Spanish footballer
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Román and the second or maternal family name is
Hinojo .
René Román Hinojo (born 15 December 1983), known simply as René , is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper .
Club career
Born in El Bosque, Cádiz , René made his senior debut with local Arcos CF in the 2002–03 season. He first arrived in the Segunda División B in the summer of 2006, signing for Racing Club Portuense .
In the following years, René continued competing in the third division and his native Andalusia , representing Betis Deportivo Balompié (being named to the first team 's substitutes bench on three occasions), Unión Estepona CF [ 1] and CP Cacereño . In July 2012 he joined fellow third-tier FC Cartagena ,[ 2] being released the following month[ 3] and remaining a free agent until January 2013, when he moved to Barakaldo CF .[ 4]
On 21 July 2013, René joined Real Jaén , recently promoted to Segunda División .[ 5] On 11 September, aged 29, he appeared in his first professional match, a 1–0 home win against CD Numancia in the second round of the Copa del Rey .[ 6] He made his league debut on 20 October, in a 1–0 victory over AD Alcorcón also at the Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria .[ 7]
On 16 July 2014, René moved to UE Llagostera also in division two.[ 8] On 29 June 2016, after suffering relegation , he joined Girona FC of the same league after agreeing to a two-year deal.[ 9]
René contributed 21 appearances during the season , sharing starting duties with Yassine Bounou as the Catalan club achieved promotion to La Liga for the first time ever. He left on 5 July 2017,[ 10] and signed a two-year contract with UD Almería hours later.[ 11]
On 22 May 2019, having been an undisputed first choice, René renewed his contract at the Estadio de los Juegos Mediterráneos for a further two years.[ 12] The following 22 January, however, he was loaned to SD Ponferradina also of the second division for the remainder of the campaign .[ 13]
René cut ties with Almería on 11 September 2020.[ 14] The 36-year-old moved abroad for the first time in his career later that month, agreeing to a two-year deal at Romania's FC Dinamo București .[ 15] He left in December, due to unpaid wages.[ 16]
References
^ Unión Estepona: en camino René. (Unión Estepona: René on his way) ; esFutbol, 18 August 2009 (in Spanish)
^ El FC Cartagena ficha a Campins y René (FC Cartagena sign Campins and René) ; No Solo Efesé, 9 July 2012 (in Spanish)
^ René deja de ser portero del Cartagena tras ser fichado este mismo verano (René is no longer a Cartagena goalkeeper after being signed the same summer) ; La Verdad , 30 August 2012 (in Spanish)
^ Oficial: Barakaldo, firma René (Official: Barakaldo, René signs) ; Todo Mercado Web, 28 January 2013 (in Spanish)
^ Rene Román y José Manuel Cruz refuerzan al Real Jaén (Rene Román and José Manuel Cruz bolster Real Jaén) ; Marca , 21 July 2013 (in Spanish)
^ El Real Jaén confirma su recuperación ante el Numancia (Jaén confirm recovery against Numancia) ; Marca, 11 September 2013 (in Spanish)
^ Jona aprieta la zona de abajo (Jona puts pressure on relegation zone) ; Marca, 20 October 2013 (in Spanish)
^ René Román ficha para reforzar la portería del Llagostera (René Roman signs to bolster Llagostera's goal) ; Marca, 16 July 2014 (in Spanish)
^ El Girona fitxa el porter René Román (Girona sign goalkeeper René Román) ; Girona FC, 29 June 2016 (in Catalan)
^ El Girona i René arriben a un acord per rescindir el contracte que els vinculava (Girona and René reach an agreement to terminate the contract which linked them) ; Girona FC, 5 July 2017 (in Catalan)
^ El Almería ficha a René (Girona) y Fernando (UCAM) para blindar su portería (Almería sign René (Girona) and Fernando (UCAM) to complete their goal) ; UD Almería, 5 July 2017 (in Spanish)
^ "René y Fernando renuevan por dos temporadas" [René and Fernando renew for two seasons] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019 .
^ "René, Owona and Chema leave UD Almería" . UD Almería. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020 .
^ "René llega a un acuerdo con el club para rescindir el año de contrato que le quedaba" [René reaches an agreement with the club to rescind the remaining year of contract] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2020 .
^ "Bun venit la Dinamo Bucureşti, René Román Hinojo" [Welcome to Dinamo Bucharest, René Román Hinojo] (in Romanian). Dinamo București. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020 .
^ "Rene Hinojo, al treilea fotbalist care pleacă de la Dinamo din cauza problemelor financiare: "Au fost doar minciuni!" " [Rene Hinojo, the third footballer to leave Dinamo due to financial problems: "Nothing but lies!"] (in Romanian). Digi Sport . 5 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021 .
External links
René at BDFutbol
René at Futbolme (in Spanish)
René at Soccerway