After a successful 2008 season, Universidad de Chile qualified for the preliminary round of the Copa Libertadores 2009, which would lead to Pinto's first participation in international club football.

Universidad de Chile would go on to defeat Pachuca in the preliminary round with Pinto turning in good performances in both games of the two-legged playoff.

In the group stage, Pinto would have an incredible performance against Gremio in Porto Alegre making numerous saves in order to maintain a scoreless draw.

In December 2010 after being eliminated of the "Liguilla" for Copa Libertadores 2011 the president of Universidad de Chile Federico Valdés confirmed the transfer of the player to the Mexican club Atlas, in where he will play on loan from La U.

In 2007, Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa took over the Chile national team and he regularly names Pinto as the second goalkeeper behind Claudio Bravo.

[12] A graduated football manager, Pinto joined the technical staff of Esteban González in Coquimbo Unido as the assistant coach following his retirement in 2024.