José Fernando da Silva Pinto (born 12 September 1968), commonly known as Zé Nando, is a Portuguese retired

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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Club career

In his extensive career, Penafiel-born Zé Nando played for hometown's

F.C. Penafiel Futebol Clube de Penafiel ( or ) is a Portuguese Association football, football club founded on 8 February 1951 and based in the city of Penafiel, Portugal, Penafiel. Brief history Penafiel first reached the Portuguese Liga, first division in Po ...

(his first and his last club, where he started professionally in 1994),

Leça F.C. Leça Futebol Clube, better known as Leça FC or simply Leça, is a Portuguese football club located in the town of Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos. Founded in 1912, it had a spell in the top-flight Primeira Liga between 1995 and 1998, when it w ...

(1998–99),

Gil Vicente F.C. Gil Vicente Futebol Clube (), commonly known as Gil Vicente, founded in 1924, is a Portuguese football club that plays in Barcelos. It competes in the Primeira Liga, the top division of football in the country, and it is named after the Portugues ...

(1999–2000),

F.C. Paços de Ferreira Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira () is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal stadi ...

(2000–04) and Vitória de Guimarães (2004–05). Additionally, he played three years in

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with

AEK Larnaca FC AEK Larnaca FC ( el, AEK; for short Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας , translit=''Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas'', "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club ...

(2005–07) and AEL Limassol (2007–08), and amassed

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (; English: Premier League, also written as Liga Portugal 1), also known as Liga Portugal Bwin for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga Portugal, ...

totals of 128 games and two goals, both scored for Paços. He retired from football in June 2010 at the age of 35, continuing to work with Penafiel as a coach.

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* * * 1975 births Living people People from Penafiel Portuguese footballers Association football defenders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Penafiel players Leça F.C. players Gil Vicente F.C. players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players Vitória S.C. players Cypriot First Division players AEK Larnaca FC players AEL Limassol players Portuguese expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Sportspeople from Porto District {{Portugal-footy-defender-stub