Renato Neto
Brazilian footballer
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Renato Cardoso Porto Neto (born 27 September 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club KSC Blankenberge.
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Neto with Gent in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Renato Cardoso Porto Neto[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 1991[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Camacan, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Blankenberge | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Catarinense | ||
| 2007–2010 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2014 | Sporting CP | 8 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | → Cercle Brugge (loan) | 54 | (5) |
| 2012 | → Videoton (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | → Gent (loan) | 51 | (2) |
| 2014–2019 | Gent | 94 | (14) |
| 2019–2020 | Oostende | 10 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Deinze | 14 | (0) |
| 2022 | Sirens | 10 | (1) |
| 2023– | Blankenberge | 25 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:53, 15 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
After starting out at Sporting CP, he went on to play professionally in Belgium, Hungary and Malta, notably winning the 2014–15 Belgian Pro League with Gent while totalling 181 appearances.[2]
Club career
Sporting CP
Born in Camacan, Bahia, Neto started his career with Academia Catarinense de Futebol, a small club based in Santa Catarina where he was spotted by Sporting CP at the age of 16,[3][4] going on to be part of the latter's junior teams that won three national championships in a row.[5]
Neto made his debut for the Lions' main squad on 24 May 2009, featuring four minutes in a 3–1 home win over C.D. Nacional after replacing his compatriot Derlei.[6] His second Primeira Liga appearance came one year later, against Leixões SC (one minute played).[7]
After graduating from Sporting's academy, Neto was loaned to Cercle Brugge K.S.V. in Belgium alongside teammate Nuno Reis.[8] In his only full season in the Pro League, he scored four goals in 36 matches (32 starts) as the side finished in ninth position.[9]
In late December 2011, as Sporting were facing an injury crisis in midfield, Neto was recalled by the club's manager Domingos Paciência.[10][11] He scored his only league goal on 22 April 2012, in the 3–2 victory at C.D. Nacional where he was replaced at half-time by Stijn Schaars.[12]
Neto was loaned again in summer 2012, now to Hungary's Videoton FC.[13] He left for K.A.A. Gent in the following transfer window, also on loan.[14][15]
Gent
Gent acquired Neto on a permanent basis for the 2014–15 campaign.[16] On 21 May 2015, through a penalty kick, he was one of two players on target as his team defeated Standard Liège 2–0 at home to be crowned champions for the first time in their history.[17]
Neto nearly completed a transfer to newly-promoted Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion in 2017, but failed a medical.[18] He missed the entire 2017–18 due to a serious knee injury.[19][20]
Later career
On 20 May 2019, Neto joined K.V. Oostende on a one-year contract.[21] He then represented in quick succession K.M.S.K. Deinze (Belgian Challenger Pro League),[22][23] Sirens F.C. (Maltese Premier League)[24] and KSC Blankenberge,[25] achieving promotion with the amateurs to the Belgian Division 3 in 2023.[26]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP | 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009–10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011–12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
| Total | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
| Cercle Brugge | 2010–11 | 28 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 45 | 5 |
| 2011–12 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| Total | 46 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 64 | 6 | |
| Videoton | 2012–13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| Gent | 2012–13 (loan) | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 2013–14 (loan) | 28 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 39 | 4 | |
| 2014–15 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 7 | |
| 2015–16 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 49 | 3 | |
| 2016–17 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 7 | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 110 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 36 | 4 | 181 | 21 | |
| Career totals | 178 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 44 | 4 | 282 | 30 | |
