Mica Pinto
Luxembourgish footballer (born 1993)
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Michael "Mica" Gonçalves Pinto (born 4 June 1993) is a Luxembourgish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Eerste Divisie club Dordrecht and the Luxembourg national team.
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Pinto with CSKA Sofia in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Gonçalves Pinto[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1993[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Diekirch, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dordrecht | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Young Boys Diekirch | ||
| 2005–2007 | Metz | ||
| 2007–2012 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | Sporting CP B | 85 | (1) |
| 2015 | Recreativo | 15 | (0) |
| 2016 | Sporting CP B | 5 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Belenenses | 6 | (0) |
| 2017 | → União Madeira (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Fortuna Sittard | 49 | (1) |
| 2020–2023 | Sparta Rotterdam | 85 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | Vitesse | 23 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | CSKA Sofia | 23 | (1) |
| 2026– | Dordrecht | 3 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Portugal U18 | 9 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 | Portugal U20 | 15 | (1) |
| 2020– | Luxembourg | 41 | (1) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 00:37, 23 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:28, 4 September 2025 (UTC) | |||
He spent the early part of his career in the Segunda Liga, mainly with Sporting CP B. He totalled 102 matches in the competition over five seasons, adding six appearances in the Primeira Liga for Belenenses. He then played six years in the Dutch Eredivisie and one in the country's Eerste Divisie, representing Fortuna Sittard, Sparta Rotterdam and Vitesse.
Pinto represented Portugal at youth level, before switching to Luxembourg in 2020.
Club career
Born in Diekirch, Luxembourg of Portuguese descent, Pinto joined Sporting CP's youth academy at the age of 14.[2] He spent three full seasons with the reserve team in the Segunda Liga, making his debut in the competition on 11 August 2012 in a 1–0 away loss against U.D. Oliveirense[3] and scoring his first goal on 24 February 2013 to help the hosts defeat S.C. Freamunde 5–1.[4]
On 15 August 2015, Pinto was loaned to Spanish Segunda División B club Recreativo de Huelva alongside his teammates Kikas and Luís Ribeiro, with an option to buy.[5] The following January, he terminated his contract alleging unpaid wages.[6]
Pinto signed a permanent deal with C.F. Os Belenenses on 27 May 2016, with Sporting retaining 50% of his rights.[7] He played his first match in the Primeira Liga on 19 August, coming on as a last-minute substitute in the 0–0 home draw with Boavista FC.[8] Ahead of the 2017–18 campaign, he was loaned to C.F. União of the second tier.[9]
In the January 2018 transfer window, Pinto agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract at Fortuna Sittard of the Dutch Eerste Divisie.[10] He contributed one goal[11] from 14 appearances until the end of the season, as his side returned to the Eredivisie after a 16-year absence.[12]
Pinto made his debut in the Dutch top flight on 11 August 2018, playing the entire 1–1 away draw against Excelsior Rotterdam.[13] On 30 December 2019, Sparta Rotterdam announced that he would be joining the club the following month, and he eventually signed a contract until June 2021 with the option of one more year.[14]
Pinto spent the 2023–24 campaign with SBV Vitesse, leaving by mutual consent at its conclusion.[15] In August 2024, he signed for Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia.[16]
International career
Also eligible to represent Luxembourg,[2] Pinto appeared for Portugal at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Turkey.[17] He started all four games during the tournament, which ended in round-of-16 exit.[18]
Pinto made his full debut for Luxembourg in a friendly against Liechtenstein on 7 October 2020.[19]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 March 2026[20]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP B | 2012–13 | Segunda Liga | 35 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 2013–14 | Segunda Liga | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 0 | |||||
| 2014–15 | Segunda Liga | 37 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 1 | ||
| Recreativo | 2015–16 | Segunda División B | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Sporting CP B | 2015–16 | Segunda Liga | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Belenenses | 2016–17 | Primeira Liga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| União Madeira (loan) | 2017–18 | LigaPro | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| Fortuna Sittard | 2017–18 | Eerste Divisie | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| 2018–19 | Eredivisie | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 1 | ||
| Sparta Rotterdam | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 1 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Eredivisie | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 33 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 84 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 4 | ||
| Vitesse | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 23 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 |
| CSKA Sofia | 2024–25 | First League | 21 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2025–26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Dordrecht | 2025–26 | Eerste Divisie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 304 | 8 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 324 | 8 | ||
International
- As of match played 4 September 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luxembourg[21] | 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.[21]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 September 2021 | Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |  Azerbaijan | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Individual
- Eredivisie Team of the Month: October 2022,[22] March 2023,[23] April 2023[24]
