Pedro Pinto (footballer, born 1951)

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Pedro Pinto
Personal information
Full name Pedro Rosamel Pinto Jara
Date of birth (1951-03-20) 20 March 1951 (age 73)
Place of birth El Monte, Chile
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Left winger
Youth career
CD Caupolicán
1968 Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1970 Colo-Colo 10 (1)
1971–1973 Green Cross-Temuco 45 (9)
1974–1983 Palestino 216 (60)
1976Atlético Potosino (loan)
1981San Antonio Unido (loan)
International career
1974–1979 Chile 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Rosamel Pinto Jara (born 20 March 1951) is a Chilean former football player who played as a left winger. Besides Chile, he played in Mexico.

Club career[edit]

Mainly a left winger,[2] Pinto was with Club Deportivo Caupolicán from his hometown, El Monte, as a youth player.[3][4]

In 1968, he joined the Colo-Colo youth system and made his professional debut a year later in a match against Magallanes.[5] As a member of them, he won the 1970 Primera División.[6]

From 1971 to 1973, Pinto played for Green Cross-Temuco,[7] ending his contract after an argument about a permission with the club's manager.[5][3]

In 1974, he switched to Palestino thanks to the coach Caupolicán Peña.[3] A historical player of a successful stint of them,[8] he won three titles, the 1978 Primera División[9] and the Copa Chile in 1975 and 1977,[2] and took part in the Copa Libertadores.[10]

He also had stints with Mexican Primera División side Atlético Potosino in the second half of 1976,[11] coinciding with his compatriot Eduardo Peralta,[12] and Chilean Segunda División side San Antonio Unido in 1981.[13]

International career[edit]

Pinto made eight appearances for the Chile national team between 1974 and 1979,[14] winning the friendship trophies Copa Acosta Ñu in 1974[15] and Copa Juan Pinto Durán [es] in 1979.[14]

Personal life[edit]

Pinto is the oldest of five siblings.[16][17]

His son of the same name, Pedro Pinto Carvajal, is an amateur footballer who has played and served as coach for CD Caupolicán.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pedro Pinto". livefutbol.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  2. ^ a b Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Pedro Pinto (Player)". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Sepúlveda, Manuel (14 January 1975). ""YA NO TENGO MIEDO" (4)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b (Grandes del fútbol montino) GRANDES DEL FUTBOL MONTINO CAPITULO 53 PEDRO PINTO (HIJO) on Facebook (in Spanish). 10 December 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  5. ^ a b Sepúlveda, Manuel (14 January 1975). ""YA NO TENGO MIEDO" (3)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Torneo de Primera División 1970 - Estadísticas". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Equipos 1970 - 1979". Indio Pije - Green Cross histórico (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  8. ^ (Club Deportivo Palestino) 👉👉 👉 Hoy en nuestro Centenario recordamos a Pedro Pinto, hábil delantero por izquierda ⚽️⚽️ on Facebook (in Spanish). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Con la zurda de Rojas y la cabeza de Elías, Palestino Campeón 1978". HISTORIAS DEL FÚTBOL (in Spanish). 19 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  10. ^ Andreuzzi, Renato (2 August 2021). "El 'Tino' es de América". Asifuch (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Seleccionados internacionales del futbol potosino". planoinformativo.com (in Spanish). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2023. Pedro Pinto: Tuvo una corta experiencia por Atlético Potosino en 1976.
  12. ^ Güemes Priego, Francisco (17 October 2018). "LOS EXTRANJEROS DE LA TEMPORADA 76-77". Fútbol sin compromisos (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Wanderers en Campeonato de Segunda División 1981". Memoria Wanderers (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  14. ^ a b "PEDRO PINTO". www.solofutbol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  15. ^ "[22/12/1974] Chile-Paraguay 1:0". Partidos de La Roja (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  16. ^ Sepúlveda, Manuel (14 January 1975). ""YA NO TENGO MIEDO" (1)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  17. ^ Sepúlveda, Manuel (14 January 1975). ""YA NO TENGO MIEDO" (2)" (JPG). Revista Estadio (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

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