Renato Henrique Ferreira Silvestre da Silva (born 10 October 1993), known as Renato Henrique, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for América-PE.
He began his career at Náutico, where he played in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. He won the Campeonato Pernambucano with Salgueiro in 2020, the first time the title was taken out of the state capital Recife. In the 2022 edition, with Retrô, he was the top scorer with seven goals for the runners-up.
Born in Recife in the state of Pernambuco, Renato Henrique began his career at hometown club Naútico, after having been loaned to Palmeiras as a youth. Following moves to Boa and Guarani-SP, he signed for Desportivo Brasil in the Campeonato Paulista Série A3 for 2018.[1]
Renato Henrique returned to his home state in 2019, signing for Salgueiro. He was loaned to Decisão for most of the year, where he won the Campeonato Pernambucano Série A2.[2] In 2020, he helped Salgueiro to the Campeonato Pernambucano, the first team from outside the state capital Recife to win the title;[3] he added eight goals in the year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série D to the three he had scored in the state league.[4]
In January 2021, Renato Henrique moved to Hercílio Luz in the Campeonato Catarinense.[4] He spent the second half of the year between Jacuipense of Campeonato Brasileiro Série C and Castanhal in Série D.[5]
Renato Henrique signed for Retrô in 2022. His team reached the final of the year's Campeonato Pernambucano before losing on penalties to Naútico;[6] had he won, he would have become the first player to win the title twice with teams apart from the Recife-based trio of Naútico, Sport and Santa Cruz since the players of Tramways Sport Club in 1936 and 1937.[3] He was also the tournament's top scorer with seven goals.[7] In July, he suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury of the right knee while playing in the national Série D against Globo-RN and was ruled out for eight months.[6]
In October 2023, Renato Henrique renewed his contract with Retrô, while on loan at Vera Cruz in the Campeonato Pernambucano Série A2.[8] In the same month, he scored five goals in a 9–1 win over 1º de Maio; he had previously scored four for Decisão against Vera Cruz in the second tier in 2019.[9]
Decisão
Salgueiro
Retrô
América-PE
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