Renato Augusto
Renato Augusto with the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Beijing Guoan | ||
| Number | 21 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2005 | Flamengo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2008 | Flamengo | 55 | (2) |
| 2008–2012 | Bayer Leverkusen | 101 | (9) |
| 2012–2016 | Corinthians | 75 | (7) |
| 2016– | Beijing Guoan | 30 | (6) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005 | Brazil U17 | 4 | (1) |
| 2007 | Brazil U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | Brazil Olympic | 6 | (0) |
| 2011– | Brazil | 19 | (5) |
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 March 2017 |
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Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto, or simply Renato Augusto (born 8 February 1988) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese club Beijing Guoan.
Augusto was hailed as one of the best products of Flamengo's youth academy in recent years, and had been close to a deal with Palermo in 2007. His style of play, combining decisive passes with good control of the ball, pace and dribbling efforts led him to being capped for Brazil at under-20 level; his career with Flamengo had nevertheless been plagued by injuries.
Augusto signed for German Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen for an unknown fee, though thought to be €10 million, 60% of which was retained by Flamengo; the remaining 40% were owned by the Traffic and MFD investment groups, that paid €1.5 million each for a share in Renato Augusto's transfer fee, earlier in 2008.
Augusto made an immediate impact, becoming one of the fan favorites very quickly with his swiftness, awareness, teamwork, and his technical abilities. Despite usually playing on the right side, with Leverkusen, he began playing in the hole, just behind the striker.
Despite being plagued with injury in the 2010–11 season, just like the previous ones in Germany, Augusto maintained stellar form, scoring on three occasions in one-goal lead victories. On 13 March, he scored a memorable goal where he scored a match-winner in 82nd minute against Mainz 05, giving Bayer Leverkusen a valuable victory, and vaulting them into the title race.
On 20 December 2012, Bayer Leverkusen confirmed that Augusto would leave for Corinthians for a reported fee of €3.5 million. In 2015, he was awarded the Bola de Ouro for leading Corinthians to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A title.
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