Reginaldo (footballer, born 1992)

Reginaldo Manoel da Silva Júnior (born 8 July 1992), is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Portuguesa-RJ as a defender.

Club career
Born in Barretos, Reginaldo started his youth career at the academy of Rio Preto Esporte Clube (playing as a forward) before switching to the Fluminense academy in 2011. In 2013, he was loaned out to Resende Futebol Clube and subsequently had loan spells at Clube Esportivo Bento Gonçalves, Clube Atlético Metropolitano and at Finnish club FF Jaro.

On 30 December 2015, Reginaldo was loaned to Série B club Vila Nova Futebol Clube. An undisputed starter; he played 46 matches for the squad and also acted as a captain during the last two rounds of the league.

After returning to Flu in 2017, Reginaldo broke into the main team as a replacement for Ygor Nogueira, after the latter received marching orders. Although he was a starter during the first half of the season; he was soon dropped from the squad after having suffered a muscle injury and was replaced by the pair of Henrique and Renato Chaves. Reginaldo contributed with two goals in 25 matches during the season.

On 20 April 2018, Reginaldo joined second tier club Ponte Preta on a loan deal for the rest of the season. On 5 May, he scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 victory over Guarani.