Caetano Pinho

Caetano Pinho
Personal information
Date of birth	18 September 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Goa, India
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Team
	Salgaocar
	Vasco
	ONGC
Teams managed
Years	Team
2010–2012	ONGC
2021–	Corbett

Caetano Pinho is a former Indian footballer and coach who is currently managing Corbett FC.

Early life

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

ONGC

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 asstt 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]

Luckily 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]

Personal

Pinho is a spiritual person and likes to read books like the Holy Bible.^[1] He also likes to help less fortunate people.^[1]

His favorite player is Lionel Messi, favorite coach is Armando Colaco & Pep Guardiola and favorite club is FC Barcelona.^[1]

Career statistics

Coach

Statistics accurate as of 16 October 2012

Team	From	To	Record
G	W	D	L	Win %
ONGC	2010	2011	38	11	13	14	028.95
Corbett	2021	present	0	0	0	0	!—
Total			38	11	13	14	028.95

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 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.
^ 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.
^ Sundaresan, Bharat. "Oil stocks on the rise again". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
^ 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.

[iSikkim-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h 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.

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