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Ricardo Manuel Andrade e Silva Sá Pinto (born 10 October 1972) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a forward, and the current manager of C.F. Os Belenenses. He was known for his fighting spirit, best displayed in his Sporting stints – he was dubbed by the club's fans "Ricardo Lion Heart". In a career which was cut short by injury and suspension, he appeared in 230 Portuguese top division games (scoring 51 goals), also playing abroad in Spain for two years. Sá Pinto appeared with the Portuguese national team in two European Championships, finishing third at Euro 2000. In 2012, he started working as a manager. ==Club career== Born in Porto, Sá Pinto made is professional debuts with local S.C. Salgueiros and soon represented the Portuguese under-21s, helping the side reach the 1994 UEFA European Championship final. He made his Primeira Liga debut with the former on 30 August 1992, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 0–2 away loss against S.C. Farense. In the 1994–95 season, Sá Pinto joined Sporting Clube de Portugal. After some solid performances he attracted the attention of La Liga's Real Sociedad, scoring in his first official game for his new club, a 3–3 home draw against Real Oviedo on 30 August 1998.〔(Festival anotador entre la Real Sociedad y el Oviedo (Scoring festival between Real Sociedad and Oviedo) ); ABC, 31 August 1998 (in Spanish)〕 After 70 matches and six goals (only two seasons of action due to international suspension) in Spain, Sá Pinto returned to Sporting where he played six further years, troubled by many injuries,〔(Sá Pinto's misery continues ); UEFA.com, 19 January 2002〕〔(Knee trouble sidelines Sá Pinto ); UEFA.com, 22 September 2005〕 although he eventually gained team captaincy. In the 2006–07 campaign he joined fellow Portuguese international Sérgio Conceição at Standard Liège – with Jorge Costa having retired at the club in the summer – in the Belgian top level,〔(Fresh starts for Tommasi and Sá Pinto ); UEFA.com, 31 July 2006〕 and retired at almost 35.〔(Enough is enough for Sá Pinto ); UEFA.com, 13 June 2007〕 In early November 2009 Sá Pinto returned to Sporting, replacing former teammate Pedro Barbosa as director of football as coach Paulo Bento was sacked following a string of poor performances/results. On 21 January 2010, following a physical confrontation with club player Liédson in the team's locker room after the 4–3 home win against C.D. Mafra for the season's Portuguese Cup, he immediately presented his resignation.〔(Sporting director quits after reported fracas ); USA Today, 21 January 2010〕 In 2010 Sá Pinto had his first coaching experience, being named assistant manager at U.D. Leiria, under Pedro Caixinha. On 13 February 2012, after a spell with Sporting's juniors, he was appointed first-team manager, replacing fired Domingos Paciência.〔(Sporting: Domingos out, Sa Pinto in ); PortuGOAL, 13 February 2012〕 On 25 May 2012, even though Sporting could only rank fourth in the league and lost the domestic cup final, Sá Pinto signed a new two-year contract with the ''Lions''.〔(Ufficiale: Sporting Lisbona, rinnova il tecnico Sa Pinto (Official: Sporting Lisbon, coach Sa Pinto renews) ); Tutto Mercato, 25 May 2012 (in Italian)〕 On 4 October, however, following a 0–3 away loss against Videoton FC – led by former national teammate Paulo Sousa – for the season's UEFA Europa League, he was relieved of his duties.〔(Official – Sá Pinto relieved of his duties; Oceano appointed caretaker coach ); PortuGOAL, 4 October 2012〕 Sá Pinto was appointed at Serbian giants Red Star Belgrade on 18 March 2013,〔(Red Star Belgrade turn to Sa Pinto ); FIFA.com, 19 March 2013〕 winning the first eight SuperLiga matches in charge of the club but resigining his post on 19 June, in disagreement with its board of directors.〔(Sa Pinto quits as Crvena Zvezda coach ); FIFA.com, 19 June 2013〕 From October 2013 to February 2015 he worked in the Superleague Greece, with OFI Crete and Atromitos FC.〔(Sa Pinto resigns as Atromitos coach ); FIFA.com, 5 February 2015〕 Sá Pinto returned to Portugal and its capital in June 2015, after agreeing to become C.F. Os Belenenses manager in replacement of Lito Vidigal whilst signing a two-year contract.〔(Sá Pinto oficializado no Restelo (Sá Pinto made official at the Restelo) ); Record, 9 June 2015 (in Portuguese)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ricardo Sá Pinto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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