Renan Paulino

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 (age 29)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
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)
2020–2022 Água Santa 1 (0)
2022–2023 Banga 41 (2)
2023– Shillong Lajong 2 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Renan Paulino de Souza (born 15 February 1995), known as Renan Paulino or simply Renan, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has spent most of his career playing in South American clubs, notably Portuguesa. Currently, he plays in India for I-League club Shillong Lajong.

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]

Shillong Lajong

In October 2023, Paulino joined Indian I-League club Shillong Lajong. He scored his first league goal on 9 November, against NEROCA at SSA Stadium, in their 1–1 draw.[6][7]

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) Archived 2020-08-31 at the Wayback Machine; 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) Archived 2020-08-31 at the Wayback Machine; 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) Archived 2015-08-22 at the Wayback Machine; Globo Esporte, 17 August 2015 (in Portuguese)
  4. ^ Ferroviária anuncia mais três reforços do Atlético-PR (Ferroviária announces three more additions from Atlético-PR) Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine; Torcedores, 14 December 2015 (in Portuguese)
  5. ^ "Sportas.lt article". Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Shillong Lajong held by NEROCA in season's first home game". i-league.org. Shillong: All India Football Federation. 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  7. ^ "I-League 2023–24: Shillong Lajong held by NEROCA in season's first home game". sportstar.thehindu.com. Shillong: Sportstar. Press Trust of India. 9 November 2023. Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.