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Faustino Neto

“Pina”

Source: ge.globo.com

Faustino “Pina” Neto is a Manaus jiu-jitsu black belt who led Clube Pina’s social project and team.

Biography

Faustino “Pina” Neto is a black-belt jiu-jitsu teacher in Manaus associated with Clube Pina, where he led a children’s social project and guided a competition team. Much of the documented account of the club comes from Globo’s Amazonas reporting. In a 2010 interview, SESI instructor Fábio Pinheiro named Neto among the city’s black-belt teachers. Diário do Amazonas later listed him among the teachers in Osvaldo Alves’s lineage in Amazonas. Globo’s 2013 report identified Neto as the leader of Clube Pina’s social project in the Japiim neighborhood. It reported that about 200 children attended and that the state sports department supplied 15 uniforms and four mats. The club also built a record in team competitions: it won the 2014 Copa Cidade de Manaus with 441 points, led the 2015 Amazonas professional championship with 549, and took the 2016 Copa Cidade title with 456. In 2017, it topped the FAJJPRO academy standings with 1,779 points for a fourth consecutive season. Manuel Ribamar has recalled training with Pina at Clube Pina before moving to Europe after receiving his purple belt. A 2013 TXMMA profile described Pina as a longtime coach and mentor to Carlos Diego Ferreira. Globo credited Pina and Júnior Cardoso with helping develop Alex Martins; it separately named Bibiano Fernandes and Ferreira among athletes developed by Clube Pina. The UAE Jiu Jitsu Federation lists Faustino Martins Neto as the person in charge of Clube Pina. The club was still a training venue in 2025, when two Swiss competitors prepared there under Pina before a Manaus event. That November, the Amazonas legislature invited him to the table at a special session honoring local jiu-jitsu and presented him with a commemorative plaque.

Sources for this profile

  • UAE Jiu Jitsu Federation, Clube Pina club listing, undated.(opens in a new tab)

    • The UAE Jiu Jitsu Federation's Clube Pina club entry places the club in Manaus and lists Faustino Martins Neto as the person in charge and as an Admin contact.

      Where in the source: ‘Clube Pina’; ‘Manaus, Brazil’; ‘Person in charge’ followed by ‘faustino martins neto’; ‘Contact Persons’ lists ‘Faustino Martins Neto | Admin’.

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  • Liga Esportiva, interview with Fábio Pinheiro da Silva, 23 August 2010.(opens in a new tab)

    • In an interview published by Liga Esportiva, SESI jiu-jitsu teacher Fábio Pinheiro named "FAUSTINO NETO (PINA)" among the Manaus teachers whom he described as black belts.

      Where in the source: Article "JIU JITSU NO SESI AMAZONAS"; the question "EM MÉDIA QUANTOS PROFESSORES DE JIU JITSU ATUAM NO MERCADO HOJE?" is followed by "esses na sua totalidade faixas pretas"; the next answer begins "F.P. Sim. FAUSTINO NETO (PINA)".

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  • GloboEsporte.com Manaus, 24 November 2014.(opens in a new tab)

    • GloboEsporte.com reported that Clube Pina, under mestre Faustino Pina, won the 3rd Copa Cidade de Manaus de Jiu-Jitsu Profissional with 441 points over the competition's two days.

      Where in the source: Article "Clube Pina conquista 3ª Copa Cidade de Manaus de Jiu-jitsu Profissional"; opening paragraph: "Sob o comando do lendário mestre Faustino Pina, a equipe do Japiim somou 441 pontos nos dois dias de competição".

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  • Almério Augusto, Diário do Amazonas / Diário da Luta, 23–24 July 2022, p. 21.(opens in a new tab)

    • Diário do Amazonas listed Faustino Neto among the teachers in Osvaldo Alves's lineage in Amazonas.

      Where in the source: PDF p. 21 (printed p. 21), article "A despedida do grande mestre Osvaldo Alves"; the paragraph beginning "São de sua linhagem os professores" lists "Nilberto Batista, Humberto Barbosa Jr., Ulisses Paixão, Faustino Neto, Orley Lobato".

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  • Emanuel Mendes Siqueira, Emanuel Sports & Marketing, 31 October 2025.(opens in a new tab)

    • A 2025 Emanuel Sports article reported that two Swiss competitors were training at Clube Pina in Japiim under professor Faustino Pina before the Copa Tatames Fight Shop event in Manaus.

      Where in the source: Section "Os estrangeiros que chegam para competir"; sentence beginning "Os lutadores suíços estão treinando no Clube Pina" and continuing "sob comando do professor Faustino Pina".

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  • GloboEsporte.com Manaus, 12 September 2013.(opens in a new tab)

    • A September 2013 GloboEsporte report identified Faustino Neto, known as Mestre Pina, as the leader of Clube Pina's social jiu-jitsu project in Japiim, Manaus. It reported a state sports department donation of 15 uniforms and four mats for a project serving about 200 children there.

      Where in the source: ‘Crianças do projeto social do Clube Pina ganham quimonos e tatames’; opening ‘15 quimonos e quatro novos tatames’ and ‘200 crianças’; ‘Histórico do projeto’ begins ‘Liderado por Faustino Neto, o Mestre Pina’.

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  • GloboEsporte.com Manaus, 18 May 2015.(opens in a new tab)

    • GloboEsporte reported that the Clube Pina team led by Faustino Pina finished first in the 2015 second Amazonas Professional Jiu-Jitsu Championship team standings with 549 points.

      Where in the source: ‘Clube Pina é campeão por equipes do 2º Amazonense de Jiu-jitsu profissional’; ‘A equipe do lendário mestre Faustino Pina somou 549 pontos e terminou em primeiro lugar’.

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  • GloboEsporte.com Manaus, 28 November 2016.(opens in a new tab)

    • In the fifth Copa Cidade de Manaus in 2016, Clube Pina won the team title with 456 points; GloboEsporte described Faustino Pina as its leader and reported that the team entered 134 competitors.

      Where in the source: ‘Clube Pina é tricampeão da Copa Cidade de Manaus da Jiu-Jítsu’; ‘somou 456 pontos’; next paragraph ‘Liderado pelo mestre Faustino Pina, a equipe inscreveu um total de 134 lutadores’.

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    • In its 2016 account of Clube Pina's team title, GloboEsporte said the academy had helped develop Bibiano Fernandes and Carlos Diego Ferreira.

      Where in the source: ‘Clube Pina é tricampeão da Copa Cidade de Manaus da Jiu-Jítsu’; second paragraph: ‘A academia, inclusive, é responsável por formar atletas ... como Carlos Diego Ferreira (UFC) e Bibiano Fernandes (One FC)’.

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  • GloboEsporte.com Manaus, 18 December 2017.(opens in a new tab)

    • GloboEsporte reported Clube Pina at the top of FAJJPRO's 2017 season academy ranking with 1,779 points and described it as the fourth consecutive season that Faustino Pina's team topped that calendar's standings.

      Where in the source: ‘Federação de Jiu-jítsu profissional do AM premia melhores academias do ano’; opening ‘Com 1.779 pontos, o Clube Pina conquistou o primeiro lugar’ and ‘quarto ano consecutivo’.

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  • GloboEsporte.com Manaus, 13 September 2016.(opens in a new tab)

    • A 2016 GloboEsporte report credited both Júnior Cardoso and Faustino Pina with developing Alex Martins, and Martins himself named Clube Pina among the teams he thanked after his Masters world championship.

      Where in the source: ‘Amazonense fatura Mundial Master de Jiu-Jitsu nos Estados Unidos’; ‘O atleta revelado pelos mestres amazonenses Júnior Cardoso e Faustino Pina’; Martins's statement includes ‘Clube Pina/JC’.

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  • BJJ Fanatics Brasil, interview with Manuel Ribamar, undated page.(opens in a new tab)

    • In a first-person interview, Manuel Ribamar said that he trained at Clube Pina with Mestre Faustino, also called Mestre Pina, before moving to Europe after earning his purple belt. He credited Pina with shaping much of his jiu-jitsu.

      Where in the source: ‘Confira Tudo Sobre Manuel Ribamar’; first interview answer: ‘fui treinar no Clube Pina com o Mestre Faustino, também conhecido como Mestre Pina’ and ‘me ensinou 70% do meu Jiu Jitsu atual’.

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  • TXMMA, 21 May 2013 article (page displays a later 25 May post date).(opens in a new tab)

    • A 2013 Texas MMA feature described Faustino Piña Martins Neto of Clube Piña as Carlos Diego Ferreira's longtime coach and mentor in Manaus, where Ferreira had begun jiu-jitsu as a child.

      Where in the source: ‘Who is Carlos Diego Ferreira?’; ‘longtime coach and mentor Faustino Piña Martins Neto (Clube Piña’.

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  • Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Amazonas, signed minutes of 25 November 2025 special session, pp. 1–2.(opens in a new tab)

    • The Amazonas state legislature's signed minutes for its 25 November 2025 special session honoring Amazonas jiu-jitsu name Faustino Martins Neto among the people invited to the table and record him among those presented with commemorative plaques.

      Where in the source: ‘ATA DA 125ª SESSÃO ESPECIAL ... EM HOMENAGEM AO JIU-JITSU AMAZONENSE’, printed pp. 1–2; ‘Faustino Martins Neto’ in the table invitation and ‘Placas Comemorativas aos Senhores ... Faustino Martins Neto’.

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