Ricardo Sá Pinto

Ricardo Sá Pinto
	Sá Pinto with Esteghlal in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Manuel Andrade e Silva Sá Pinto
Date of birth	10 October 1972
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	APOEL (manager)
Youth career
1982–1987	Porto
1987–1991	Salgueiros
Senior career*
Years	Team
1991–1994	Salgueiros
1994–1997	Sporting CP
1997–2000	Real Sociedad
2000–2006	Sporting CP
2006–2007	Standard Liège
Total
International career
1992–1994	Portugal U21
1994–2001	Portugal
Managerial career
2010–2011	União Leiria (assistant)
2012	Sporting CP
2013	Red Star Belgrade
2013–2014	OFI
2014–2015	Atromitos
2015	Belenenses
2016	Al Fateh
2017	Atromitos
2017–2018	Standard Liège
2018–2019	Legia Warsaw
2019	Braga
2020	Vasco da Gama
2021	Gaziantep
2022	Moreirense
2022–2023	Esteghlal
2023–	APOEL
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Portugal
UEFA European Championship
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ricardo Manuel Andrade e Silva Sá Pinto (born 10 October 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward, currently manager of Cypriot First Division club APOEL.

He was known for his fighting spirit, best displayed in his stints at Sporting CP, where he was dubbed "Ricardo Lionheart" by the club's fans. In a career cut short by injury and suspension, he appeared in 230 Primeira Liga games (scoring 51 goals), also playing for Real Sociedad in Spain for two years.

Sá Pinto represented the Portugal national team in two European Championships, reaching the semi-finals at Euro 2000. He started working as a manager with Sporting in 2012, and also worked in nine foreign countries.

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