Ricardo Manuel Andrade da Silva Sá Pinto (born 10 October 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a forward, currently manager of Persian Gulf Pro League club Esteghlal. 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 ten foreign countries. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article TacticsPlayersComments (0)Country coaches Post your comment herePost Comment --- Today Top Games --- Accrington Stanley - Barrow Al-Hilal - Al-Khaleej Club Anderlecht - Charleroi SC Birmingham City - Derby County Bradford City - Wigan Athletic Cardiff City - Exeter City Coventry City - Swansea City Egypt - South Africa Grimsby Town - Oldham Athletic Leicester City - Watford Luton Town - Wycombe Wanderers Manchester United - Newcastle United Middlesbrough - Blackburn Rovers Millwall - Ipswich Town Newcastle Jets - Macarthur FC Norwich City - Charlton Athletic Oxford United - Southampton Plymouth Argyle - Reading Portsmouth - Queens Park Rangers RC Genk - Club Brugge Sheffield Wednesday - Hull City Standard Liege - Sint-Truidense West Bromwich Albion - Bristol City Wrexham - Sheffield United Zambia - Comoros --- Tomorrow Top Games --- AA Gent - Westerlo Aberdeen FC - Dundee United FC Adelaide United - Western Sydney Wanderers Al-Nassr - Al-Okhdood Club Arsenal - Brighton & Hove Albion Brentford - Bournemouth Burnley - Everton Chelsea - Aston Villa Dundee FC - Falkirk FC Hibernian FC - Heart of Midlothian FC Lecce - Como Liverpool - Wolverhampton Wanderers Livingston FC - Celtic FC Nigeria - Tunisia Nottingham Forest - Manchester City Palermo - Padova Parma - Fiorentina Pisa - Juventus Rangers FC - Motherwell FC Ross County - St Johnstone FC Royal Antwerp FC - Zulte-Waregem St Mirren - Kilmarnock FC Udinese - Lazio Uganda - Tanzania West Ham United - Fulham --- Recent games --- Australia - A-LeagueEngland - FA Premier LeagueEngland - League CupGermany - Frauen-BundesligaGreece - Super League GreeceItaly - Serie CItaly - Supercoppa ItalianaPortugal - Primeira LigaRomania - Liga ISpain - La LigaTurkey - Turkish Super Lig------ - Africa Cup of Nations select match 23-Dec --- Melb City 1:1 Macarthur select match 22-Dec --- Fulham 1:0 Not.Forest select match 23-Dec --- Arsenal 1:1 C Palace select match 22-Dec --- Leverkusn 0:3 Bayern select match 22-Dec --- Pans kos 0:2 Levadiakos select match 22-Dec --- U.Brescia 2:0 Inter U23 select match 22-Dec --- Napoli 2:0 Bologna select match 22-Dec --- Alverca 0:3 Porto22-Dec --- Benfica 1:0 Famalicão23-Dec --- Guimaraes 1:4 Sporting select match 22-Dec --- Craiova 5:0 M Ciuc select match 22-Dec --- Athletic 1:2 Espanyol select match 22-Dec --- Basaksehi 5:1 Gaziantep22-Dec --- Gençler 4:3 Trabzon select match 22-Dec --- Mali 1:1 Zambia22-Dec --- S. Africa 2:1 Angola22-Dec --- Egypt 2:1 Zimbabwe23-Dec --- DR Congo 1:0 Benin23-Dec --- Senegal 3:0 Botswana23-Dec --- Nigeria 2:1 Tanzania23-Dec --- Tunisia 3:1 Uganda24-Dec --- Burkina F 2:1 Eq Guinea24-Dec --- Algeria 3:0 Sudan Stories Potential Bruno Fernandes exit Celebrate the World Cup 2026 EPL promoted clubs Club World Cup Qualification A-League 2025 ending Transfer talk Liverpool 2025 Season Liverpool Influence in the Champions League Sports-Themed Online Games