Roberto Pinto (Brazilian footballer)

Roberto da Rosa Pinto (24 September 1937 – 1994), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Roberto Pinto

Personal information
Full name	Roberto da Rosa Pinto
Date of birth	(1937-09-24)24 September 1937
Place of birth	Mendes, Brazil
Date of death	1994(1994-00-00) (aged 56–57)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
–1955	Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956–1962	Vasco da Gama	204	(46)
1962–1966	Bangu
1966–1967	Fluminense	56	(4)
1967–1968	Botafogo-SP
1969–1971	Ponte Preta
1972–1974	Olaria
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 February 2024

Career

Trained in Vasco da Gama's own youth categories, Pinto became a hero when deciding the title of the 1958 Campeonato Carioca, on 17 January 1959 against Flamengo.^[1][2][3] He also played for Bangu, Fluminense, Botafogo-SP, Ponte Preta and Olaria.^[4][5][6]

Personal life

Roberto is the nephew of the footballers Jair Rosa Pinto and Orlando Rosa Pinto.^[7]

Honours

Vasco da Gama

• Campeonato Carioca: 1956, 1958
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1958
• Torneio de Santiago: 1957
• Torneio Internacional de Paris: 1957
• Troféu Teresa Herrera: 1957
• Torneio Início do Rio de Janeiro: 1958
• Taça Cidade do Rio de Janeiro: 1959

Bangu

• Torneio Início: 1964

Fluminense

• Taça Guanabara: 1966
• Torneio Pará-Guanabara: 1966

Death

Pinto died after being run over in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in 1994.^[4]