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 as coach
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.