Renaldo (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Renaldo Lopes da Cruz | ||
| Date of birth | 19 March 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Cotegipe, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991 | Guará | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | Atlético-PR | 12 | (5) |
| 1993–1996 | Atlético Mineiro | 64 | (30) |
| 1996–2000 | Deportivo La Coruña | 23 | (5) |
| 1997–1998 | → Corinthians (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 1998–2000 | → Las Palmas (loan) | 50 | (14) |
| 2000–2001 | Lleida | 17 | (8) |
| 2001–2002 | Extremadura | 15 | (1) |
| 2002 | América-MG | 18 | (5) |
| 2003 | Paraná | 42 | (30) |
| 2004 | FC Seoul | 11 | (1) |
| 2004 | Palmeiras | 12 | (0) |
| 2005 | Paraná | 6 | (1) |
| 2005 | Coritiba | 21 | (4) |
| 2006 | Náutico | ||
| 2006 | Brasiliense | ||
| 2006 | Vitória-ES | ||
| 2007 | Ceilândia | ||
| 2008 | Democrata | ||
| 2009 | Capital-DF | ||
| 2009 | Dom Pedro-DF | ||
| 2010 | Serrano-PR | ||
| 2010 | Capital-DF | ||
| 2011 | Itaúna | ||
| 2011–2012 | Vilavelhense | ||
| International career | |||
| 1996 | Brazil | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Renaldo Lopes da Cruz (born 19 March 1970), known simply as Renaldo, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward.
Football career[edit]
Born in Cotegipe, Bahia, Renaldo played for more than 15 different clubs in his country, most notably for Clube Atlético Mineiro. During his entire career, he missed only two penalty kicks – both in the same match, a 3–0 home win against Figueirense Futebol Clube – and left for Spain in 1996 to sign with Deportivo de La Coruña. Also during that year, he earned his sole cap for the Brazil national team.
Upon his arrival in A Coruña, Renaldo said, while describing himself as a player: "I am like Ronaldo, but with an "e"".[1] However, he grossly failed to live up to expectations, also spending time with three other teams in the country (all in Segunda División). In the following decade, a humorous Spanish website called Renaldinhos y Pavones was created, containing anecdotes on several national and foreign players which caught the eye for various reasons.[2]
In 2002, Renaldo returned to his country to play for América Futebol Clube (MG). He continued to represent clubs in quick succession (he also had another spell abroad, in South Korea for FC Seoul), and finished his career in his 40s playing amateur football.
References[edit]
- ^ El peor fichaje del Deportivo de La Coruña (Deportivo de La Coruña's worst signing); Diarios de Fútbol, 16 January 2007 (in Spanish)
- ^ Renaldinhos y Pavoves (in Spanish)
External links[edit]
- Renaldo at Sambafoot (archived)
- Renaldo at BDFutbol
- Renaldo – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
- Renaldo at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1970 births
- Living people
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Club Athletico Paranaense players
- Clube Atlético Mineiro players
- Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
- América Futebol Clube (MG) players
- Paraná Clube players
- SE Palmeiras players
- Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
- Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
- Brasiliense FC players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Deportivo de La Coruña players
- UD Las Palmas players
- UE Lleida players
- CF Extremadura footballers
- K League 1 players
- FC Seoul players
- Brazil men's international footballers
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea