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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Neves and the second or paternal family name is Augusto.
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Thiago Neves
Thiago Neves Augusto.jpg
Thiago playing for Al-Hilal in 2010
Personal information
Full name Thiago Neves Augusto
Date of birth (1985-02-27) 27 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil
Height 1.80 m
Playing position 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)
National team
2008 Brazil U-23 7 (3)
2008–2012 Brazil 7 (0)
Honours
Representing  Brazil
Men's Football
Bronze 2008 Beijing Team Competition
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2021.
† Appearances (Goals).

Thiago Neves Augusto (born 27 February 1985), known as Thiago Neves, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays 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".

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. 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.

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

Thiago Neves na Seleçao
Neves with Brazil.

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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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

Appearances and goals by national team and year
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

  • Campeonato Gaúcho: 2020

Brazil

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

See also

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