Luís Filipe Santos Pinto (born 12 June 1982) is a Portuguese former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Pinto started out at

G.D. Estoril Praia Grupo Desportivo Estoril Praia (), commonly known as Estoril, is a Portuguese professional sports club from Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon. Founded on 17 May 1939, its Association football, football team currently plays in Primeira Liga and hold home g ...

in the lower leagues, and only reached the Segunda Liga at the age of 28 after signing for Moreirense F.C. in the summer of 2010. He went to appear in 205 games in the competition over the course of seven seasons, scoring a total of 44 goals for that club,

F.C. Arouca Futebol Clube de Arouca () is a professional Association football, football club based in the Porto metropolitan area. Founded in 1951, the club plays in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at Estádio Municipal de Arouca, with a 5,600-seat capac ...

, G.D. Chaves and

S.C. Covilhã Sporting Clube da Covilhã, commonly known as just Sporting da Covilhã or Sp. Covilhã, is a Portuguese association football, football club from the city of Covilhã that plays in the third-tier Liga 3 (Portugal), Liga 3. The club was founded on ...

. In the 2015–16 campaign, Pinto netted five times in 31 appearances, helping Chaves to return to the

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after 17 years. Late into the 2017 January

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, the 34-year-old returned to the third division and joined S.C.U. Torreense.

Personal life

Pinto's brother-in-law, Bruno Patacas, was also a footballer.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Luis 1982 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Lisbon Men's association football forwards Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players G.D. Estoril Praia players C.D. Olivais e Moscavide players S.C.U. Torreense players C.D. Mafra players C.F. União players Moreirense F.C. players F.C. Arouca players G.D. Chaves players S.C. Covilhã players U.D. Vilafranquense players F.C. Alverca players Atlético Clube de Portugal players PSFC Chernomorets Burgas players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen