Cláudia Teresa Pires Neto (born 18 April 1988) is a

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who plays as a

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for

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of the Italian Serie A.

Club career

Neto started playing

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with UAC Lagos. In 2008, she turned to association football and signed for Prainsa Zaragoza in Spain's Superliga. Five years later she moved to

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, where she played just one season. Neto moved to Sweden and signed with Linköpings FC in 2014.

International career

Neto served as captain of the Portuguese national team, helping guide the team to the 2017 UEFA Women's European Championships. She retired from international football in September 2021 having scored 19 goals in 135

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since her debut in March 2006.

Honours

Damallsvenskan The Damallsvenskan, Swedish for ''ladies all-Swedish'' and also known as OBOS Damallsvenskan for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Sweden. It is also referred to as the women's Allsvenskan. The term Allsvenskan ...

: Winner (2)

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: Winner (2) 2013–14, 2014–15

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* * * * * 1988 births Living people Portuguese women's footballers Portugal women's international footballers Portuguese expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Damallsvenskan players Linköpings FC players Primera División (women) players RCD Espanyol Femenino players VfL Wolfsburg (women) players Zaragoza CFF players People from Portimão Women's association football midfielders FIFA Century Club Fiorentina Women's F.C. players Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Serie A (women's football) players Frauen-Bundesliga players Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Sportspeople from Faro District UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Portugal-women-footy-bio-stub