 Thiago playing for Al-Hilal in 2010 | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Thiago Neves Augusto | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1985 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | 33 | (8) | |||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Brazil U-23 | 7 | (3) | |||||||||||
| 2008–2012 | Brazil | 7 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2021 | ||||||||||||||
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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. 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
He 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.
He 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
| 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 | Professional 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 | Professional 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 | 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 | 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
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2008 | 1 | 0 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | |
Honours
Fluminense
Al-Hilal
- Saudi Premier League: 2009, 2010
- Crown Prince Cup: 2010
- Kings Cup: 2015
Flamengo
- Taça Guanabara: 2011
- Taça Rio: 2011
- Campeonato Carioca: 2011
Cruzeiro
- Copa do Brasil: 2017, 2018
- Campeonato Mineiro: 2018, 2019
Grêmio
Brazil
- 2008 Summer Olympics: Bronze medal winner
- Superclásico de las Américas: 2012
Individual
- Bola de Prata: 2007, 2017
- Bola de Ouro: 2007
- Best Player of Campeonato Paranaense Under-20: 2004
- Saudi Professional League Player of the Round: Round 11
- 2011 Campeonato Carioca Best Attacking Midfielder
- 2011 Campeonato Carioca Best Player (People's Choice)
- 2011 Campeonato Carioca Best Player
- Campeonato Brasileiro Team of the year: 2017[13]
References
- ↑ "Tiago Neves" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
- ↑ "Fluminense Football Club" (in Portuguese). fluminense.com.br. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Thiago Neves". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ↑ "Thiago Neves". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
- ↑ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 2010–2011". rsssfbrasil.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Thiago Neves at National-Football-Teams.com
- Thiago Neves at kicker (in German)
- Football Lineups Profile
- Thiago Neves at Soccerway
- Thiago Neves at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)
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