Pinto is a candidate to coach Colombia

Colombian Pinto.

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Colombian media revealed that coach Pinto has become a candidate to coach Colombia, after his departure from coaching the Emirates national team, indicating that he is one of the most prominent names proposed for the creativity of Portuguese coach Queiroz.

The Colombian newspaper, One Football, said that the new development by ending the UAE federation contract, Colombian Pinto, made him an important candidate to lead Colombia in the World Cup qualifiers, especially after Queiroz's recent statement that his career with Colombia is nearing an end.

Pinto has great experience in leading national teams, having previously achieved historic success with Costa Rica, reaching the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup.

Colombia suffers seventh place with four points in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers for Latin America.

Pinto had a previous experience with Colombia, when he led his country in the 2007 Copa America, where he bid farewell to the first round, and he also failed to qualify with him for the 2010 World Cup.

• His sudden departure from coaching the "white" brought him closer to the Colombia national team.

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