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Rúben Neves

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Rúben Neves
Neves in 2017
Personal information
Full name Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves[1]
Date of birth (1997-03-13) 13 March 1997 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Mozelos, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[3]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder[4]
Team information
Current team
 Al Hilal
Number 8
Youth career
2005–2014 Porto
2012–2013 → Padroense (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Porto 59 (3)
2017–2023 Wolverhampton Wanderers 219 (27)
2023– Al Hilal 38 (3)
International career‡
2012 Portugal U15 2 (0)
2012–2013 Portugal U16 10 (1)
2012–2014 Portugal U17 31 (2)
2013 Portugal U18 2 (0)
2014–2017 Portugal U21 23 (4)
2016 Portugal U23 1 (1)
2015– Portugal 54 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
UEFA Nations League
Winner2019 Portugal
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:22 18 October 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:14 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves (Portuguese pronunciation: [nɛvɨʃ], born 13 March 1997) is Portuguese professional footballers, He currently play Al Hilal for the Saudi Professional League and Portugal national football team.

Club Career

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Porto

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Neves grew up supporting and joined Porto is club youth system at the 8 years old[5] He played a first club in his senior career.

In 2014-15 season, he played his first matches in UEFA Champions League. He became a youngest footballer captain in the world.[6] At age of 17, he made his Primeira Liga debut where he started and scored in a 2–0 home matches beat a Marítimo.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Ruben Neves playing Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 2021

On 8 July 2017, Neves signed for EFL Championship club Wolverhampton Wanderers for an fee, believed to be in the region of £15.8 million, a club and league record fee.[7] On October 16, 2022, Neves scored a penalty kick and results 1-0 and Wolverhampton Wanderers beat Nottingham Forest.[8]

Al Hilal

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On 23 June 2023 Neves joined Al Hilal for 47 million euro transfer fee.[9]

International Career

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Neves played a 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar but defeat by Morocco in quarter final, Portugal was eliminated in semi-final[10][11]

In 2019 UFEA Nations League Finals on home soil, he played semi finals match and beat Switzerland 3-1[12] but was taken out of the starting lineup for the final against the Netherlands and replaced with more defensive Danilo.[13]

Neves played Portugal at the 2014 UEFA European Under-17 Championship, helped the team reaching the semi-finals as his captain. Because how well a played matches, he was named the top ten talents of the tournament by UEFA reporters.[14]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 21 October 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Porto 2014–15[15][16] Primeira Liga 24110309[c]0—371
2015–16[15] Primeira Liga 22161208[d]0—382
2016–17[15] Primeira Liga 13100203[c]0—181
Total 5937170200—934
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2017–18[17] Championship 4260000——426
2018–19[18] Premier League 3545100——405
2019–20[19] Premier League 382201013[e]2—544
2020–21[20] Premier League 3653010——405
2021–22[21] Premier League 3342010——364
2022–23[22] Premier League 3562040——416
Total 2192714170132—25330
Al-Hilal 2023–24[15] Saudi Pro League 32352—9[f]28[g]1548
2024–25[15] Saudi Pro League 6000—3[f]02[h]0110
Total 38352—122101658
Career total 3163326414045410141142
  1. ↑ Includes Taça de Portugal, FA Cup, King Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Taça da Liga, EFL Cup
  3. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. 1 2 Appearances in AFC Champions League
  7. ↑ Six appearances and one goal in Arab Club Champions Cup, two appearances in Saudi Super Cup
  8. ↑ Appearances in Saudi Super Cup

International

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As of match played 15 October 2024[23]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Portugal 201520
201720
201850
201970
202020
202180
2022110
202380
202490
Total540

Honours

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Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Al Hilal

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  • Saudi Pro League: 2023-24
  • King Cup: 2023-24، 2025-2026
  • Saudi Super Cup: 2023, 2024

Portugal U21

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Portugal

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Individual

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References

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  1. ↑ "Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves Profile - Football Player, | News, Photos, Stats, Ranking, Records - NDTV Sports". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.[permanent dead link]
  2. ↑ "Rúben Neves Al-Hilal Midfielder, Profile & Stats | Premier League". www.premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  3. ↑ "Rúben Neves Al-Hilal Midfielder, Profile & Stats | Premier League". www.premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  4. ↑ "Ruben Neves Profile & Stats | Midfielder". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  5. ↑ "Ruben Neves: Wolves sign FC Porto midfielder for Championship record fee". BBC Sport. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  6. ↑ "Neves buoyed by Porto victory after historic Champions League outing". www.besoccer.com. Retrieved 2024-11-12.[permanent dead link]
  7. ↑ "Ruben Neves: Wolves midfielder signs new five-year deal". BBC Sport. 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  8. ↑ "Wolves 1-0 Nottingham Forest: Ruben Neves scores penalty and Brennan Johnson misses penalty". BBC Sport. 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
  9. ↑ "Ruben Neves: Wolves captain joins Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal for club record £47m". BBC Sport. 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  10. ↑ Staff, The Athletic UK. "Portugal World Cup squad list for quarter-final fixture against Morocco". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  11. ↑ Adler, Nils. "Undefeated Morocco eye history as they face in-form Portugal". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  12. ↑ Glendenning, Barry (2019-06-05). "Portugal 3-1 Switzerland: Nations League semi-final – as it happened". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  13. ↑ "Danilo replaces Neves for Portugal in Nations League final". The Star. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  14. ↑ "Ten Under-17 players to keep an eye on | Under-17 | UEFA.com". 2022-01-20. Archived from the original on 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2024-11-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 "Rúben Neves: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "FC Porto–Sporting Portuguese Cup 3rd round". FC Porto. 18 October 2014. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Ruben Neves in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Ruben Neves in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Ruben Neves in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Ruben Neves in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Ruben Neves in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  22. ↑ "Games played by Ruben Neves in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  23. ↑ "Rúben Neves: Internationals". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

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