Caetano Pinho

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Caetano Pinho
Personal information
Full name Caetano Infancio De Souza Pinho
Date of birth (1976-09-18) 18 September 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Margao, Goa, India
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Aizawl (manager)
Youth career
Years Team
Salgaocar
Vasco
ONGC
Managerial career
2010–2012 ONGC
2021–2022 Corbett
2022–2023 Aizawl

Caetano Infancio De Souza Pinho (born 18 September 1976) is an Indian professional football manager. He last served as the head coach of the I-League club Aizawl.

Early life[edit]

Pinho was born in Goa, India.[1] All his family members were lawyers by profession. He then went to Don Bosco High School and Dempo College of Commerce and Economics.[1] He then became an employer for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.[1]

Coaching career[edit]

ONGC[edit]

In 1996, Pinho joined as the player of ONGC F.C. and went on to become the coach of ONGC in 2011 of the NFL 2nd Division.[1] Before that he played for Salgaocar S.C., Vasco S.C. and even the ONGC after graduating from SAI Sports Hostel, Goa.[1]

In 2010, Pinho became the assistant coach of the team going into the 2010–11 season of the I-League, their first ever.[2] Unfortunately after one season with ONGC in the I-League, the club were relegated back into the I-League 2nd Division and Pinho's job was on the line as ONGC were considering folding the club and even Pinho himself said "The club’s poor showing had not gone down well with the management, who it was believed were even considering the most extreme of repercussions. For a company which supports 16 different disciplines of sports around the country, they had after all pumped in the maximum amount of money into the football club's coffers."[3]

ONGC allowed the club to continue and next season, Pinho and ONGC were participating in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division where they ended as champions in the final round.[4]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of match played 11 December 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
ONGC 2010 2011 38 11 13 14 028.9
Corbett 2021 2022 0 0 0 0 !
Aizawl 9 December 2022 Present 1 0 1 0 000.0 [5]
Total 39 11 14 14 028.21

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Tamang, Silash. "Up close and personal with coach of ONGC Mumbai Caetano Pinho". iSikkim. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  2. ^ Sengupta, Somnath. "Institutional Sides In Indian Football: The Story Of ONGC FC, Air India FC and HAL SC". The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  3. ^ Sundaresan, Bharat. "Oil stocks on the rise again". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  4. ^ Sengupta, Somnath. "Indian Football : ONGC, United Sikkim Clinch Promotion In Dramatic Finale". The Hard Tackle. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Aizawl Football Club is delighted to welcome Caetano Pinho as our new Head Coach for the remainder of the season". @AizawlFC. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.