Pena (footballer)

Pena

File:RePena.jpg Pena in action for Porto
Personal information
Full name	Renivaldo Pereira de Jesus
Date of birth	(1974-02-19) 19 February 1974
Place of birth	Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
Height
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994	Serrano-BA
1995–1996	Conquista
1997	Rio Branco
1998	Ceará
1998	Paraguaçuense
1998–1999	Grasshoppers
1999–2000	Palmeiras	12	(1)
2000–2005	Porto	53	(28)
2002–2003	→ Strasbourg (loan)	17	(1)
2003–2004	→ Braga (loan)	26	(7)
2004–2005	→ Marítimo (loan)	25	(8)
2005–2006	Botafogo	0	(0)
2006	Paulista	4	(0)
2007	Confiança
2008	Serrano-BA
2009	Madre de Deus	14	(6)
2010–2011	Serrano-BA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Renivaldo Pereira de Jesus (born 19 February 1974), known as Pena, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a striker.

Football career

Pena was born in Vitória da Conquista, Bahia. After playing in modest clubs in his country he had his first taste of European football in 1998, but only lasted a few months with Grasshopper Club Zürich, moving then to Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras.

In 2000 Pena signed with FC Porto, where he was the top goalscorer in the Primeira Liga in his first season with 22 goals while also adding the Taça de Portugal. After falling out with coach Octávio Machado he was loaned to RC Strasbourg in France, where he failed to settle; two other loans ensued, and the player experienced some success at both S.C. Braga and C.S. Marítimo.

Released by Porto in June 2005, Pena returned to Brazil. After a spell with Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas he saw out his career with modest sides, retiring in 2011 at the age of 37.

External links

• SambaFoot profile
• Pena at footballzz.co.uk
• Pena profile at ForaDeJogo