José Manuel Pinto Colorado (born 8 November 1975) is a Spanish retired professional

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who played as a

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. After making a name for himself at

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, with which he made his

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debut, he signed for

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in 2008, going on to act as backup for

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the vast majority of his spell and being part of the squads that won 16 major titles, including four national championships and two Champions Leagues. Pinto appeared in 160 top-flight games over 16 seasons, also representing

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Club career

Betis and Celta

Born in

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, Andalucía, Pinto, a product of

' youth system, moved up to the first team and made his

debut for the club during the 1997–98 campaign (one game as a second-half substitute against

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). Unable to dislodge Toni Prats at Betis, Pinto switched to

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a year later. He went on to win the

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for the 2005–06 season after allowing just 29 goals in 37 matches, a goals per match ratio of 0.78. He was also eventually awarded the captain's armband, appearing in 125 games in the first division and 56 in

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as well as competing in the

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(in 2003–04, although backing up Pablo Cavallero in the domestic league, he would appear in five group stage matches, as Celta progressed to the round-of-16 game) and in the

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Barcelona

Pinto signed on loan for

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on 18 January 2008, with the player arriving as cover for the injured Albert Jorquera after the latter damaged

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ligaments during the festive break. He made his debut on 26 April against

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in a 0–2 away loss; his second match also ended in defeat, as

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came up from behind 0–2 to win it 3–2 at the

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. On 30 May 2008, Barcelona signed Pinto on a permanent deal for two years and

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500,000. During his first full season he was first-choice in the

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which was won, including

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against

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On 22 October 2010,

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opened a disciplinary case, charging Pinto with "improper conduct" following his actions in a Champions League group stage match against

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, two days earlier. Allegedly, he whistled to fool opponent player

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– who was running through on goal in the 26th minute – into thinking he was offside, leading him to stop, believing that the

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, Stéphane Lannoy, had blown his whistle; the referee allowed the play to continue and did not show Pinto a yellow card for the alleged deception. Following the game, Barcelona strongly distanced itself from Pinto's conduct. The incident was captured on video, showing the goalkeeper apparently whistling and then gloating over the incident; after the investigation was concluded, he was suspended for two games. On 20 February 2011, Pinto made his first league appearance for the

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in more than two years (due to a knee injury to

), playing in a 2–1 home win against Athletic Bilbao and performing well, notably saving a

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header. Again, he started in the domestic cup campaign, including

against

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, a 0–1

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loss; the following week, against the same team, in the Champions League semifinals' first leg, he was

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by referee

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after a

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altercation involving himself (he was on the bench),

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and Real Madrid match delegate Chendo, in a 2–0 away win. In 2011–12, Pinto was once again the starting goalkeeper in the Spanish Cup campaign, with Barcelona again reaching the final. His first league appearance only came on 29 April 2012, in a 7–0 away routing of

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. On 11 February 2013, after having agreed to it late into the previous year, 37-year-old Pinto renewed his contract with the ''Blaugrana'', due to expire in June 2013, for a further season. On 19 May of the following year, he was told that his contract would not be renewed and he left.

Personal life

Still as an active footballer, Pinto started working as a musician and a

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, mainly in hip hop. In 2000 he founded his own label, ''Wahin Makinaciones'', which was also the name of his first release six years later; his musical

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was Wahin.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

Celta *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

Barcelona *

: 2008–09, 2010–11, 2012–13 *

: 2008–09, 2011–12 *

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2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

: 2008–09 *

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Individual

: 2005–06

References

External links

FC Barcelona profile
*
Betisweb stats and bio
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