Renatinho (footballer, born 1981)

Renato de Cássio Negrão (born 12 March 1981), commonly known as Renatinho, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a forward.^[1] He is the current assistant coach of Ceará.

Renatinho

Personal information
Full name	Renato de Cássio Negrão
Date of birth	(1981-03-12) 12 March 1981 (age 44)
Place of birth	Poços de Caldas, Brazil
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Ceará (assistant)
Youth career
0000–2001	São Paulo
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2002	São Paulo	4	(2)
2001	→ Santa Cruz (loan)	4	(1)
2002	→ São Caetano (loan)
2003	→ Fluminense (loan)	5	(0)
2003	→ Juventude (loan)	6	(1)
2004–2006	Tombense
2004	→ Lokeren	13	(3)
2005	→ Paulista (loan)	1	(0)
2007	Rio Branco de Andradas
2007	Uberaba
2008–2009	Poços de Caldas
2008	→ Anápolis (loan)	3	(0)
2008	→ Ceará (loan)	0	(0)
2009	Sendas
2010	Pão de Açúcar	16	(2)
2011	Rio Branco-SP	5	(0)
2011	Santa Helena	6	(1)
2011–2012	Caldense	7	(1)
Managerial career
2013–2015	Caldense (assistant)
2015	Sampaio Corrêa (assistant)
2016	Bragantino (assistant)
2016	Goiás (assistant)
2017	CRB (assistant)
2018–2019	Botafogo-SP (assistant)
2019	Paysandu (assistant)
2020	São Bento (assistant)
2020–2021	Sampaio Corrêa (assistant)
2021–2022	Novorizontino (assistant)
2022	Sampaio Corrêa (assistant)
2023–2024	Vitória (assistant)
2024–	Ceará (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Emerged as a great highlight of the youth categories of São Paulo, alongside names like Kaká, he made few games for the main category, leaving later for other teams.^[2] At just 1.64 m tall, Renatinho claims that this was the biggest obstacle for his career to gear up in more prominent centres.^[3] Retired at just 31 years old, and after that, he became Léo Condé's technical assistant at Caldense.^[4]

Honours

São Paulo

• Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior: 2000
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 2001

Paulista

• Copa do Brasil: 2005