| Fernando Genro | |
| Fullname: | Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina |
| Birth Date: | 22 January 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthyears1: | 1998–2008 |
| Youthclubs1: | Grêmio |
| Years1: | 2009 |
| Clubs1: | Cerâmica |
| Years2: | 2010 |
| Years3: | 2010 |
| Clubs3: | Puertollano |
| Years4: | 2010 |
| Caps4: | 11 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2011 |
| Clubs5: | Canoas |
| Nationalteam1: | Brazil U15 |
Fernando Marcel Genro Robaina (born 22 January 1988) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward.
Genro was born in Porto Alegre to lawyer and politician Luciana Genro, who ran for president of Brazil in 2014, and Roberto Robaína, who is also a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party.[1] His parents divorced while he was still a young child.[1] He is the grandson of Tarso Genro, a former leader of the Workers' Party in Brazil.[1]
Genro was introduced to football through his paternal grandmother, who enrolled him in his first futsal school.[1] He joined the youth academy of Grêmio, spending ten years before quitting the club in 2008 to begin practicing politics.[2]
He returned to football in 2009, signing with Cerâmica, who were then playing in the Campeonato Gaúcho Segunda Divisão, the second tier of football in Rio Grande do Sul.[3] He had a brief spell with Guarani de Venâncio Aires in early 2010, before moving to Spain to join lower-league side Puertollano.[3]
He ended 2010 with Ferroviário, where he scored four goals in eleven Campeonato Cearense appearances.[3] Ahead of the 2011 season, he signed for Campeonato Gaúcho side Canoas.[3] [4]
Genro represented Brazil at under-15 level.[1]
Having struggled with the hardline attitude of his coach at Canoas, Genro decided to leave football after one season at the club.[1] [3] He had already signed up to become a member of the Socialism and Liberty Party while playing football, and he began to study law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul.[1] [3] Having graduated in 2017, he worked at the Criminal Execution Court, as an advisor to a judge.[3]
In 2017, following a request by Genro, Brazilian YouTuber Arthur do Val was told to remove a video he had uploaded on the Mamãefalei channel - linked to the Movimento Brasil Livre - in which he criticised Luciana Genro and her family, including accusing Fernando of embezzling R$30,000.[5] In September 2022, do Val was ordered to pay Genro R$30,000 in compensation for fake news relating to the accusation in 2017.[6]
Genro is a licensed lawyer.[6]