José Manuel Duarte Pinto Neves (born 5 February 1981, in

Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

) is a Portuguese

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player. He plays as a scrum-half and fullback. He's graduated in medicine. José Pinto was a leading name for Direito, from 1999/2000 until 2006/2007. After the

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finals he moved to CRC Madrid Noroeste. He was assigned by the Italian professional team of Benetton Treviso, in November 2007. He played in all four games at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and was chosen as Man of the Match in the 31–5 loss to

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. He was assigned to an Italian team soon after joining Benetton Treviso for the remainder of the 2007/2008 season. He joined Rugby Roma Olimpic in the off-season for the 2008/2009 season. José Pinto had 57 caps for

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, from 2001 to 2012, with 3 tries, 2 conversion and 1 penalty, 20 points in aggregate.

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1981 births Living people Portuguese rugby union players Rugby Roma Olimpic players Rugby union scrum-halves Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union players from Lisbon Portugal international rugby union players 2007 Rugby World Cup players Expatriate rugby union players in Italy Portuguese expatriate rugby union players {{Portugal-rugbyunion-bio-stub