Hélio Pinto
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Pinto playing for APOEL in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Hélio José Ribeiro Pinto | ||
| Date of birth | 29 February 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Portimão, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Kongsvinger | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1999 | Portimonense | ||
| 1999–2002 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Benfica B | ||
| 2003–2004 | Benfica | 2 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Sevilla B | 18 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Apollon Limassol (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2006–2013 | APOEL | 190 | (16) |
| 2013–2015 | Legia Warsaw | 43 | (7) |
| 2015–2016 | Al-Mesaimeer | 15 | (0) |
| 2016 | Anorthosis | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Kongsvinger | 14 | (0) |
| 2017 | Trikala | 3 | (0) |
| 2017– | Kongsvinger | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2003 | Portugal U19 | 14 | (0) |
| 2004 | Portugal U20 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 February 2017. |
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Hélio José Ribeiro Pinto (born 29 February 1984) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Norwegian club Kongsvinger
A youth product of Benfica, he spent most of his career with APOEL in Cyprus, appearing in more than 275 official games and winning eight major titles.
Pinto was born in Portimão, Algarve. A product of S.L. Benfica's youth system, he could never break into the first team, only managing a couple of preseason appearances under José Antonio Camacho; his next stop was in Spain with Sevilla FC, where he incidentally also only played with the reserves.
Still owned by Sevilla, Pinto played the 2005–06 season in Cyprus with Apollon Limassol. Being released in the following summer his career settled with another club in the country, APOEL FC.
During his spell with APOEL, Pinto was an important member as it won the Cypriot First Division on four occasions, adding amongst other trophies the domestic cup in 2007–08. He also appeared in all six group stage games of the side, in its first UEFA Champions League participation.
Pinto played in eight matches in the 2011–12 Champions League, as the Nicosia-based team surprisingly reached the quarter-finals of the competition. On 5 June 2013 he signed a three-year contract extension with APOEL but, late into the month, announced he was leaving the club after seven successful years.
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