Caetano Pinho

{{short description|Indian footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Caetano Pinho | image = | fullname = Caetano Infancio De Souza Pinho | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|9|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Margao, Goa, India | height =  | currentclub = Aizawl (manager) | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Salgaocar | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Vasco | youthyears3 = | youthclubs3 = ONGC | years1 = | clubs1 = | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 2010–2012 | managerclubs1 = ONGC | manageryears2 = 2019-2021 | managerclubs2 = Baroda | manageryears3 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs3 = Corbett | manageryears4 = 2022- | managerclubs4 = Aizawl | manageryears5 = 2023- | managerclubs5 = Baroda | pcupdate = | ntupdate = }}

'''Caetano Infancio De Souza Pinho''' (born 18 September 1976) is an Indian professional football manager. He last served as the head coach of the I-League club Aizawl.

==Early life== Pinho was born in Goa, India.<ref name=iSikkim/> All his family members were lawyers by profession. He then went to Don Bosco High School and Dempo College of Commerce and Economics.<ref name=iSikkim/> He then became an employer for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.<ref name=iSikkim/>

==Coaching career== ===ONGC=== In 1996, Pinho joined as the player of ONGC F.C. and went on to become the coach of ONGC in 2011 of the NFL 2nd Division.<ref name=iSikkim>{{cite web|last=Tamang|first=Silash|title=Up close and personal with coach of ONGC Mumbai Caetano Pinho|url=http://isikkim.com/2012-04-up-close-and-personal-with-coach-of-ongc-mumbai-caetano-pinho-09-4/|work=iSikkim|accessdate=16 July 2012|archive-date=26 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426150359/http://isikkim.com/2012-04-up-close-and-personal-with-coach-of-ongc-mumbai-caetano-pinho-09-4/|url-status=live}}</ref> Before that he played for Salgaocar S.C., Vasco S.C. and even the ONGC after graduating from SAI Sports Hostel, Goa.<ref name=iSikkim/>

In 2010, Pinho became the assistant coach of the team going into the 2010–11 season of the I-League, their first ever.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sengupta|first=Somnath|title=Institutional Sides in Indian Football: The Story of ONGC FC, Air India FC and HAL SC|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/institutional-sides-in-indian-football-the-story-of-ongc-fc-air-india-fc-and-hal-sc/|work=The Hard Tackle|accessdate=16 July 2012|archive-date=26 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926183625/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2011/institutional-sides-in-indian-football-the-story-of-ongc-fc-air-india-fc-and-hal-sc/|url-status=live}}</ref> Unfortunately after one season with ONGC in the I-League, the club were relegated back into the I-League 2nd Division and Pinho's job was on the line as ONGC were considering folding the club and even Pinho himself said "The club’s poor showing had not gone down well with the management, who it was believed were even considering the most extreme of repercussions. For a company which supports 16 different disciplines of sports around the country, they had after all pumped in the maximum amount of money into the football club's coffers."<ref>{{cite web|last=Sundaresan|first=Bharat|title=Oil stocks on the rise again|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/oil-stocks-on-the-rise-again/944195/0|work=The Indian Express|accessdate=16 July 2012|archive-date=16 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416060148/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/oil-stocks-on-the-rise-again/|url-status=live}}</ref>

ONGC allowed the club to continue and next season, Pinho and ONGC were participating in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division where they ended as champions in the final round.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sengupta|first=Somnath|title=Indian Football : ONGC, United Sikkim Clinch Promotion in Dramatic Finale|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/indian-football-i-league-division-two/|work=The Hard Tackle|accessdate=16 July 2012|archive-date=22 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622095517/http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/indian-football-i-league-division-two/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics== {{updated|match played 4 December 2024}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Managerial record by team and tenure |- !rowspan="2"|Team !rowspan="2"|From !rowspan="2"|To !colspan="5"|Record !rowspan="2"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}} |- |align=left|ONGC |align=left|2010 |align=left|2011 {{WDL|38|11|13|14|decimals=1}} | |- |align=left|Baroda |align=left|2019 |align=left|2021 {{WDL|-|-|-|-|decimals=1}} |- |align=left|Corbett |align=left|2021 |align=left|2022 {{WDL|-|-|-|-|decimals=1}} |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corbett FC look to salvage Hero I-League Qualifiers campaign against Delhi FC {{!}} I-League |url=https://i-league.org/corbett-fc-look-to-salvage-hero-i-league-qualifiers-campaign-against-delhi-fc/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |align=left|Aizawl |align=left|9 December 2022 |align=left|''Present'' {{WDL|15|2|5|8|decimals=1}} |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AizawlFC/status/1601117328129003524|title=Aizawl Football Club is delighted to welcome Caetano Pinho as our new Head Coach for the remainder of the season|website=@AizawlFC|date=9 December 2022|access-date=9 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=F. C. |date=2023-04-13 |title=Aizawl, Odisha look for three-pointer in Hero Super Cup |url=https://www.footballcounter.com/2023/aizawl-odisha-look-for-three-pointer-in-hero-super-cup/ |access-date=2024-12-03 |website=Football Counter |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |align=left|Baroda |align=left|2023 |align=left|Present {{WDL|-|-|-|-|decimals=1}} | |- !colspan="3"|Total {{WDLtot|39|11|14|14}} |}

==References== {{reflist}}

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