Renan Paulino

Renan Paulino de Souza (born 15 February 1995), known as Renan Paulino or simply Renan, is a Brazilian Association footballer who plays in the position of midfielder. He has spent most of his career playing for a number of South American teams, especially Portuguesa. Currently, the plays for the Lithuanian club Banga, in the league A Lyga.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Paulino and the second or paternal family name is de Souza.
Renan Paulino
Personal information
Full name Renan Paulino de Souza
Date of birth (1995-02-15) 15 February 1995
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Banga
Youth career
Portuguesa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Portuguesa 35 (1)
2015–2017 Atlético Paranaense 10 (1)
2016 → Ferroviária (loan) 1 (0)
2017 → Náutico (loan) 10 (0)
2018 Maringá 2 (0)
2019 Bragantino 3 (0)
2020 Anápolis 7 (0)
2020– Água Santa 1 (0)
2022– Banga 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 May 2022

Club career

Born in the city of São Paulo, Renan began his professional football career by joining the team Associação Portuguesa de Desportos (also called Portuguesa), making his debut on 22 August 2013 where he started in a 1–2 home loss against Bahia, for that year's Copa Sudamericana.[1] While it was his first appearance of the year, his side was ultimately relegated out of Série A. Renan was later promoted to his team's main squad in 2014, and became a regular starter in the year's Campeonato Paulista. On 24 May he scored his first professional goal, netting the last in a 2–0 home win against Atlético Goianiense for the Série B championship.[2] Overall, Renan appeared in 17 league matches during 2014, though Portuguesa suffered another relegation. On 17 August 2015, he signed a three-year contract with Atlético Paranaense, after being previously on trial at the club.[3] On 14 December 2015, Renan was loaned to Ferroviária, until the end of 2016 Campeonato Paulista.[4] After returning from loan, he made his top tier debut on 21 August 2016, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Atlético Mineiro.

FK Banga

In January 2022 he signed with the Lithuanian club FK Banga Gargždai (Banga), which is part of the league A Lyga. It was the first time playing in Europe.[5]

References
  1. Com gol de Obina no fim, Bahia vence a Portuguesa no Canindé (With Obina's goal in the end, Bahia defeats Portuguesa in Canindé); Globo Esporte, 22 August 2013. Retrieved on 27 January 2014 (in Portuguese)
  2. De técnico novo, Lusa desencanta e bate o Atlético-GO no Canindé (With new manager, Lusa disenchants and defeats Atlético-GO); Globo Esporte, 24 May 2014 (in Portuguese)
  3. Renan Souza aparece no BID e reforça o Atlético-PR na temporada 2015 (Renan Souza appears on BID and bolsters Atlético-PR in the 2015 season); Globo Esporte, 17 August 2015 (in Portuguese)
  4. Ferroviária anuncia mais três reforços do Atlético-PR (Ferroviária announces three more additions from Atlético-PR); Torcedores, 14 December 2015 (in Portuguese)
  5. Sportas.lt article
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