Rúben Flávio Santos das Neves (born 12 May 1991) is a Portuguese

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for C.D.C. Montalegre as a

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Club career

Born in

São João da Madeira São João da Madeira (), is a city and a List of municipalities of Portugal, municipality in northwestern region of the Portugal, Portuguese Norte Region, Portugal, Norte region. It's part of the larger Porto Metropolitan Area, located 30 k ...

, Neves came through the ranks of hometown club A.D. Sanjoanense and made his senior debut with the team in the

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in 2009–10, in which his team was relegated. In 2012, he moved to

C.D. Cinfães Clube Desportivo de Cinfães is a Portuguese sports club from Cinfães, Viseu District. The men's football team played on the third tier until being relegated from the 2018–19 Campeonato de Portugal, and plays regularly in the Taça de Portug ...

, helping them to second place in the third tier in his only season. Afterwards, Neves enjoyed two campaigns as a professional with

C.D. Aves Clube Desportivo das Aves (), commonly known as Desportivo das Aves, or simply as Aves, is a Portuguese professional football club based in Vila das Aves, Santo Tirso. The club was founded on 12 November 1930 and plays at the Estádio do Clube ...

in the Segunda Liga. He played his first match in the competition on 11 August 2013 in a 0–2 home loss against

C.F. União Clube de Futebol União, commonly known as União or União da Madeira, was a Portuguese association football, football club based in Funchal, Madeira, notable for its six appearances in the Portuguese top-flight Primeira Liga, between the 1989� ...

where he featured the 90 minutes, and scored his first goal the following weekend, helping the visitors to a 1–1 draw at

U.D. Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football team currently plays at the Es ...

. Neves dropped back to division three in the summer of 2015, by returning to Sanjoanense. He spent the rest of his career at that level, with

S.C. Salgueiros Sport Comércio e Salgueiros (), commonly known as simply Salgueiros, is a Portuguese multi-sports club from the city of Porto, in the northern region of the country. Founded on 8 December 1911, in the parish of Paranhos, it is mostly known f ...

S.C. Freamunde Sport Clube Freamunde is a Portuguese Association football, football club based in Freamunde, Paços de Ferreira. Founded on 19 March 1933, it currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal (league), Campeonato de Portugal, holding home matches at ...

, Cinfães again,

F.C. Felgueiras 1932 Futebol Club de Felgueiras 1932 is an association football club based in Felgueiras, Porto District, Portugal founded in 2006 after F.C. Felgueiras ended in 2005 due to financial problems. They got promoted to play in the Liga 3 (Portugal), Li ...

and C.D.C. Montalegre.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Neves, Ruben 1991 births Living people People from São João da Madeira Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Aveiro District Men's association football midfielders Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Liga 3 (Portugal) players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players A.D. Sanjoanense players C.D. Cinfães players C.D. Aves players S.C. Salgueiros players S.C. Freamunde players F.C. Felgueiras 1932 players C.D.C. Montalegre players