Thiago Neves

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Neves and the second or paternal family name is Augusto.

Thiago Neves
Thiago playing for Al-Hilal in 2010
Personal information
Full name Thiago Neves Augusto
Date of birth (1985-02-27) 27 February 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Paraná 29 (3)
2006 → Vegalta Sendai (loan) 35 (8)
2007 → Fluminense (loan) 33 (12)
2008 Fluminense 5 (1)
2008 Hamburger SV 6 (0)
2009–2011 Al-Hilal 31 (17)
2009 → Fluminense (loan) 7 (0)
2011 → Flamengo (loan) 33 (12)
2012–2013 Fluminense 31 (5)
2013–2015 Al-Hilal 42 (23)
2015–2016 Al-Jazira 27 (8)
2017–2019 Cruzeiro 152 (41)
2020 Grêmio 14 (1)
2020–2021 Sport Recife 33 (8)
International career
2008 Brazil U-23 7 (3)
2008–2012 Brazil 7 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team Competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thiago Neves Augusto (born 27 February 1985), known as Thiago Neves, is a Brazilian former professional footballer[1] who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Thiago Neves was born in Curitiba. Playing for Fluminense in 2008, he scored a hat-trick in the home leg of the Copa Libertadores final – Thiago Neves had by then already scored once in the away leg (in Ecuador) — (during the 2008 Copa Libertadores) but ending up on the losing side, as Fluminense drew 5–5 on aggregate with LDU de Quito and were eventually downed in the penalty shootout. Neves was one of the players who missed a penalty.

On 30 August 2008, it was announced that Thiago Neves joined Hamburger SV player and was seen as the ideal replacement for the outgoing Rafael van der Vaart. Fluminense received 30% of the profit of R$ 3,502 thousand and rest of them belonged to a third party owner, "D.I.S Esporte e Organização de Eventos LTDA".[2]

He left the club on 31 January 2009 and joined Al-Hilal for €7 million.[citation needed] Neves scored a hat-trick against the rival team Al-Ittihad which shaped their historic 5–0 victory. In 2012, he signed for Fluminense for the exact fee he was sold and at the end of that season he was crowd champion in Brazil for his new club.[3] In July 2013 he was sold back to Al-Hilal for €6 million.

After four years in the Middle East, Neves returned to Brazil in 2011, being joined by Flamengo in January.[4]

On 5 January 2017 Cruzeiro agrees to hire Thiago until 2019.[5]

On 27 January 2020, after leaving Cruzeiro, Thiago agrees with Grêmio,[6] but after fourteen matches he has his contract terminated by the board.[7]

On 19 September 2020 Thiago is announced with Sport Recife[8],but after a year his contract was terminated.[9]

International career

Thiago Neves with Brazil.

Thiago Neves made his international debut in a friendly match against Sweden on 26 March 2008. Later that year, he was called up to the Brazil U23 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the Group C match, he scored two goals in the win over China PR national under-23 football team, 3–0. Brazil finished third.[citation needed]

Thiago Neves was placed in the preliminary squad list for the 2011 Copa América by Mano Menezes, but later missed out on a place in the final list for the tournament. He was also called for the 2011 and 2012 editions of the Superclásico de las Américas.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[10][11]
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Paraná 2005 Série A 29 3 29 3
Vegalta Sendai (loan) 2006 J2 League 35 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 36 8
Fluminense (loan) 2007 Série A 33 12 9 2 42 14
Fluminense 2008 5 1 13 7 18 8
Hamburger SV 2008–09 Bundesliga 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 9 0
Fluminense (loan) 2009 Série A 7 0 4 2 12 5 0 0 23 7
Al-Hilal 2009–10 Saudi Pro League 20 11 4 1 2 2 6 2 32 16
2010–11 11 6 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 6
Total 31 17 4 1 2 2 9 2 46 22
Flamengo (loan) 2011 Série A 33 12 6 2 16 7 2 0 57 21
Fluminense 2012 29 5 0 0 11 4 9 0 49 9
2013 2 0 0 0 8 2 6 0 16 2
Total 31 5 0 0 19 6 15 0 65 11
Al Hilal 2013–14 Saudi Pro League 22 13 3 1 1 0 5 3 31 17
2014–15 20 10 4 3 4 5 13 2 41 20
Total 42 23 7 4 5 5 18 5 72 37
Al-Jazira 2015–16 UAE Pro League 25 8 5 3 — — 7 0 37 11
2016–17 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 2
Total 27 8 7 4 1 1 7 0 42 13
Cruzeiro 2017 Série A 33 11 13 2 9 2 2 2 57 17
2018 24 3 7 2 12 5 10 5 53 15
2019 28 6 4 3 5 0 4 0 41 9
Total 85 20 24 7 26 7 16 7 153 41
Grêmio 2020 Série A 5 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 14 1
Sport Recife 2020 Série A 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 6
2021 14 1 3 0 4 1 0 0 21 2
Total 39 7 3 0 4 1 0 0 47 8
Career total 436 107 71 26 100 33 87 21 689 191

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[12]
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 2008 1 0
2009 0 0
2010 0 0
2011 1 0
2012 5 0
Total 7 0

Honours

Fluminense

Al-Hilal

Flamengo

Cruzeiro

Grêmio

Brazil

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Tiago Neves" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Fluminense Football Club" (in Portuguese). fluminense.com.br. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. ^ Prudente, Por Edgard Maciel de Sá e Richard Souza Presidente; SP. "Thiago Neves comemora o tetra: 'Eu devia esse título ao Fluminense'". globoesporte.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Fla supera as barreiras e anuncia Thiago Neves nesta terça" (in Portuguese). GloboEsporte.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
  5. ^ Horizonte, Por Marco Antônio AstoniBelo. "Agora é oficial! Cruzeiro confirma contratação do meia Thiago Neves". globoesporte.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Oficial: Grêmio anuncia contratação do meia Thiago Neves por uma temporada". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Grêmio rescinde o contrato do meia Thiago Neves depois de 14 jogos - Gazeta Esportiva". www.gazetaesportiva.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Thiago Neves é apresentado no Sport e se declara: 'Maior do Nordeste'". TNT Sports (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Sport anuncia rescisão do contrato de Thiago Neves, que fica livre no mercado". ESPN.com (in Portuguese). 20 September 2021. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Thiago Neves". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  11. ^ "Thiago Neves". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2010–2011". rsssfbrasil.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  13. ^ "Corinthians domina seleção do Brasileiro e tem quatro jogadores entre os melhores" [Corinthians dominate Brasileiro's Team of the Year and have four players amongst the best] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2017. Brought the last 3 teams he played to the second division.
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