Fátima Pinto joins FC Porto Women until 2028 | OneFootball

Fátima Pinto is the latest addition to FC Porto’s women’s football team, which will make its Primeira Divisão debut in 2026/27. At 30 years old, the midfielder, who has 102 caps for Portugal, has signed a two-season deal through to 2028. The player arrives in Invicta with UEFA Women’s Champions League experience and a list of honours that includes three National Championships, four Portuguese Cups and three Super Cups.

Born in Funchal, Fátima Pinto began her career at Juventude Atlântico before continuing her development at GD APEL, the club where she took her first steps as a senior player. In 2013, before even reaching adulthood, she moved to mainland Portugal to represent Atlético Ouriense. That season, she played in Europe’s top club competition and helped the team secure the domestic double.

Her spell in Ourém lasted just one season, followed by her first international experience with Santa Teresa in Spain’s top division. After two seasons in one of the most competitive leagues in the world, she returned to Portugal to sign for Sporting.

Over six consecutive seasons in Lisbon, the Madeira-born midfielder made 141 appearances, scored 30 goals and won two National Championships, three Portuguese Cups and one Super Cup. She also added a place in the Team of the Year and two appearances in the Champions League to her résumé. After playing for Alavés in the Basque Country, she returned to Alvalade, won her second Super Cup and continued competing at the highest level of European football.

In search of a new challenge, the 1.69-metre-tall player moved to France, where she wore the RC Strasbourg shirt in 2025/26. Across 19 matches for the team that finished seventh in the French league, she scored two goals, provided one assist and helped the club from northeastern France reach the Cup semi-finals.

Her connection with the national team began to take shape while she was still in Madeira, in 2012. For the Under-19s, the midfielder scored four goals in 25 appearances, four of them at the European Championship for that age group, before making her senior debut in the qualification phase for the 2015 World Cup.

Portugal did not appear in the final stage of a major tournament again until 2017, the year Fátima Pinto was part of the squad that took part in a European Championship for the first time. In 2022, she featured in every group-stage match of the tournament and was also present at the 2023 World Cup. That same year, she began her Nations League journey, a competition that preceded Euro 2025, in which she played an important role for Francisco Neto.

After surpassing the 100-cap mark and competing in Europe’s top football competitions, Fátima Pinto joins the squad that won the Second Division national title. At FC Porto, she will wear the number 18 shirt and provide Daniel Chaves with another option for the team’s debut in the top flight.

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