Fernando Genro
Brazilian footballer (born 1988)
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Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina (born 22 January 1988) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 January 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil[1] | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
Early life
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
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
Genro represented Brazil at under-15 level.[2]
Post-football career
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
| 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 | ||
- Appearances in the Campeonato Cearense