Photo: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil / CC BY 3.0 br (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Renato Augusto is the player I always end up appreciating more than the highlight reels suggest. A 186 cm midfielder from Rio de Janeiro, he earned thirty-two caps and six goals for Brazil between 2011 and 2018, which is no small feat in a nation overflowing with attacking talent. What draws me to him is intelligence over flash: the vision to link defense and attack, the aerial presence, the composure to keep a Brazilian midfield organized. He also built a long, productive chapter of his career abroad, proving adaptable wherever he went. For me, he is a connoisseur's footballer, the kind of steadying brain teams quietly cannot do without.
Overview
Renato Soares de Oliveira Augusto (born 8 February 1988) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. From 2011 to 2018, he played for the Brazil national team, scoring six goals in thirty-two appearances.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Renato Augusto
- Name (Japanese)
- レナト・ソアレス・デ・オリヴェイラ・アウグスト
- Reading
- れなと・そあれす・で・おりゔぇいら・あうぐすと
- Born
- February 8, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 186 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.