Fátima Alexandra Figueira Pinto (born 16 January 1996) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays as a

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for

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

and the Portugal women's national team.

Career

Club

Pinto started to play

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at the age of seven in amateur boy's teams. In 2011, at the age of 13, she started her career at the Grupo Desportivo APEL's women's team, a club from her native city,

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. In 2013, she signed with

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team

Atlético Ouriense Clube Atlético Ouriense is a Women's association football, women's football club from Ourém, Portugal. The team was promoted to the national top division in 2011–12. In its first year in the Campeonato Nacional de Futebol Feminino it won the ...

. With the club, Pinto was crowned the league's champions in the 2013/2014 season, becoming the first female player from the

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island to do so. In the following season, she headed to

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and signed with Primera División club,

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. After two seasons, Pinto returned to Portugal to play for

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP or simply Sporting (particularly within Portugal), or as Sporting Lisbon in other countries,

. With the club she was again crowned as a league champion in the 2016/2017 season. On 19 March 2018 Pinto was included by the "Quinas de Ouro" award among the "11 Best Players" in the Portuguese women's league. The award is annually organized by the

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together with the "Associação Nacional dos Treinadores de Futebol" and the "Sindicato dos Jogadores Profissionais de Futebol".

International

Pinto started to play for Portugal's Under-19 team in 2012. On 2 July 2012 she debuted for the U19 team in a match against Turkey U19, valid for the

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. A championship in which Portugal reached the semi-finals for the first time in history. Pinto also represented Portugal at the

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Qualifying Stages and the 2015 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying Stage. On 9 April 2015, again against Turkey U19, she played her last match for the Portugal U19 team, totalling 25 matches played and four goals scored for the team. On 26 October 2013, in a defeat against

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for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification stage, Pinto debuted for the Portuguese senior team. On 6 July 2017 Pinto was called by coach Francisco Neto to represent Portugal at the

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, becoming the first player from

to ever represent Portugal in a

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. On 30 May 2023, she was included in the 23-player squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.

International goals

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Fátima 1996 births Living people Fátima Pinto Fátima Pinto Women's association football midfielders Santa Teresa CD players Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Footballers from Funchal Liga F players Sporting CP (women's football) players Atlético Ouriense players UEFA Women's Euro 2022 players UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Portuguese expatriate women's footballers 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup players 21st-century Portuguese sportswomen