Thiago Neves Augusto (born 27 February 1985), known as Thiago Neves, is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as an

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Club career

Thiago Neves was born in

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. Playing for

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in 2008, he scored a

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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

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) 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

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. 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". He left the club on 31 January 2009 and joined Al-Hilal for €7 million. Neves scored a hat-trick against the rival team

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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. 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

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in January. On 5 January 2017 Cruzeiro agrees to hire Thiago until 2019. On 27 January 2020, after leaving Cruzeiro, Thiago agrees with Grêmio, but after fourteen matches he has his contract terminated by the board. On 19 September 2020 Thiago is announced with Sport Recife,but after a year his contract was terminated.

International career

He made his international debut in a friendly match against

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on 26 March 2008. Later that year, he was called up to the Brazil U23 team for the

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. At the

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match, he scored two goals in the win over

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, 3–0. Brazil finished third. He was placed in the preliminary squad list for the

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, but later missed out on a place in the final list for the tournament. He was also called for the

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and

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editions of the Superclásico de las Américas.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Fluminense * Série A:

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: 2012 *

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Al-Hilal *

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: 2010 *

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: 2015 Flamengo *

: 2011 *

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: 2011 *

Cruzeiro *Copa do Brasil:

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Grêmio *

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Brazil *

: Bronze medal winner * Superclásico de las Américas:

Individual * Bola de Prata: 2007, 2017 *

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: 2007 *Best Player of Campeonato Paranaense Under-20: 2004 *

Saudi Professional League The Saudi Pro League (SPL for short) ( ar, دوري المحترفين السعودي, link=no, ''Dawriyy al-Muḥtarifayni as-Suʿūdī''), known as the Roshn Saudi League (RSL for short) for sponsorship reasons, is the top division of associat ...

Player of the Round: Round 11 *

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Best Attacking Midfielder *

Best Player (People's Choice) *

Best Player * Campeonato Brasileiro Team of the year: 2017 Brought the last 3 teams he played to the second division.

References

External links

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