Renaldo (footballer)

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Lopes and the second or paternal family name is da Cruz.

Renaldo

Personal information
Full name	Renaldo Lopes da Cruz
Date of birth	(1970-03-19) 19 March 1970
Place of birth	Cotegipe, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991	Guará	0	(0)
1991–1993	Atlético-PR	12	(5)
1993–1996	Atlético Mineiro	64	(30)
1996–2000	Deportivo La Coruña	23	(5)
1997–1998	→ Corinthians (loan)	11	(1)
1998–2000	→ Las Palmas (loan)	50	(14)
2000–2001	Lleida	17	(8)
2001–2002	Extremadura	15	(1)
2002	América-MG	18	(5)
2003	Paraná	42	(30)
2004	FC Seoul	11	(1)
2004	Palmeiras	12	(0)
2005	Paraná	6	(1)
2005	Coritiba	21	(4)
2006	Náutico
2006	Brasiliense
2006	Vitória-ES
2007	Ceilândia
2008	Democrata
2009	Capital-DF
2009	Dom Pedro-DF
2010	Serrano-PR
2010	Capital-DF
2011	Itaúna
2011–2012	Vilavelhense
International career
1996	Brazil	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Renaldo Lopes da Cruz (born 19 March 1970), known simply as Renaldo, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward.

Football career

Born in Cotegipe, Bahia, Renaldo played for more than 15 different clubs in his country, most notably for Clube Atlético Mineiro. During his entire career, he missed only two penalty kicks – both in the same match, a 3–0 home win against Figueirense Futebol Clube – and left for Spain in 1996 to sign with Deportivo de La Coruña. Also during that year, he earned his sole cap for the Brazil national team.

Upon his arrival in A Coruña, Renaldo said, while describing himself as a player: "I am like Ronaldo, but with an "e"". However, he grossly failed to live up to expectations, also spending time with three other teams in the country (all in Segunda División). In the following decade, a humorous Spanish website called Renaldinhos y Pavones was created, containing anecdotes on several national and foreign players which caught the eye for various reasons.

In 2002, Renaldo returned to his country to play for América Futebol Clube (MG). He continued to represent clubs in quick succession (he also had another spell abroad, in South Korea for FC Seoul), and finished his career in his 40s playing amateur football.

External links

• Renaldo profile at Sambafoot
• Renaldo profile at BDFutbol
• Renaldo – K League stats at kleague.com
• Renaldo at National-Football-Teams.com