{{short description|Peruvian footballer (born 1980)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Joel Pinto | image = | full_name = Joel Ademir Pinto Herrera | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|6|5|df=y}} | birth_place = Independencia, Peru | height = 1.82 m<ref name ="height">{{cite web |url=http://www.fichajes.com/jugador/j24155_joel-ademir-pinto-herrera|title=Joel Ademir Pinto Herrera |accessdate=7 November 2015|date=|language=spanish|publisher=fichajes.com}}</ref> | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Sport Huancayo | clubnumber = 88 | youthyears1 = 1997–1999 | youthclubs1 = Alianza Lima | years1 = 2000 | clubs1 = Alianza Lima | caps1 = 16 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = Coopsol Trujillo | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2003 | clubs3 = Deportivo Wanka | caps3 = 35 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2004–2005 | clubs4 = Sport Boys | caps4 = 81 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2006–2007 | clubs5 = Alianza Lima | caps5 = 36 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2004–2010 | clubs6 = César Vallejo | caps6 = 89 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2011 | clubs7 = Inti Gas | caps7 = 22 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2012– | clubs8 = Sport Huancayo | caps8 = 248 | goals8 = 0 | club-update = 3 May 2021 | nationalyears1 = 2012 | nationalteam1 = Peru | nationalcaps1 = 0 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }}
'''Joel Ademir Pinto Herrera''' (born 5 June 1980) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Sport Huancayo in the Peruvian Liga 1.
==Club career== Joel Pinto was born in Independencia. He began his career with Alianza Lima, joining the club at the age of 17.<ref name ="early">{{cite web |url=https://www.larepublica.pe/07-01-2006/no-vine-calentar-banca|title=No vine a calentar banca |accessdate=8 October 2012|date=|language=spanish|publisher=La Republica}}</ref> He made his league debut in Torneo Descentralizado in the final round of the 2000 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dechalaca.com/hemeroteca/copa-zoologico/copa-zoologico-no-son-cuatro-gatos|title=Gatos: No son cuatro gatos |accessdate=8 October 2012|date=|language=spanish|publisher=dechalaca.com}}</ref>
He then joined Coopsol Trujillo in 2001.<ref name="Coopsol">{{cite web|url=http://www.Peru.com/Futbol/clubes/apertura2001/coopsol.asp |title=Coopsol Trujillo |accessdate=8 October 2012 |language=spanish |publisher=Peru.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202155649/http://www.peru.com/futbol/clubes/apertura2001/coopsol.asp |archivedate= 2 December 2008 }}</ref> In his time there he competed with Jaime Muro and Pablo Pérez to be the first choice keeper.<ref name ="Coopsol"/>
On 7 March 2024, Pinto started for Sport Huancayo in a 2–0 loss to César Vallejo in the 2024 Copa Sudamericana first stage, becoming, at the age of 43 years and 279 days, the oldest-ever player in the history of the Copa Sudamericana, surpassing Uruguayan Richard Pellejero's record.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.exitosanoticias.pe/deportes/joel-pinto-rompe-record-convirtio-futbolista-mas-veterano-historia-copa-sudamericana-n122199 |title=Joel Pinto rompe récord: Se convirtió en el futbolista más veterano de la historia de la Copa Sudamericana |trans-title=Joel Pinto breaks record: He became the oldest player in the history of the Copa Sudamericana |language=es |website=www.exitosanoticias.pe |date=7 March 2024 |accessdate=2 July 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ovacion.pe/noticias/sport-huancayo/joel-pinto-se-metio-historia-copa-sudamericana |title=Joel Pinto se metió a la historia de la Copa Sudamericana |trans-title=Joel Pinto made history in the Copa Sudamericana |language=es |website=ovacion.pe |date=7 March 2024 |accessdate=2 July 2025 }}</ref>
==International career== Pinto was called up to Peru's national team by Sergio Markarián on September 27, 2012 ahead of their game against Bolivia in La Paz for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://peru21.pe/deportes/sergio-markarian-llama-27-jugadores-locales-choque-bolivia-47885-noticia/?ref=p21r |title=Sergio Markarián llama a 27 jugadores locales para choque con Bolivia |publisher=Perú21 |date=27 September 2012 |access-date=5 November 2020 |language=Spanish |trans-title=Sergio Markarián calls up 27 local players to clash with Bolivia}}</ref> However, Pinto only served as a substitute choice as José Carvallo was picked ahead of him as the starting goalkeeper.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/10/12/south-america/wc-qualifying-south-america/bolivia/peru/1172924/ |title=Bolivia vs. Peru 1 - 1 |publisher=Soccerway |access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Alianza Lima''' * Torneo Apertura: 2006 * Torneo Descentralizado: 2006
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{BDFA|JOSE-ADEMIR-PINTO-26763}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pinto, Joel}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Lima Category:Peruvian men's footballers Category:21st-century Peruvian sportsmen Category:Club Alianza Lima footballers Category:Sport Coopsol Trujillo footballers Category:Deportivo Wanka footballers Category:Sport Boys footballers Category:Club Deportivo Universidad César Vallejo footballers Category:Ayacucho FC footballers Category:Sport Huancayo footballers Category:Peruvian Primera División players Category:Men's association football goalkeepers
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