Ponte Preta after nearly 14 years.

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

; São Paulo *

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: 1985, 1990 e 1992 *

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* Intercontinental Cup:

; Cruz Azul *

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: 1996–97 ; América Mineiro *

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: 2000

Manager

; Inter de Limeira *

: 2004 ; Cuiabá *

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: 2022

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