Luís Carlos Correia Pinto

Luisinho is the kind of footballer I quietly admire most. A Porto-born left-back who stood just 175 cm, he made his living in one of the game's most thankless roles, sprinting the entire flank both ways for ninety minutes with little glory to show for it. There's a real craftsmanship to defenders like him, and I suspect growing up in football-mad Porto gave him a tactical depth that doesn't always make the highlight reels. His move into coaching feels like a natural extension of that intelligence. He's the unglamorous spine of a team, and those are exactly the players I think the game undervalues.

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Name (English)

Luís Carlos Correia Pinto

Name (Japanese)

ルイス・カルロス・コレイア・ピント

Reading

るいす・かるろす・これいあ・ぴんと

Born

May 5, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Porto, Portugal

Height

175 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luisinho%20(footballer%2C%20born%201985)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q723596

Tags

• Porto
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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