Renê Júnior

Renê Júnior
Personal information
Full nameRenê dos Santos Júnior
Date of birthSeptember 16, 1989
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Guangzhou Evergrande
Number8
Youth career
Criciúma
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007Estácio de Sá
2008Semeando Cidadania
2009–2013Tombense0(0)
2009Madureira (loan)
2010→ Figueirense (loan)0(0)
2011Democrata-GV (loan)0(0)
2011Salgueiro (loan)25(0)
2012Mogi Mirim (loan)0(0)
2012Ponte Preta (loan)31(1)
2013Santos (loan)13(0)
2014–Guangzhou Evergrande30(8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 April 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Renê dos Santos Júnior (born 16 September 1989) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a midfielder. He currently plays for Guangzhou Evergrande of the Chinese Super League.

Career

Renê began his professional career on Rio de Janeiro's lower clubs, before joining Figueirense. However, one year after, he joined Esporte Clube Democrata. Shortly after, he joined Salgueiro Atlético Clube.

In January 2012 he signed a contract with Mogi Mirim Esporte Clube, and after a good campaign in 2012 Campeonato Paulista, he joined Associação Atlética Ponte Preta.[1] He made his Série A debut on 20 May, against Atlético-MG.[2] He scored his first top flight goal on 6 June, against Flamengo.[3]

On 2 January 2013, he signed a one-year contract with Santos FC.[4]

On 24 December 2013, Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande announced that they had signed Renê on a four-year contract.[5] According to Brazilian media, the transfer fee was 3.2 million Brazilian real (1 million Euro).[6] On 8 March 2014, Renê made his debut for Guangzhou in the first league match of the season against Henan Jianye. He scored his first goal in China in the second half, which ensured Guangzhou win the match 3–0.[7]

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