Thiago Neves Augusto (born 27 February 1985), known as Thiago Neves, is a Brazilian professional association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Thiago Neves was born in Curitiba. Playing for Fluminense FC, 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 Brazilian real, R$ 3,502 thousand and rest of them belonged to a third party owner, "DIS Esporte, D.I.S Esporte e Organização de Eventos LTDA". He left the club on 31 January 2009 and joined Al-Hilal FC, Al-Hilal for €7 million. Neves scored a hat-trick against the rival team Al-Ittihad (Jeddah), 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. 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 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Flamengo 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 Sweden national football team, Sweden on 26 March 2008. Later that year, he was called up to the Brazil Olympic football team, Brazil U23 team for the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 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 Superclásico de las Américas, 2011 and 2012 Superclásico de las Américas, 2012 editions of the Superclásico de las Américas.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Fluminense *Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Série A: 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, 2012 *Copa do Brasil: Copa do Brasil 2007, 2007 *Taça Guanabara: 2012 *Campeonato Carioca: 2012 Campeonato Carioca, 2012 Al-Hilal *Saudi Premier League: 2009–10 Saudi Professional League, 2009, 2010–11 Saudi Professional League, 2010 *Crown Prince Cup: 2010 *Kings Cup (Saudi Arabia), Kings Cup: 2015 Flamengo *Taça Guanabara: 2011 *Taça Rio: 2011 *Campeonato Carioca: 2011 Campeonato Carioca, 2011 Cruzeiro *Copa do Brasil: 2017 Copa do Brasil, 2017, 2018 Copa do Brasil, 2018 *Campeonato Mineiro: 2018 Campeonato Mineiro, 2018, 2019 Campeonato Mineiro, 2019 Grêmio *Campeonato Gaúcho: 2020 Campeonato Gaúcho, 2020 Brazil *2008 Summer Olympics: Bronze medal winner *Superclásico de las Américas: 2012 Superclásico de las Américas, 2012 Individual *Bola de Ouro, 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 *Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão, Campeonato Brasileiro Team of the year: 2017 Brought the last 3 teams he played to the second division.

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