José Manuel Pinto Colorado (born 8 November 1975) is a Spanish retired professional
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
After making a name for himself at
Celta
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, with which he made his
La Liga
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debut, he signed for
Barcelona
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in 2008, going on to act as backup for
Víctor Valdés 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
Real Betis
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.
Club career
Betis and Celta
Born in
El Puerto de Santa María
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,
Cádiz
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,
Andalucía
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, Pinto, a product of
Real Betis
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' youth system, moved up to the first team and made his
La Liga
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debut for the club during the
1997–98 campaign (one game as a second-half
substitute against
Racing de Santander
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).
Unable to dislodge
Toni Prats at Betis, Pinto switched to
RC Celta de Vigo
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a year later. He went on to win the
Ricardo Zamora Trophy
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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
the second as well as competing in the
UEFA Champions League
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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
UEFA Cup
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.
Barcelona
Pinto signed on loan for
FC Barcelona
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on 18 January 2008, with the player arriving as cover for the injured
Albert Jorquera
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He spent the bulk of his professional career with Barcelona (ten years, including loans), but could never be more than second or third choic ...
after the latter damaged
knee
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ligaments during the festive break. He made his debut on 26 April against
Deportivo de La Coruña
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in a 0–2 away loss; his second match also ended in defeat, as
RCD Mallorca
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came up from behind 0–2 to win it 3–2 at the
Camp Nou
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.
On 30 May 2008, Barcelona signed Pinto on a permanent deal for two years and
€500,000. During
his first full season he was first-choice in the
Copa del Rey
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which
was won, including
the final against
Athletic Bilbao
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.

On 22 October 2010,
UEFA
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opened a disciplinary case, charging Pinto with "improper conduct" following his actions in a
Champions League group stage match against
F.C. Copenhagen
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, two days earlier. Allegedly, he whistled to fool opponent player
César Santin
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He is a versatile player, being able to play most of the attacking ...
– who was running through on goal in the 26th minute – into thinking he was offside, leading him to stop, believing that the
referee
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,
Stéphane Lannoy
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, 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
Catalans
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in more than two years (due to a knee injury to
Víctor Valdés), playing in a 2–1 home win against Athletic Bilbao and performing well, notably saving a
Fernando Llorente header. Again, he started in the
domestic cup campaign, including
the final against
Real Madrid
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, a 0–1
extra-time loss; the following week, against the same team, in the Champions League semifinals' first leg, he was
sent off by referee
Wolfgang Stark after a
half-time
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altercation involving himself (he was on the bench),
Álvaro Arbeloa and Real Madrid match delegate
Chendo
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Che ...
, 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
Rayo Vallecano
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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
record producer
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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
alter ego
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was Wahin.
Career statistics
Honours
Club
Celta
*
UEFA Intertoto Cup
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:
2000
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Barcelona
*
La Liga
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:
2008–09,
2010–11
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,
2012–13
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*
Copa del Rey
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...
:
2008–09,
2011–12
*
Supercopa de España
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:
2009
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,
2010
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,
2011,
2013
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*
UEFA Champions League
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:
2008–09
*
UEFA Super Cup
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:
2009
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,
2011
*
FIFA Club World Cup
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:
2009
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Individual
*
Ricardo Zamora Trophy
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:
2005–06
References
External links
FC Barcelona profile*
Betisweb stats and bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Jose Manuel
1975 births
Living people
People from El Puerto de Santa María
Sportspeople from the Province of Cádiz
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Andalusia
Association football goalkeepers
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers
Real Betis players
RC Celta de Vigo players
FC Barcelona players
UEFA Champions League winning players
Spanish record producers