Renato Augusto

Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto, or simply Renato Augusto (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁeˈnatu awˈɡustu]; born 8 February 1988), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese club Beijing Guoan and the Brazil national team.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Oliveira and the second or paternal family name is Augusto.
Renato Augusto
Renato Augusto with Brazil in 2016
Personal information
Full name Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto[1]
Date of birth (1988-02-08) 8 February 1988
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Beijing Guoan
Number 5
Youth career
2001–2005 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Flamengo 55 (2)
2008–2012 Bayer Leverkusen 101 (9)
2013–2015 Corinthians 75 (7)
2016– Beijing Guoan 122 (35)
National team‡
2005 Brazil U17 4 (1)
2007 Brazil U20 3 (0)
2016 Brazil Olympic 6 (0)
2011– Brazil 32 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 October 2018

Club career

Flamengo

Augusto was hailed as one of the best products of Flamengo's youth academy in recent years,[2][3] and had been close to a deal with Palermo in 2007.[4] 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.

Bayer Leverkusen
Renato Augusto in 2010

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;[5] 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.[6]

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.

Corinthians

On 20 December 2012, Bayer Leverkusen confirmed that Augusto would leave for Corinthians for a reported fee of €3.5 million.[7] In 2014, after being properly diagnosed and treated,[8] he played 44 games in the year, and in 2015, he was awarded the Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball) for leading Corinthians to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A title.[9]

Beijing Guoan

On 6 January 2016, Augusto joined Chinese club Beijing Guoan for a reported fee of €8 million.[10][11] On 20 April 2019, he made his 100th appearance for Beijing Guoan in a game against Hebei China Fortune.[12]

International career
Renato Augusto playing for Brazil in 2016

Renato debuted with the senior national team in a away friendly against France in February 2011, which Brazil lost 1–0. His 2nd game was a March 2011 friendly against Scotland, which Brazil won 2–0. He was not called up by Mano Menezes for the 2011 Copa América, but returned to the squad for a friendly against Germany in August 2011, which Brazil lost 2–3. After that, he went more than four years without playing for Brazil, missing the 2013 Confederations Cup, the 2014 World Cup and the 2015 Copa América.

Previously, he was part of the preliminary squad for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but was not included in the final 18-man squad by coach Dunga. He was recalled by the same Dunga, who had returned to the job after the 2014 World Cup, for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in November 2015.

On 17 November 2015, Augusto scored his first goal for Brazil in a 3–0 victory against Peru for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.[13] He was a part of the Brazilian squads at the 2016 Copa América Centenario and the 2016 Olympic Games; in the latter, Brazil won the gold medal for the first time, and in the final against Germany after a 1–1 draw, he converted his penalty kick in an eventual 5–4 win for Brazil.

Renato netted twice against Haiti during the Copa América Centenario (7–1 win for Brazil), with Brazil eventually falling out in group stage. He also scored twice more during the qualifiers, at home to Uruguay (2–2) and away to Peru (2–0 win for Brazil).

In May 2018, he was named in Tite's final 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[14] On 6 July 2018, Augusto scored Brazil's only goal in a 1–2 quarter-final defeat to Belgium as they were eliminated from the World Cup.[15]

In June 2019, he was one of the top contenders to take Neymar's spot in the national team ahead of the 2019 Copa América, held in Brazilian soil, after the PSG forward got injured in a friendly against Qatar, due to his previous works with coach Tite in Corinthians and the national team itself, but eventually lost out the callup to Chelsea's Willian.

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 31 December 2020.[16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flamengo 2005 Série A 2000--0[lower-alpha 1]020
2006 Série A 24020--0[lower-alpha 1]0260
2007 Série A 232--8113[lower-alpha 1]3446
2008 Série A 60--318[lower-alpha 1]1172
Total 55220112214898
Bayer Leverkusen 2008–09 Bundesliga 33262—394
2009–10 Bundesliga 17010—180
2010–11 Bundesliga 2771170—358
2011–12 Bundesliga 1801040—230
2012–13 Bundesliga 600050—110
Total 1019931600012612
Corinthians 2013 Série A 151006110[lower-alpha 2]1313
2014 Série A 30172005[lower-alpha 2]0434
2015 Série A 305201007[lower-alpha 2]2527
Total 7579216122312614
Beijing Guoan 2016 Chinese Super League 23442—276
2017 Chinese Super League 28420—304
2018 Chinese Super League 261070—3310
2019 Chinese Super League 301510611[lower-alpha 3]03816
2020 Chinese Super League 1521082—244
Total 122351521431015240
Career total 3535335757644748973
  1. Appearances in Campeonato Carioca
  2. Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
  3. Appearances in Chinese FA Super Cup

International
As of 17 October 2018[17]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil
201130
201521
2016124
2017100
201851
Total326

International goals
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first:
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.17 November 2015Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil Peru2–03–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.25 March 2016Itaipava Arena Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil Uruguay2–02–2
3.8 June 2016Camping World Stadium, Orlando, United States Haiti3–07–1Copa América Centenario
4.6–1
5.15 November 2016Estadio Nacional de Lima, Lima, Peru Peru2–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
6.6 July 2018Kazan Arena, Kazan, Russia Belgium1–21–22018 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Flamengo

Corinthians

Beijing Guoan

Brazil U23

Brazil U17

Individual

References
  1. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: Brazil" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 4. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. "Família e perfil torcedor 'blindam' revelação do Flamengo" (in Portuguese). Pele.net. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012.
  3. "Zico torce para revelação decidir na final" (in Portuguese). Terra.com.br. 5 May 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  4. "Palermo confirma que quer Renato Augusto" (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  5. "Venda de Renato Augusto renderá cerca de R$ 15 milhões aos cofres do Fla" (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  6. "Fla não receberá todo dinheiro da negociação de Renato Augusto" (in Portuguese). Lancenet.com.br. 9 July 2008. Archived from the original on 2 August 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2010.
  7. "Bayer Leverkusen confirma acerto de Renato Augusto com o Corinthians" (in Portuguese). gazetaesportiva.net. 20 December 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  8. "Fisioterapia ajuda Renato Augusto a superar medo, lesões e ter grande fase". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 December 2018.
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  11. "Former Corinthians man Renato Augusto hopeful China switch won't end Brazil career - Goal.com". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  12. "奥古斯托：100场是个里程碑，赢球比个人数据重要". sohu.com. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  13. "Família e perfil torcedor 'blindam' revelação do Flamengo" (in Portuguese). Pele.net. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012.
  14. "World Cup: Neymar named in Brazil's 23-man squad". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  15. "Brazil 1-2 Belgium". FIFA. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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  17. "Augusto, Renato". National Football Teams. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  18. "足协杯-比埃拉建功张稀哲斩杀 国安客场2-2夺冠". sports.sina.com.cn. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
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  20. "Bundesliga Historie 2008/09" (in German). Kicker.
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