:René Román

{{Infobox football biography

| name = René

| image = René román.jpg

| caption = René with Girona in 2016

| fullname = René Román Hinojo

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = El Bosque, Spain

| height = {{height|m=1.83}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 2002–2006 | clubs1 = Arcos | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2006–2007 | clubs2 = Portuense | caps2 = 15 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2007–2009 | clubs3 = Betis B | caps3 = 48 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2009–2010 | clubs4 = Estepona | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2010–2012 | clubs5 = Cacereño | caps5 = 70 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2012 | clubs6 = Cartagena | caps6 = 1 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2013 | clubs7 = Barakaldo | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2013–2014 | clubs8 = Jaén | caps8 = 33 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2014–2016 | clubs9 = Llagostera | caps9 = 68 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2016–2017 | clubs10 = Girona | caps10 = 21 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2017–2020 | clubs11 = Almería | caps11 = 94 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2020 | clubs12 = → Ponferradina (loan) | caps12 = 15 | goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2020 | clubs13 = Dinamo București | caps13 = 2 | goals13 = 0

| years14 = 2021–2023 | clubs14 = Atlético Baleares | caps14 = 54 | goals14 = 0

| years15 = 2024 | clubs15 = Ibiza | caps15 = 0 | goals15 = 0

| totalcaps = | totalgoals =

| club-update = 15:50, 22 February 2024 (UTC)

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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[http://www.esfutbol.net/espaaa-2adivisian-b/unian-estepona-en-camino-rena-45195 Unión Estepona: en camino René. (Unión Estepona: René on his way)]; esFutbol, 18 August 2009 (in Spanish) and CP Cacereño. In July 2012 he joined fellow third-tier FC Cartagena,[http://nosoloefese.es/not/6653/el_fc_cartagena_ficha_a_campins_y_rene El FC Cartagena ficha a Campins y René (FC Cartagena sign Campins and René)]; No Solo Efesé, 9 July 2012 (in Spanish) being released the following month[http://canalefese.laverdad.es/noticias/2012-08-30/rene-baja-cartagena-20120830.html 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) and remaining a free agent until January 2013, when he moved to Barakaldo CF.[http://www.todomercadoweb.es/mercado-futbolistico/oficial-barakaldo-firma-rene-33563 Oficial: Barakaldo, firma René (Official: Barakaldo, René signs)]; Todo Mercado Web, 28 January 2013 (in Spanish)

On 21 July 2013, René joined Real Jaén, recently promoted to Segunda División.[http://www.marca.com/2013/07/21/futbol/equipos/jaen/1374431733.html 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) 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.[http://www.marca.com/2013/09/11/futbol/copa_rey/1378935520.html El Real Jaén confirma su recuperación ante el Numancia (Jaén confirm recovery against Numancia)]; Marca, 11 September 2013 (in Spanish) He made his league debut on 20 October, in a 1–0 victory over AD Alcorcón also at the Nuevo Estadio de La Victoria.[http://www.marca.com/2013/10/20/futbol/2adivision/1382288911.html Jona aprieta la zona de abajo (Jona puts pressure on relegation zone)]; Marca, 20 October 2013 (in Spanish)

On 16 July 2014, René moved to UE Llagostera also in division two.[http://www.marca.com/2014/07/16/futbol/equipos/llagostera/1405514098.html René Román ficha para reforzar la portería del Llagostera (René Roman signs to bolster Llagostera's goal)]; Marca, 16 July 2014 (in Spanish) On 29 June 2016, after suffering relegation, he joined Girona FC of the same league after agreeing to a two-year deal.[http://www.gironafc.cat/noticia/el-girona-fitxa-el-porter-rene-roman El Girona fitxa el porter René Román (Girona sign goalkeeper René Román)]; Girona FC, 29 June 2016 (in Catalan)

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,[http://www.gironafc.cat/noticia/el-girona-i-rene-arriben-a-un-acord-per-rescindir-el-contracte-que-els-vinculava 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) and signed a two-year contract with UD Almería hours later.[http://www.udalmeriasad.com/noticia/el-almeria-ficha-a-rene-girona-y-fernando-ucam-para-blindar-su-porteria 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)

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.udalmeriasad.com/noticia/rene-y-fernando-renuevan-por-dos-temporadas|title=René y Fernando renuevan por dos temporadas|trans-title=René and Fernando renew for two seasons|publisher=UD Almería|language=es|date=22 May 2019|access-date=22 May 2019}} The following 22 January, however, he was loaned to SD Ponferradina also of the second division for the remainder of the campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.udalmeriasad.com/en/notice/rene-owona-and-chema-leave-ud-almeria|title=René, Owona and Chema leave UD Almería|publisher=UD Almería|date=22 January 2020|access-date=14 February 2020}}

René cut ties with Almería on 11 September 2020.{{cite web|url=http://www.udalmeriasad.com/noticia/rene-llega-a-un-acuerdo-con-el-club-para-rescindir-el-ano-de-contrato-que-le-quedaba|title=René llega a un acuerdo con el club para rescindir el año de contrato que le quedaba|trans-title=René reaches an agreement with the club to rescind the remaining year of contract|publisher=UD Almería|language=es|date=11 September 2020|access-date=12 September 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcdinamo.ro/stiri/c/0/i/49852812/bun-venit-la-dinamo-bucuresti-rene-roman-hinojo|title=Bun venit la Dinamo Bucureşti, René Román Hinojo|trans-title=Welcome to Dinamo Bucharest, René Román Hinojo|publisher=Dinamo București|language=ro|date=7 September 2020|access-date=16 September 2020}} He left in December, due to unpaid wages.{{cite web|url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/rene-hinojo-al-treilea-fotbalist-care-pleaca-de-la-dinamo-din-cauza-problemelor-financiare-au-fost-doar-minciuni-962479|title=Rene Hinojo, al treilea fotbalist care pleacă de la Dinamo din cauza problemelor financiare: "Au fost doar minciuni!"|trans-title=Rene Hinojo, the third footballer to leave Dinamo due to financial problems: "Nothing but lies!"|publisher=Digi Sport|language=ro|date=5 December 2020|access-date=14 January 2021}}