Ricardo Jorge Fernandes Pinto (born 12 June 1993 in

Matosinhos Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal () is a city and a municipality in the northern Porto district of Portugal, bordered in the south by the city of Porto (8 km from the city centre). The population in 2011 was 175,478, and covered an area of approx ...

) is a

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

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who plays for

Leixões S.C. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as Leixões (), is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as football, boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming and billiards. It is most well kno ...

as a

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Football career

On 22 January 2014, Pinto made his professional debut with

Leixões The Port of Leixões ( pt, Porto de Leixões, ) is one of Portugal's major seaports, located 4 km north of the mouth of the Douro River, in Matosinhos municipality, near the city of Porto Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city i ...

in a 2013–14 Segunda Liga match against

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References

External links

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Stats and profile at LPFP
* 1993 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Liga Portugal 2 players Leixões S.C. players Footballers from Porto District {{Portugal-footy-goalkeeper-stub