Kanela Explained

Kanela
Birth Date:22 May 1906
Birth Place:Parahyba do Norte, Paraíba, Brazil
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Career Position:Head coach
Coach Start:1929
Coach End:1971
Cyears1:1929–1936
Cteam1:Botafogo F.R.
Cyears2:1933–1947
Cteam2:Botafogo F.R. Basquete
Cyears3:1948–1949
Cteam3:C.R. Flamengo
Cyears4:1948–1970
Cteam4:C.R. Flamengo Basquete
Cyears5:1951, 1954, 1957–1963, 1967, 1970–1971
Cteam5:Brazil
Cyears6:1971–1972
Cteam6:S.E. Palmeiras
Cyears7:1973–1974
Cteam7:Vila Nova
Highlights:As a head coach:
Fiba Hof Coach:Togo-Renan-Soares

Togo Renan Soares, also commonly known as Kanela (22 May 1906 – 12 December 1992) was a Brazilian professional basketball coach, football coach, water polo coach, and rowing coach. He was born in Parahyba do Norte (present-day João Pessoa), Brazil. The gymnasium Gávea, is named after him. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.

Club football managerial career

Kanela was the head coach of the Brazilian football club Botafogo F.R., (1929–1936). He was also the Brazilian football club C.R. Flamengo's head coach, (1948–49).

Club basketball coaching career

Kanela began his basketball coaching career as the head coach of the Brazilian club Botafogo F.R. Basquete. With Botafoga, he won 6 Rio de Janeiro State Championships. He was next the head coach of the Brazilian club C.R. Flamengo Basquete, (1948–1970). He led Flamengo to 14 Rio de Janeiro State Championships, including 10 in a row, between 1951 and 1960. With Flamengo, he also won the South American Club Championship, in 1953.

His next club was S.E. Palmeiras, with which he won the São Paulo State Championship in 1972. He ended his club coaching career with Vila Nova, with which he won the Brazilian Championship, in 1973.

National basketball team coaching career

Kanela also coached the senior Brazilian national basketball team. He led them to two gold medals at the FIBA World Cup, in 1959 (beating the USSR in the final game) and 1963 (beating the USA in the final game). He also led them to the following medals: silver medals at the 1954 FIBA World Cup and 1970 FIBA World Cup, a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at the 1967 FIBA World Cup, a silver medal at the 1963 Pan American Games, bronze medals at the 1951 Pan American Games and 1959 Pan American Games, and to five gold medals at the FIBA South American Championship (1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1971).

Coaching career in other sports

In addition to coaching in the sports of football and basketball, Kanela also worked as a water polo coach and a rowing coach, with Botafogo F.R.

Personal

Kanela died in Rio de Janeiro, in 1992, at age 86.

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