Nuno Pinheiro

{{short description|Portuguese volleyball player (born 1984)}}

{{for|the Portuguese graphic designer|Nuno Pinheiro (artist)}}

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{{Portuguese name|Araújo|Pinheiro}}

{{Infobox volleyball player

| name = Nuno Pinheiro

| image = Paris Volley - Zenith Kazan, CEV Champions League, 15 February 2017 - 06.jpg

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| caption = Pinheiro with Paris Volley in 2017

| fullname = Nuno Miguel Araújo Pinheiro

| nationality = Portuguese

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|12|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Espinho, Portugal

| height = {{convert|193|cm|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|89|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| spike = {{convert|337|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}

| block = {{convert|325|cm|in|0|abbr=on}}

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| position = Setter

| currentclub = Benfica{{cite news|date=31 May 2018|title=Contratado distribuidor para o voleibol|trans-title=Setter hired for volleyball|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/pt-pt/agora/noticias/2017_2018/05/31/voleibol-nuno-pinheiro-distribuidor-reforca-benfica/|language=Portuguese|website=S.L. Benfica|access-date=14 June 2018}}

| currentnumber = 9 (national team)

| years1 = –2004

| team1 = Vitória Guimarães[https://www.abola.pt/Modalidades/Noticias/Ver/733264 Nuno Pinheiro regressa a Portugal para reforçar Benfica] A Bola {{in lang|pt}}

| years2 = 2004–2005

| team2 = Prisma Volley

| years3 = 2005–2009

| team3 = Noliko Maaseik

| years4 = 2009–

| team4 = Beauvais Oise UC

| years5 = –

| team5 = Stade Poitevin Poitiers

| years6 = –

| team6 = Tours VB

| years7 = –2018

| team7 = Paris Volley

| years8 = 2018–

| team8 = Benfica

| nationalyears = 2002–2015

| nationalteam = {{flagicon|Portugal}} Portugal

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Nuno Miguel Araújo Pinheiro (born 31 December 1984 in Espinho){{cite news|url=http://www.sport.be/nl/volleybal/article.html?Article_ID=95269|title=Maaseik strikt Portugees Nuno Pinheiro|last=Bruyndonx|first=Willem|date=4 August 2005|work=Sport.be|publisher=Golazo Media|language=Dutch|accessdate=2009-08-25}} is a professional volleyballer who plays for S.L. Benfica as a setter.

Pinheiro was recruited to the Portugal men's national team in May 2002{{cite news|url=http://www.guimaraesdigital.com/index.php?a=noticias&id=23080|title=Primeiro reforço para o voleibol do Vitória|date=14 May 2002|publisher=Guimarães Digital, Portugal|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2009-08-25}} and represented the country until 2015. In 2005, he played for Portugal at the World Cup qualifying tournament in Varna and in the European Championships in Italy.{{cite news|url=https://dn.sapo.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=621265|title=Campeã Itália 'apadrinha' regresso de Portugal|last=Almeida|first=Isaura|date=3 September 2005|publisher=Diário de Notícias, Portugal|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2009-08-25}}

Between 2005 and July 2009, Pinheiro played for Noliko Maaseik in Belgium, with whom he won two championships, one Cup and two Super Cups.{{cite news|url=http://www.sovolei.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2237:internacional-nuno-pinheiro-deixa-noliko&catid=79:campeonatos-internacionais&Itemid=138|title=Nuno Pinheiro deixa o Noliko|date=8 July 2009|publisher=Sovolei|language=Portuguese|accessdate=2009-08-25}}

Pinheiro became Best Setter at the second 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Espinho, where Portugal ended up in second place and missed qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.