It has been a mythical footballing occupation for Carlos Alberto Pintinho. Born and raised within the favela of Morro do Borel, Pintinho would continuously shuttle to the Botafogo coaching periods together with his grandfather to observe legends like Garrincha, Nilton Santos, and Quarentinha.

He began enjoying barefoot ‘pelada’ fits at the grime digital tools of ‘Beira Rio’ within the Rua São Miguel, prior to graduating to futsal after his grandfather signed him as much as his Souza Cruz cigarette manufacturing unit staff. He then ascended to 11-a-side soccer with América, handiest to go back to pelada once they closed their academy, prior to heading again to 11-a-side and becoming a member of Fluminense’s academy. At 12 years of age, Pintinho moved clear of his circle of relatives and began residing at Fluminense’s academy place of abode within the glitzy community of Urca. Eventually, his sacrifice paid off, with Pintinho debuting for Fluminense in 1972, the similar yr that he performed for Brazil within the Summer Olympics.

Pintinho emerged as an indispensable determine for Fluminense, retaining his personal towards iconic gamers like Pelé and serving to them win the Campeonato Carioca in 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1984, the Torneio Internacional de Verão do Rio de Janeiro in 1973, the Torneio de Paris in 1976, the Torneio Viña del Mar in 1976, the Troféu Teresa Herrera in 1977, and the Taça Guanabara in 1975.

These stellar presentations drew the eye of the Brazil nationwide staff, with Pintinho making 3 appearances between 1977 and 1979, prior to departing Fluminense and taking part in a temporary spell at Vasco da Gama. He left his homeland of Rio de Janeiro for the primary time in 1980 and joined Sevilla in 1980, the place he reworked from a retaining midfielder to an attacking midfielder and scored a complete of 25 objectives in 102 appearances prior to departing in 1984. Pintinho loved a fleeting go back to Fluminense prior to taking part in swan songs at Spanish aspect Cádiz and Portuguese aspect Farense, till after all placing up his boots in 1987. Whilst he by no means suffered any critical accidents as a participant, he used to be pressured to formally retire from five-a-side soccer fits after present process hip surgical treatment on the age of 53.

“I left football in 1987, because I just couldn’t go on anymore. I was fed up with playing football, although I never got injured or went through surgery. When I was 53, I had a hip injury and my doctor told me I would be lame, but through the operation, I regained my quality of life,” mentioned Pintinho in an unique Joy News interview.

“Of course, I wanted to continue playing sports, but he told me very clearly: no contact sports. I don’t play football anymore, but I walk every day and have a bicycle here at home, that’s why I look younger. I know many people like me who stopped playing five-a-side because it’s a contact sport. The field is very much like the football pitch, whether it’s made of dirt or gravel, which influences your movements a lot – I don’t recommend playing on artificial turf. I had to stop doing sports in general, but I was able to walk again and now, I do sit-ups and push-ups in order to take care of my health.  The doctor advised me to wait two months for the recovery, and although I wanted to move around with it, I had to follow his advice.”

Since placing up his boots, Pintinho has balanced his time between elevating his kids and dealing in quite a lot of roles. Similarly to others like Rui Duarte, Pintinho transitioned from enjoying to training and secured his training licenses. He began managing a staff in Murcia, handiest to develop homesick and go back to Sevilla, the place he mentored a variety of younger footballers, along with opening his personal outfitter. He retired in 2020, and nowadays, he spends his time talking together with his son Pablo – who covers Sevilla FC for Diario de Sevilla – and his different son Carlinhos – who lives in Madrid and is the youngest FIFA-licensed agent in Spain – and looking at soccer fits. But while he’s spent the previous 4 a long time of his lifestyles in Sevilla, he nonetheless unearths time to move again to Rio de Janeiro two times a yr to look his circle of relatives.

“I’ve been retired for a while, since 2020, but I’ve never worked. I’ve always been in the world of football, I’ve had sports shops, and I’ve had the football academy. It was a very beautiful stage of my life here in Seville. I had the very first school here in Seville. The truth is I enjoyed it a lot as a teacher; that was a very, very beautiful stage. I’m still friends with the parents of the children and the children who grew up, some of whom I talk to today. It was a very beautiful formative period, and I practiced at the football school with the students I had. My oldest son Pablo lives here in Seville. He was very good at football and played for Sevilla’s academy, but wasn’t focused on it, and now, he’s a journalist. My other son Carlinhos now works as a FIFA agent in Madrid. I’ve slowed down a bit, and I don’t know if I would coach again, but sometimes I tell my wife that I’m going to coach in Brazil again. But that’s very far away. I want to be at peace and live my life as I have it now and enjoy life with my wife, who takes good care of me.”

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