Steven Pinto-Borges (born 26 March 1986) is a former professional

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who played as an

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. Born in France, he is a former youth international for Portugal.

Club career

Born in

Vitry-sur-Seine Vitry-sur-Seine () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Name Vitry-sur-Seine was originally called simply Vitry. The name Vitry comes from Medieval Latin ''Vitriacum'', and before that ''Victori ...

, Pinto-Borges played at youth level with US Villejuif and

Créteil Créteil () is a Communes of France, commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne Departments of France, dep ...

before joining the training centre at

Guingamp Guingamp (; ) is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France. With a population of 7,115 as of 2020, Guingamp is one of the smallest towns in Europe to have a top-tier professional football team: En Avant Guin ...

. He signed professional terms with the club, and made his debut in the

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsorship reasons, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions making up the Ligue de Football Prof ...

game against

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

on 11 November 2005. His first senior goal came on the last day of the

2007–08 Ligue 2 The Ligue 2 season 2007–08 was the sixty-sixth since its establishment, and started in August 2007. The fixtures were announced in June 2007. FC Metz, the champions of Ligue 2, SM Caen, and RC Strasbourg were promoted to France's top division ...

season, in the clubs 5–0 win against

Troyes Troyes () is a Communes of France, commune and the capital of the Departments of France, department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within ...

. At the end of this Guingamp contract in the summer of 2009, Pinto-Borges signed for Clermont. He spent two seasons at the club, followed by two seasons in the

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with

Cherbourg Cherbourg is a former Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French departments of France, department of Manche. It was merged into the com ...

and a season with

Carquefou Carquefou (; Gallo: ''Carqefou'', ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique, department in the region Pays de la Loire, in western France. Population Economy The headquarters of the geophysical research company Sercel is located in Carquefou ...

. In the summer of 2014 he signed for

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

in the fourth tier. During four seasons with the club they obtained back-to-back promotions to Ligue 2, but he left in the summer of 2018 without playing at the higher level again. In June 2018 Pinto-Borges signed a one-year contract, with option to extend, with

Belgian First Division B The Challenger Pro League, previously known as 1B Pro League is the second-highest division in the Football in Belgium, Belgian football Belgian football league system, league system, one level below the Belgian Pro League. It was created by the ...

side

Union Saint-Gilloise Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (), also known as Union Saint-Gilloise, Union SG or simply Union, is a Belgian professional football club from Brussels based in Forest. Founded in 1897 in the neighbouring Saint-Gilles, the club has played its home ...

. He left in the summer 2019, after one season, returning to France with

Annecy Annecy ( , ; , also ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, regi ...

International career

Pinto-Borges was born in France and holds Portuguese nationality. He represented the Portugal U20s at the 2007

Toulon Tournament The Maurice Revello Tournament (officially French: the ''Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello''), previously known as the Toulon Tournament, is a Association football, football tournament, which traditionally features invit ...

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Steven Pinto Borges
at FootNational * * 1986 births Living people Footballers from Vitry-sur-Seine Men's association football midfielders Portuguese men's footballers Portugal men's youth international footballers French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers French sportspeople of Portuguese descent En Avant Guingamp players Clermont Foot players AS Cherbourg Football players USJA Carquefou players Grenoble Foot 38 players Royale Union Saint-Gilloise players FC Annecy players Ligue 2 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Challenger Pro League players French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium 21st-century French sportsmen 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen {{Portugal-footy-midfielder-stub