Telmo Manuel Machado Pinto (born 18 January 1971) is a former

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player. He is currently the president of the junta de freguesia of

Quarteira Quarteira ( or ) is a Portuguese civil parish, in the municipality (''concelho'') of Loulé in the Algarve.Detail Regional Map, Algarve-Southern Portugal, The population in 2011 was 21,798, in an area of 38.16 km². History The settlement o ...

, elected from the

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Club career

He made his professional debut in the

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for

União de Leiria União Desportiva de Leiria, commonly known as União de Leiria (), is a Portuguese football club based in Leiria, central Portugal. Founded on 6 June 1966, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at Estádio Dr. ...

on 19 August 1995 as a second-half substitute in a 0–4 loss against Marítimo. He scored 4 goals for União de Leiria in the

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campaign.

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1971 births People from Loulé Living people Portuguese men's footballers Louletano D.C. players U.D. Leiria players Primeira Liga players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Liga Portugal 2 players Académica de Coimbra (football) players S.C. Espinho players A.D. Esposende players F.C. Penafiel players Socialist Party (Portugal) politicians Men's association football midfielders {{Portugal-footy-midfielder-stub