Renatinho (footballer, born 1981)

Renato de Cássio Negrão (born 12 March 1981), commonly known as Renatinho, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a forward.

[1] He is the current assistant coach of Ceará.

Emerged as a great highlight of the youth categories of São Paulo, alongside names like Kaká, he made few games for the main category, leaving later for other teams.

[2] At just 1.64 m tall, Renatinho claims that this was the biggest obstacle for his career to gear up in more prominent centres.

[3] Retired at just 31 years old, and after that, he became Léo Condé's technical assistant at Caldense.