Brazil player fined for not shaking coach’s hand

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associated Press
Publication Date: 
Tue, 2011-04-19 13:30

Guangzhou Hengda said Tuesday that Renato was punished because he did not shake hands with his coach or show his thanks to the fans after he was substituted in a 2-2 draw with Beijing Guo’an on Sunday.
It said euro14,000 ($20,000) would be deducted from Rentao’s salary and he would be fined another euro32,000 ($46,000).
The team said Renato was also suspended for at least three matches.
Hengda brought Renato to China from the Brazilian club Botafogo on a four-year deal worth euro1.75 million ($2.25 million).

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