Ivo Pinto

Ivo Daniel Ferreira Mendonca Pinto (born 7 January 1990) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Dutch club Fortuna Sittard as a right back.

Formed at Porto, he spent most of his career abroad, playing professionally in Romania, Croatia and England. He won several domestic honours with Dinamo Zagreb.

Club Career

Portugal

Born in Lourosa (Santa Maria da Feira), Pinto played youth football for three clubs, including six years with Boavista FC. In 2008, he joined neighbouring FC Porto, where he turned professional.

Pinto did not appear for Porto in the Primeira Liga, featuring as an unused substitute in two games. His only competitive appearance for the first team took place on 4 February 2009, when he came on as an 88th-minute substitute for Andres Madrid in a 1–4 away loss against Sporting CP in the semi-finals of the Taca da Liga.

Pinto was consecutively loaned for the duration of his contract, to Gil Vicente FC, Vitoria F.C. and S.C. Covilha. He made his first top-division appearance with the second club, playing five minutes in a 0–2 defeat at precisely Porto on 13 December 2009.

In the summer of 2011, Pinto was bought by Rio Ave F.C. but never represented the team, being immediately loaned to U.D. Leiria also of the top tier. He started regularly for the side, but the season ended in relegation.

Cluj

Pinto spent the next few years in eastern Europe, first with CFR Cluj in Romania. His first competitive match took place on 14 July 2012, as he featured the full 120 minutes in a penalty shootout loss to FC Dinamo București for the Supercupa Romaniei (2–2 in regulation time). His debut in Liga I occurred seven days later, and he again started in a 1–1 home draw against CS Gaz Metan Mediaș.

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