Yoruba Pinto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Portuguese association football player
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Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
About Yoruba Pinto
- Yoruba Santos Numa Lopes Pinto (born 20 May 1985), known as Yoruba Pinto or simply Yoruba, is an Angolan-São Toméan footballer who plays for Portuguese club Lusitano de Évora as a defender.
- He also holds Portuguese citizenship.
- He has lived in Portugal since age three.Born in Angola to an Angolan mother and a São Toméan father and raised in Portugal, in 2015, Yoruba chose to represent the São Tomé and PrÃncipe football team internationally.
- He made his national debut on 11 October 2015 in a World Cup qualifier against Ethiopia, coming on as a substitute in the 76th minute.On a club level, Yoruba started in the youth system of Barreirense before moving to Seixal F.C.
- In 2003-04, he led all juniors in the county with 19 goals for Seixal.
- As a senior, he began playing for A.C.
- Arrentela from 2004 to 2005, before moving back to Seixal.
- In 2008, he moved again, to G.D.
- Alfarim, where he remained until 2011.
- He appeared in 14 matches for his club in the 2010-11 season, scoring three goals.
- Since then, he bounced around the lower divisions to F.C.
- Barreirense and Eléctrico F.C..
- He had the best season of his career in 2013-14, scoring nine goals in 23 matches for Sintrense.
- This also represented the highest level of football he had competed in, the Campeonato de Portugal.
- He continued playing in the third division for the 2014-15 season, where he represented Fabril Barreiro and Sintrense.
- His stint at that level was short-lived, however, as he moved to fourth-division Almada A.C.
- in 2015, and then to his current team, Alcochetense.
- Since the start of the 2010-11 season, Yoruba has appeared in 124 games domestically and scored 27 goals.
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