Dani Pinto

Dani Pinto

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Augusto Macedo de Melo e Pinto
Date of birth	(1958-05-10) 10 May 1958
Place of birth	Mindelo, Cape Verde
Position(s)	defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1982	Académica de Coimbra	12	(0)
1982–1983	C.F. União de Coimbra	9	(0)
1990	Leng Ngan
1993–1994	G.D. Negro Rubro
2002	G.D. Lam Pak
2007	Kuan Tai
2008–2009	F.C. Porto de Macau
International career
	Macau
Managerial career
2010–2012	F.C. Porto de Macau
2013	Macau (assistant)
2014–2017	S.L. Benfica de Macau
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Augusto Macedo de Melo e Pinto (born 10 May 1958), better known as Dani Pinto, is a football manager who coaches SL Benfica de Macau and a retired footballer who played as a defender. Born in Cape Verde prior to it becoming independent from Portugal, he has moved first to the metropole, where he played for Académica de Coimbra, and C.F. União de Coimbra. In early 1990s, he moved to Macau, which was Portuguese as well (now a special administrative region of China). Being there, he has played for Leng Ngan, G.D. Negro Rubro, G.D. Lam Pak, Kuan Tai, F.C. Porto de Macau and for the senior Macau national team.

Since 2010 until 2012 he coached the F.C. Porto de Macau.