Héctor Pinto

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pinto and the second or maternal family name is Lara.

Héctor Hernán Pinto Lara (born 12 June 1951) is a Chilean former footballer and manager.

Héctor Pinto

Personal information
Full name	Héctor Hernán Pinto Lara
Date of birth	(1951-06-12) 12 June 1951 (age 74)
Place of birth	Buin, Chile
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1976	Universidad de Chile	134	(33)
1977–1978	Colo-Colo	52	(14)
1979–1984	Unión Española	108	(20)
Managerial career
1986–1988	Unión Española
1989–1993	Universidad Católica (youth)
1994–1996	Universidad Católica (assistant)
1996	Universidad Católica (interim)
1998	Palestino (assistant)
1998–1999	Chile U17
2000	Chile U23
2000	Chile Olympic (assistant)
2001–2002	Chile U20
2004–2005	Universidad de Chile
2007	Unión Española
2007–2008	Universidad de Chile (youth)
2009–2012	Cruz Azul (youth)
2014	Deportes Iquique
2017–2018	Hebei China Fortune (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

Following his retirement as a player, Pinto started his career with Unión Española in 1986.^[1]

Pinto stood out as manager of Universidad de Chile in 2004.^[2][3]

In addition to senior teams, Pinto is better known by coaching youth teams of clubs such as Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile^[4][5] and Cruz Azul. He also led the Chile national teams at under-17, under-23 and under-20 levels.^[1]

In January 2017 he flew to China at the request of Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini to be the manager of the reserve team of Hebei Fortune and will work closely with Pellegrini to promote players to the first division side, which Pellegrini currently manages.^[6][7]

Honours

Manager

Universidad de Chile

• Torneo Apertura: 2004^[3]