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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Luz and the second or paternal family name is Sanches.
Renato Sanches
Sanches in action for Benfica in 2016
Personal information
Full name Renato Júnior Luz Sanches
Date of birth (1997-08-18) 18 August 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Benfica
Number 85
Youth career
2005–2006 Águias da Musgueira
2006– Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014– Benfica B 34 (3)
2015– Benfica 17 (2)
International career‡
2012 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2013 Portugal U16 7 (1)
2013 Portugal U17 19 (4)
2014– Portugal U19 12 (3)
2016– Portugal 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 April 2016
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 March 2016

Renato Júnior Luz Sanches (born 18 August 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Benfica and the Portugal national team.

Club career

Born in Lisbon, Sanches started training football at Águias da Musgueira when he was 8.[1] He joined S.L. Benfica's youth system in 2006, aged 9.[2] Sanches made his professional debut in the 2014–15 campaign, with the B-team in the second division. He made his first appearance in the competition on 5 October 2014, starting and playing 46 minutes in the 2–2 away draw against C.D. Feirense.[3] After one year with the reserve team, in 2015–16, he was promoted to the first team; initially only for the training sessions.[4] On 30 October 2015, Sanches made his debut for the first team, replacing Jonas on the 74th minute in a 4–0 win against Tondela.[5]

After the international break in November 2015, Sanches signed a new contract with Benfica until 2021, with a release clause set at €45 million.[6] On the 25th, he made his first appearance in the starting line-up, playing 90 minutes in a 2–2 away draw with Astana for the UEFA Champions League's group stage.[6][7] On the following Monday, Sanches started again in a away win in Braga, receiving praise from the media for his performance.[8] Aged 18, on 4 December, he scored his first goal for Benfica, beating Académica's goalkeeper Trigueira with a 30 metre strike, in a 3–0 Primeira Liga win,[9] and became Benfica's youngest player to score a home goal in the 21st century, at the Estádio da Luz.[10] On 2 January 2016, he scored the winning goal at Vitória de Guimarães in the league.[11]

International career

Sanches gained 40 caps for Portugal all youth categories comprised.[12] He represented Portugal in the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, helping them reach the semi-finals, where they lost to eventual winners, England.[13]

On 18 March 2016, he was called-up by Fernando Santos for the senior squad to play friendlies against Bulgaria and Belgium.[14] He debuted for Portugal as a substitute in the 76th minute of the match against Bulgaria, and shortly after he was greeted by a young fan who invaded the pitch.[15]

Club statistics

As of 14 February 2016[16]
Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2014–15 24 0 — — — 24 0
2015–16 10 3 — — — 10 3
Total 34 3 — — — 34 3
Benfica 2015–16 15 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 18 2
Career total 49 5 0 0 1 0 2 0 52 5

Honours

References

  1. ^ Nogueira, Carlos (27 November 2015). "Da Musgueira ao Benfica em 15 minutos". dn.pt (in Portuguese). Diário de Notícias. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  2. ^ Pimentel, José Nuno (19 December 2015). "UEFA.com's weekly wonderkid: Renato Sanches". UEFA.com. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Feirense-Benfica, 2-2: Golo de Fonseca trama águias". Record. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Renato Sanches chega-se à frente". Record (in Portuguese). 25 August 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Tondela-Benfica, 0–4 (destaques)". Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 30 October 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b "Renato Sanches, a estreia do "8 do presidente"". O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Benfica fight back to progress and eliminate Astana". UEFA.com. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Renato Sanches? Não joga por eu gostar de jogadores com tranças". Mais Futebol (in Portuguese). 30 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Renato Sanches colocou a cereja no bolo de Jonas". Record (in Portuguese). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Renato Sanches é o mais novo do século a marcar na Luz" [Renato Sanches is the youngest of the century to score at Luz]. SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). 5 December 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  11. ^ Ferreira, Bruno José (2 January 2016). "V. Guimarães-Benfica, 0–1 (destaques)" [V. Guimarães-Benfica, 0–1 (highlights)] (in Portuguese). Maisfutebol. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Renato Sanches at FPF". Federação Portuguesa de Futebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Europeu de sub-17: Benfica domina convocatória". Maisfutebol (in Portuguese). 23 April 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Estreia de Renato Sanches e vários regressos nos convocados de Portugal". UEFA (in Portuguese). 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Jovem invadiu o relvado para... abraçar Renato Sanches" [Youngster invaded the pitch to... hug Renato Sanches]. Record (in Portuguese). 25 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  16. ^ Renato Sanches at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  17. ^ "Renato Sanches eleito Melhor Jovem de dezembro" [Renato Sanches elected Best Youngster of December] (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
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