René Alfonso Pinto Cofré (born 18 May 1965) is a Chilean former

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who played as a

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for clubs in Chile and Peru.

Club career

A product of

Colo-Colo Colo-Colo (), officially Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo, is a Chilean professional football club based in Macul, Santiago. Founded in 1925 by David Arellano, it competes in the Chilean Primera División, from which the club has never been ...

youth system, Pinto made his debut in the 1985 Copa Polla Gol. Then, he was loaned to

Alianza Lima Club Alianza Lima, more commonly known as simply Alianza Lima, is a Peru, Peruvian professional sports club based in La Victoria District, Lima, La Victoria District of Lima, Peru. The club was founded under the name of Sport Alianza on February ...

for the 1988 season after the tragic plane crash that suffered the Peruvian squad on 8 December 1987, alongside his fellows José Letelier, Parcko Quiroz and Francisco Huerta. The deal was for three months, but he stayed in Peru all the year. They made their debut against

Coronel Bolognesi Club Deportivo Coronel Bolognesi is a Peruvian football club located in the city of Tacna. Originally founded on 18 October 1929, It was named after Francisco Bolognesi. Years later, a second branch of the club called Club Sport Bolito, was founded ...

on 3 January 1988. After a stint with Everton in 1989, he returned to Alianza Lima until 1991. Back in Chile, he played for Deportes Linares and

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. He retired at the age of 28.

International career

Pinto represented Chile in the

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, winning the silver medal.

After football

He graduated as both a

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and a

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. As a PE teacher, he has worked for schools and the Municipality of

La Pintana La Pintana is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. La Pintana is home to Antumapu, the agricultural and veterinary sciences campus of University of Chile, Chile's oldest university. Demographics Accordi ...

. He has continued on playing football at amateur level in clubs such as Azocenco. He has kept a relationship with Alianza Lima in activities such as to visit them in pre-match meetings alongside others Chilean former footballers.

Honours

Chile B *

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Silver medal:

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