Renato Sanches
Sanches playing for Bayern Munich in 2016
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| Full name | Renato Júnior Luz Sanches | ||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 August 1997 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Amadora, Portugal | ||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||||||||
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Current team
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Bayern Munich | ||||||||
| Number | 35 | ||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Águias da Musgueira | ||||||||
| 2006–2016 | Benfica | ||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||
| 2014–2016 | Benfica B | 34 | (3) | ||||||
| 2015–2016 | Benfica | 24 | (2) | ||||||
| 2016– | Bayern Munich | 15 | (0) | ||||||
| National team‡ | |||||||||
| 2012 | Portugal U15 | 2 | (0) | ||||||
| 2013 | Portugal U16 | 7 | (1) | ||||||
| 2013 | Portugal U17 | 19 | (4) | ||||||
| 2014– | Portugal U19 | 12 | (3) | ||||||
| 2016– | Portugal | 12 | (1) | ||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:01, 4 April 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
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Renato Júnior Luz Sanches ComM (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɨˈnatu ˈsɐ̃ʃɨʒ]; born 18 August 1997) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Bayern Munich and the Portugal national team.
He began his career at Benfica, making his professional debut for the reserves in October 2014 and for the first team in October 2015. In his only season for them, the team won the Primeira Liga and Taça da Liga. He then agreed a move to Bayern Munich for an initial €35 million, the then highest fee for a Portuguese player leaving the domestic league.
Sanches won 40 caps and scored 8 goals for Portugal at youth level. He made his full international debut in March 2016 and was chosen for UEFA Euro 2016 in France, at the age of 18, making him the youngest Portuguese to play in an international tournament, and the youngest player to win a Euro 2016 Final. He scored one goal during the competition and won the Young Player of the Tournament as Portugal captured the title for the first time in their history. He was the recipient of the 2016 Golden Boy Award.
Sanches was born in the Hospital Amadora-Sintra in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, to a father also named Renato Sanches from São Tomé and Príncipe, and a mother named Maria das Dores from Cape Verde. Nicknamed Bulo by his grandmother, he grew up in the impoverished Lisbon neighbourhood of Musgueira. His parents split up months after his birth, and his father moved to work in France; Sanches' birth was not registered until his father returned in 2002 and the parents had him baptised. He was registered on 22 August 2002 with the birthdate of 3:25 p.m. on 18 August 1997.
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