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Fernando Genro

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Fernando Genro
Personal information
Full name Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina[1]
Date of birth (1988-01-22) 22 January 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Porto Alegre, Brazil[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1998–2008 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Cerâmica
2010 Guarani de Venâncio Aires
2010 Puertollano
2010 Ferroviário 11 (4)
2011 Canoas
International career
Brazil U15
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina (born 22 January 1988) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward.

Early life

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Genro was born in Porto Alegre to lawyer and politician Luciana Genro, who ran for president of Brazil in 2014, and Roberto Robaína, who is also a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party.[2] His parents divorced while he was still a young child.[2] He is the grandson of Tarso Genro, a former leader of the Workers' Party in Brazil.[2]

Club career

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Genro was introduced to football through his paternal grandmother, who enrolled him in his first futsal school.[2] He joined the youth academy of Grêmio, spending ten years before quitting the club in 2008 to begin practicing politics.[3]

He returned to football in 2009, signing with Cerâmica, who were then playing in the Campeonato Gaúcho Segunda Divisão, the second tier of football in Rio Grande do Sul.[4] He had a brief spell with Guarani de Venâncio Aires in early 2010, before moving to Spain to join lower-league side Puertollano.[4]

He ended 2010 with Ferroviário, where he scored four goals in eleven Campeonato Cearense appearances.[1][4] Ahead of the 2011 season, he signed for Campeonato Gaúcho side Canoas.[4][5]

International career

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Genro represented Brazil at under-15 level.[2]

Post-football career

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Having struggled with the hardline attitude of his coach at Canoas, Genro decided to leave football after one season at the club.[2][4] He had already signed up to become a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party while playing football, and he began to study law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul.[2][4] Having graduated in 2017, he worked at the Criminal Execution Court, as an advisor to a judge.[4]

In 2017, following a request by Genro, Brazilian YouTuber Arthur do Val was told to remove a video he had uploaded on the Mamãefalei channel - linked to the Movimento Brasil Livre - in which he criticised Luciana Genro and her family, including accusing Fernando of embezzling R$30,000.[6] In September 2022, do Val was ordered to pay Genro R$30,000 in compensation for fake news relating to the accusation in 2017.[7]

Genro is a licensed lawyer.[7]

Football career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ferroviário 2010 11[a] 4 0 0 0 0 11 4
Career total 0 0 11 4 0 0 0 0 11 4
  1. ^ Appearances in the Campeonato Cearense

References

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  1. ^ a b c Fernando Genro at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Wilkson, Adriano (18 September 2014). "Filho de candidata a presidente tentou levar o marxismo ao futebol" [Presidential candidate's son tried to bring Marxism to football]. uol.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. ^ Ilha, Flávio (14 September 2023). "Herdeiro político dos Genro está dividido pela militância em família" [Political heir of Genro is divided by family militancy]. oglobo.oglobo.com (in Portuguese).
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Praetzel, João (17 June 2020). "Do futebol à advocacia: a breve carreira de Fernando Genro no Grêmio" [From football to law: Fernando Genro's brief career at Grêmio]. gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Canoas, ex-Universidade, anuncia três ex-jogadores do Grêmio" [Canoas, former University, announces three former Grêmio players]. diariogaucho.clicrbs.com.br (in Portuguese). 11 December 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  6. ^ Sperb, Paula (5 September 2017). "Justiça manda blogueiro do MBL apagar vídeo contra Luciana Genro" [Justice orders MBL blogger to delete video against Luciana Genro]. veja.abril.com.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Mamãe Falei terá de indenizar filho de Luciana Genro" [Mamãe Falei will have to compensate Luciana Genro's son]. extraclasse.org.br (in Portuguese). 8 September 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.