Renato Gaúcho

Renato Gaúcho
Personal information
Full name Renato Portaluppi
Date of birth (1962-09-09) 9 September 1962
Place of birth Guaporé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Fluminense (head coach)
Youth career
1978–1979 Esportivo
1980–1981 Grêmio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1986 Grêmio 146 (45)
1987–1988 Flamengo 54 (9)
1988–1989 Roma 23 (0)
1989–1990 Flamengo 45 (14)
1991–1992 Botafogo 44 (17)
1991Grêmio (loan) 15 (1)
1992 Cruzeiro 9 (11)
1993 Flamengo 18 (8)
1994 Atlético Mineiro 32 (6)
1995–1997 Fluminense 59 (24)
1997–1998 Flamengo 20 (5)
1999 Bangu 2 (0)
Total 467 (142)
International career
1983–1993 Brazil 41 (5)
Managerial career
1996 Fluminense (interim)
1996 Fluminense (interim)
2001 Madureira
2002–2003 Fluminense
2003 Fluminense
2005–2007 Vasco da Gama
2007–2008 Fluminense
2008 Vasco da Gama
2009 Fluminense
2010 Bahia
2010–2011 Grêmio
2011 Atlético Paranaense
2013 Grêmio
2014 Fluminense
2016–2021 Grêmio
2021 Flamengo
2022–2024 Grêmio
2025– Fluminense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Renato Portaluppi (born 9 September 1962), known as Renato Gaúcho, is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Fluminense.

Formerly a right winger, Renato is known for his wins at the Intercontinental Cup in 1983 as a player for Grêmio, his two Copa Libertadores one as Grêmio player in 1983 and one in 2017 as Grêmio coach, his 1989 Copa América as player for Brazil, and mainly being known for "Rei Do Rio" (King of Rio de Janeiro). When in the heat of Brazilian national soccer, he won the Campeonato Carioca of 1995 and won the prize given by the press for being the MVP in the championship and giving the title to Fluminense when beating some of the best Brazilian players of all time, Romário (Flamengo), Túlio Maravilha (Botafogo), Valdir Bigode (Vasco).