# Marco Pinto

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**Marco António Garcia Pinto** (born 22 March 1988) is a [Portuguese](/source/Portugal) professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who plays as a [goalkeeper](/source/Goalkeeper_(association_football)) for [Clube Caçadores das Taipas](/source/Clube_Ca%C3%A7adores_das_Taipas).

## Club career

Born in [Camarate](/source/Camarate), [Loures](/source/Loures), [Lisbon District](/source/Lisbon_District), Pinto competed in lower league and amateur football until the age of 28, appearing rarely for all his teams except his last, [S.U. 1º Dezembro](/source/S.U._1%C2%BA_Dezembro). In late May 2016, he left the [third division](/source/Campeonato_de_Portugal_(league)) side and signed a two-year deal with [C.D. Aves](/source/C.D._Aves) from the [Segunda Liga](/source/Segunda_Liga).[2]

On 12 March 2017, ten days shy of his 29th birthday, Pinto made his debut as a professional, coming on as a late [substitute](/source/Substitute_(association_football)) for [Femi Balogun](/source/Femi_Balogun) after [Quim](/source/Quim_(footballer,_born_1975)) was [sent off](/source/Ejection_(sports)) in a 1–1 away draw against [Leixões SC](/source/Leix%C3%B5es_S.C.).[3] On 29 May, after a further five appearances to help the club to [return](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_LigaPro) to the [Primeira Liga](/source/Primeira_Liga) after an absence of ten years,[4] he renewed his contract until June 2019.[5]

## References

1. ["Marco Pinto"](https://maisfutebol.iol.pt/marcopinto/1dezembro/11390-0-38356) (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

1. ["Marco Pinto chega para a baliza"](http://www.cdaves.pt/noticias/detalhes/5) [Marco Pinto arrives for goal] (in Portuguese). C.D. Aves. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

1. ["Leixões-Aves, 1–1: Quim expulso em jogo com decisões muito contestadas"](http://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/2--liga/detalhe/leixoes-aves-1-1-quim-expulso-em-jogo-com-decisoes-muito-contestadas.html) [Leixões-Aves, 1–1: Quim sent off in game of highly contested calls] (in Portuguese). *[Record](/source/Record_(Portuguese_newspaper))*. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

1. ["COMENTÁRIO: Fafe perde em Vila das Aves e desce de divisão"](https://www.dn.pt/lusa/interior/comentario-fafe-perde-em-vila-das-aves-e-desce-de-divisao-8493511.html) [COMMENT: Fafe lose in Vila das Aves and drop down a division] (in Portuguese). *[Diário de Notícias](/source/Di%C3%A1rio_de_Not%C3%ADcias)*. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

1. ["Quim, Guedes e Marco Pinto renovam contratos"](https://www.record.pt/mercado/detalhe/quim-guedes-e-marco-pinto-renovam-contratos) [Quim, Guedes and Marco Pinto renew contracts] (in Portuguese). *Record*. 29 May 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

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