Pintado (footballer)

Luís Carlos de Oliveira Preto (born 17 September 1965), commonly known as Pintado, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.

Born in Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Pintado started his career with hometown side Bragantino in 1983.

He left the club in the following year after having unpaid wages, and spent a 45-day trial at Palmeiras before signing for São Paulo.

[2] Upon returning, Pintado featured more regularly before moving abroad in 1993, with Mexican side Cruz Azul.

Shortly after retiring, Pintado started working as a manager at one of his former clubs, Inter de Limeira, where he won the Campeonato Paulista Série A2.

[4] After returning to former team América in July of that year,[5] he was unable to avoid his side's relegation from the Série B. Pintado subsequently worked at Atlético Sorocaba,[6] Inter de Limeira, Rio Branco-SP, Taubaté, Rio Branco de Andradas and Noroeste[7] before taking over Paraná on 18 May 2007.

On 23 August 2015, Pintado was appointed Guarani manager,[34] but left the following 3 April to return to former club São Paulo, as an assistant.

[53] He then worked at his first club Inter de Limeira during the 2023 Campeonato Paulista, before returning to Juventude on 11 March of that year.

Pintado as an interim head coach of São Paulo in 2017