is a former Brazilian Japanese football player. He moved to Japan at age 10 and obtained his Japanese citizenship in 2003. Although he is Brazilian Japanese and thus entitled to have his maternal surname Noguchi as his legal Japanese surname, he chose a combination of his paternal and maternal surnames as his legal Japanese surname.

Playing career

Noguchipinto was born in

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on January 27, 1981. He joined J2 League club

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in 2001. However he could not play at all in the match. In 2002, he moved to J2 club

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on loan due to restrictions on foreign players. On September 15, he debuted against his older club Trinita.J.League
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. He played several matches in 3 seasons. In 2006, he moved to J2 club

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. However he could not play at all in the match. In 2008, he moved to Prefectural Leagues club Valiente Koriyama. In July 2008, he moved to

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club AC Nagano Parceiro. He played as regular goalkeeper until 2009. In 2010, he moved to Thailand. His career winded down in

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, most notably for Samut Songkhram, then in the country's top flight. He retired end of 2014 season.

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* 1981 births Living people Japanese footballers Brazilian footballers J1 League players J2 League players

Erikson Noguchipinto is a former Brazilian Japanese football player. He moved to Japan at age 10 and obtained his Japanese citizenship in 2003. Although he is Brazilian Japanese and thus entitled to have his maternal surname Noguchi as his legal Japanese surname ...

Oita Trinita players Sagan Tosu players Kashiwa Reysol players Avispa Fukuoka players AC Nagano Parceiro players

Japanese expatriate footballers Japanese expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Expatriate footballers in Thailand Association football goalkeepers Brazilian emigrants to Japan Naturalized citizens of Japan Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Japan-footy-goalkeeper-stub