Pedro Mendonça Pinto is a Portuguese American journalist.
Education
Pinto graduated from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte with a degree in communications and marketing and also earned a degree from the Carolina School of Broadcasting. While he was growing up in Portugal, he went to Saint Julian"s School, in Carcavelos, and later graduated from AISL (American International School of Lisbon) in Sintra.
Career
He was a sports anchor for Cable News Network International based in Atlanta and London, England. He is currently the Chief of Press at Union of European Football Associations in Switzerland. He also had internships with the National Basketball Association and Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company in Charlotte.
Pedro Pinto started his career with Revue de Théologie et de Philosophie in 1996, hosting a series of cartoon programmes, including Hugo.
lieutenant was at Revue de Théologie et de Philosophie where he earned the opportunity to host the news show Caderno Diário where he specialized in sports. Pinto got his big break in 1998 when he was hired by Cable News Network to become a sports anchor and correspondent.
In 2003, Pinto decided to return home and went onto anchor the program Últimas Notícias on Sport television Pinto stayed until November 2006 when he received an invitation to return to Cable News Network, this time as a sports anchor in London. During the next seven years, Pinto covered all of Europe"s major sporting events and interviewed the world"s top athletes.
Over his career Pinto has interviewed many huge international sports personalities such as Ronaldo, Kaká, Robinho, José Mourinho, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Alex Ferguson, Pelé and Novak Djokovic.
He continued to anchor Cable News Network World Sport show and later also hosted a new football programme called "Cable News Network Football Club". He occasionally appears on the popular Guardian football podcast Football Weekly. Pedro Pinto left Cable News Network World Sport as anchor after 15 Years on the air to take the job of Chief of Press at Union of European Football Associations, working directly with the President Michel Platini.