Kanela

Kanela

Kanela in 1963
Personal information
Born	(1906-05-22)22 May 1906 Parahyba do Norte, Paraíba, Brazil
Died	12 December 1992(1992-12-12) (aged 86) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position	Head coach
Coaching career	1929–1971
Career history
As coach:
1929–1936	Botafogo F.R.
1933–1947	Botafogo F.R. Basquete
1948–1949	C.R. Flamengo
1948–1970	C.R. Flamengo Basquete
1951, 1954, 1957–1963, 1967, 1970–1971	Brazil
1971–1972	S.E. Palmeiras
1973–1974	Vila Nova
Career highlights and awards
As a head coach: South American Club champion (1953) Brazilian champion (1973) São Paulo State champion (1972) 20× Rio de Janeiro State champion (1939, 1942–1945, 1947–1949, 1951–1960, 1962, 1964)
FIBA Hall of Fame
Medals Men's Basketball Representing  Brazil Summer Olympic Games 1960 Rome FIBA World Cup 1954 Rio de Janeiro 1959 Santiogo de Chile 1963 Rio de Janeiro 1967 Montevideo 1970 Ljubljana Pan American Games 1951 Argentina 1959 USA 1963 Brazil FIBA South American Championship 1958 Chile 1960 Argentina 1961 Brazil 1963 Peru 1971 Uruguay

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.

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).

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.

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).

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.

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

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