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Renato Sanches
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Portuguese association football player
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Renato Júnior Luz Sanches is a Portuguese association football player born in Lisbon on August 18, 1997. He plays as a midfielder and represents Portugal in international competition. His career began in 2014, and he has been a member of several teams, including S.L. Benfica B, S.L. Benfica, the Portugal national under-16 football team, and the Portugal national under-17 football team. He has also played for Panathinaikos.
Sanches has competed in the Bundesliga and the Premier League. He wears the sport number 8. He is a recipient of the Alejandro Buceta award. He speaks and writes in Portuguese, which is also his native language. He is known by the name Renato Sanches in his native language.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Panathinaikos
- Position
- Midfielder
- Nationality
- Portugal
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Portugal
- Place of birth
- Lisbon
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Native language
- Portuguese
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Panathinaikos F.C.
- Position played
- midfielder
- League
- Bundesliga
- Country for sport
- Portugal
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- 2019-03-09 Fußball, Männer, 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern München - VfL Wolfsburg StP 2722 by Stepro (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 176
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- date of birth
- 1997-08-18
- Commons category
- Renato Sanches
- birth name
- Renato Júnior Luz Sanches
- start of work period
- 2014-00-00
- name in native language
- Renato Sanches
- sport number
- 8
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026
Renato Júnior Luz Sanches ComM ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɨˈnatu ˈsɐ̃ʃɨʃ]; born 18 August 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek Super League club Panathinaikos, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
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